I am terrible with doing something consistently. Except for my latest fitness related habits that I am able to do day-after-day, I’ve failed those “21 days” tags terribly. So why again? Well, like I said, now that I’ve been successful on a few habits in the fitness space, I want to give another shot at picking something new and doing it for a week. Let’s see how that goes.
So what’s the tag I’m picking? I’m challenging myself to doing 3 things everyday where I’m doing something new:
Read one short article/blog-post
Listen to 1 new song (this is not necessarily new new, but I’ve a few — 400 actually — songs that I’ve “searched” with Shazam from films or TV series, that I’ve never listened to again, which are now imported to Spotify playlists.
Something new I learned, or recipe/food I tried for the first time, something I drew, a photo I took, or even an experience I had … It’s like a trump card, anything goes.
So that brings us to Day #1
My Read This Day
Today, I finished Anurag Minus Verma’s piece right here on #substack, a response to an article about Indians reading habits (or the lack of it) from The Guardian. Anurag is one thought influencer from our country that we all need to pay more attention to, as he has this unique ability to (with apologies to him for using this phrase, now irreparably destroyed by Shekhar Gupta) cut through the clutter and find that unique insight. This article is a case in point. Go read it!
My Song This Day
One of my shazam’ed pick, this lovely track by The Faces. Growing up heard a lot Rod Stewart, but wasn’t aware of his stint with Faces (or the band, even). Love their sound. Gotta check out more tracks now.
My Dish This Day
Cabbage is not exactly the most glamorous vegetable. While I do like a couple of its Indian preparations (a “poriyal” style Tamilian recipe, and a much less forgiving Maharasthrian style one that can quickly degrade if not done perfectly), I had bookmarked this interesting recipe with minced meat. And it turned out so good that I think this is the way to make cabbage, trust me. Or at least one of the ways. This is a killer combo, with few herb/spices to dial it to 11 (mostly paprika, pepper, garlic powder — my addition, garlic), a good stock to bring in umami, and soy sauce (optional, again my addition) for a hint of sourness. I served it with some chili oil (just felt the right thing to do, and it was) and green onion, and I think a runny egg would be excellent too.
All in all, not a bad day at all!