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My Future: A Blog Post

Sanjay Sabarwal

Invent the Future by Cindy Gallop
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

My favorite quote of all time is Alan Kay: ‘In order to predict the future, you have to invent it.’ I am all about inventing the future. Decide what you want the future to be and make it happen. Because you can. Write about your future now.

I sit here, mind blank, full of the past, not much of the present and none for the future.  Those are my initial thoughts until I realize that I am present, I am here, and I change my present and future if I choose to.  For the first time in my life, I ran 3 miles.  To some, it may not mean much but for someone who like who was convinced that he could never run more than a mile, I saw a future of me running a marathon, getting new running shoes, perhaps a treadmill in the garage, full of future thoughts because I dared to do something in the present.  It is now that I realize that my future is right here, right now, these words because they are the reason I keep wanting to write more, express more, get better than just whining.  My future is my wife (who I am still getting to know) and what we will do together (perhaps travel, perhaps have children, or perhaps just spend more time loving each other, friends and family.  What is the future but the possibility of the present?  What I do today, right now will make my future, I see that now.  Each day I work, work out, write, love her as well as family gets me closer to the life I have always wanted.

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Food For Thought For June 16, 2011

Sanjay Sabarwal
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. – Indira Gandhi 
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. – Swedish proverb 
There is nothing wrong with making mistakes. Just don’t respond with encores. 
The door of opportunity won’t open unless you do some pushing. 
True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice. – Martin Luther King, Jr. 

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Wholly Strange And New: A Blog Post

Sanjay Sabarwal
Janss_Steps,_UCLA
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Wholly Strange and New by Bridget Pilloud
When good is near you, when you have life in yourself, it is not by any known or accustomed way; you shall not discern the foot-prints of any other; you shall not see the face of man; you shall not hear any name;—— the way, the thought, the good, shall be wholly strange and new. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Can you remember a moment in your life when you had life in yourself and it was wholly strange and new? Can you remember the moment when you stopped walking a path of someone else, and started cutting your own?

Write about that moment. And if you haven’t experienced it yet, let the miracle play out in your mind’s eye and write about that moment in your future.

(Author: Bridget Pilloud)

I remember the first time I started free style writing, it was under a timed essay for NCTE (National Council for Teachers of English), where we would write about anything.  We had practiced many themes and topics in preparations but when the test started, I began to write about the time pressure, the room, describing my reasons for writing and it was then I truly knew I would win the contest.  At that moment, my grammar was perfect, the words flowed, and although we had 5 page minimum with 2 hours, I ended up writing almost 12 pages about my life with my horrible handwriting, but it was bliss.  It was clear.  It made sense. I knew I would end up going to UCLA and win the only scholastic award in my life that meant anything.  I don’t remember erasing much and at that time typing was not allowed yet my hand was sure and steady as I wrote about the room, setting my future in motion.

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Some Not So Great Resumes :) (I Am baccckkkk)

Sanjay Sabarwal
Some  Not So Great Resumes

 1. "I demand a salary commiserate with
   my extensive experience."

 2. "I have lurnt Word Perfect 6.0 computor
   and spreadsheet progroms."

 3. "Received a plague for Salesperson of the Year."

 4. "Reason for leaving last job: maturity leave."

 5. "Wholly responsible for two (2) failed financial
 institutions."

 6. "Failed bar exam with relatively high grades."

 7. "It’s best for employers that I not work with
 people."

 8. "Let’s meet, so you can ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ over
 my experience."

 9. "You will want me to be Head Honcho in
 no time."

 10. "Am a perfectionist and rarely if if ever
 forget details."

 11. "I was working for my mom until she
 decided to move."

 12. "Marital status: single. Unmarried.
 Unengaged. Uninvolved. No commitments."

 13. "I have an excellent track record,
 although I am not a horse."

 14. "I am loyal to my employer at all
 costs…Please feel free to respond to my
 resume on my office voice mail."

 15. "I have become completely paranoid,
 trusting completely no one and absolutely
 nothing."

 16. "My goal is to be a meteorologist. But
 since I possess no training in meterology,
 I suppose I should try stock brokerage."

 17. "I procrastinate, especially when the
 task is unpleasant."

 18. "As indicted, I have over five years of
 analyzing investments."

 19. "Personal interests: donating blood.
 Fourteen gallons so far."

 20. "Instrumental in ruining entire operation
 for a Midwest chain store."

 21. "Note: Please don’t miscontrue my
 14 jobs as ‘job-hopping’. I have never quit
 a job."

 22. "Marital status: often. Children: various."

 23. "Reason for leaving last job: They insisted
 that all employees get to work by 8:45 a.m. every
 morning. Could not work under those conditions."

 24. "The company made me a scapegoat, just
 like my three previous employers."

 25. "Finished eighth in my class of ten."

 26. "References: None. I’ve left a path of
 destruction behind me."

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One Thing: A Blog Post

Sanjay Sabarwal
Grave of Ralph Waldo Emerson at Sleepy Hollow ...
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One Thing by Colin Wright
Do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Take a moment, step back from your concerns, and focus on one thing: You have one life to achieve everything you’ve ever wanted. Sounds simple, but when you really focus on it, let it seep into your consciousness, you realize you only have about 100 years to get every single thing you’ve ever wanted to do. No second chances. This is your only shot. Suddenly, this means you should have started yesterday. No more waiting for permission or resources to start. Today is the day you make the rest of your life happen. Write down one thing you’ve always wanted to do and how you will achieve that goal. Don’t be afraid to be very specific in how you’ll achieve it: once you start achieving, your goals will get bigger and your capability to meet them will grow.

Write. Then Write Some More.  At some point, the words have to matter, have to make sense, have to fill out the thoughts swirling around my head, have to come out onto this blank space or paper before they are lost forever.  So Write.  That’s the ultimate goal.  That’s the end line.  Think, ponder, wonder, question and then write.  Write until it all bleeds out, and the hurt lessens, the past firmly finally deal with. write until there are no more issues left, write until all the indecision’s, regrets and what-ifs are put away and just focus on that one precious goal.

 

Write.  Then Write some more

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