Lesssons from a one minute fly.

I have always been a huge fan of short films. I think the liking stems from the fact that since these films are time constrained, they are highly concentrated around the message that they want to convey. A few weeks ago I saw this very cute, short film called One minute fly. It is a small animation film about a fly who is born with life of a minute; and has a huge 'things to do before I die' list to be checked before she dies. The film majorly revolves around how the fly does all that she wanted to do and is in the process living and enjoying her life to the fullest.

I am highly inspired from this film, and the loooong pending long 'Bucket list' is now in making. Things are rolling fast and strong. And life is as exciting as ever.

BTW the end is the best part of the film. The fly finishes doing everything from the list and when she is about to die, she is left with 2 things she could not do on her own. The film ends with how those things are accomplished as she dies. So if I am determined enough to finish most of the things from my list on my own, hopefully the world will conspire to finish whatever is left undone. :)

A diary snapshot

Another semester comes to an end today. My 4th long semester here in the USA. Fourth sem and yet this one was so very different from the other three. In fact, one of the most memorable one till now. So much happened. So much changed. So many peaks conquered. Did my first committee meeting, presented my research in grad seminar for the first time, taught one of the dreaded labs by all TAs (and actually enjoyed teaching it and every bit of other things associated with it), learnt stress management, learnt to work under pressure, learnt to do my submissions before time, thrived to make good habits a part of day to day life, learnt how powerful simple observations can be, learnt to manage my emotions in a healthy way, started meditation, started doing things that I always wanted to do but never really did. Learn't so much more not just about me but also about people, situations and things all around. Learnt so many new things about life, about things beyond life and about things that lie between the two. And of all the very many things, I learnt how to enjoy and put passion into any and every work that I do and hence end up doing things pretty well. This sem for the first time, I experienced the high of the satisfaction you get after doing your work the way you always wanted to do it. The high felt awesome. And as I sleep today, I sleep with a certain sense of happiness, satisfaction and pride, because for me, today is a new world; we shall see about tomorrow.