I sit down at 2353 on September 2nd to type this. I had a long day. With long, I mean the one that starts at 0600 hours and breaks you down from the sheer attendance it requires.
I have been a strong proponent of attending to my body. But if I listen to it rn, you’d not be reading this and I’ll lose my 36 weeks streak of ‘a substack every week’. Result? I am typing in half sleep.
On such days when I have to live up to personal promises, I push my body using a principle that engineering college taught me.
"Fuck off, shut out!"
It requires one to fucking themself off and shut everything out from the compartments of the brain.
How long? Till the time the thing on hand meets a dead end.
That's what I am revitalizing right now, four years since I left the college campus.
Khair, what got me exhausted to a point where even the last cell in my body refuses to acknowledge my quest for more work?
IT IS ‘A-MAD’ SEASON TWOOOOOO!
I am scripting ‘A Minute A Day’ season two for nearly a week.
If you remember, I posted 100 #1MinuteBookReviews last year in 2021. I wrote this medium post sharing how it came into being!
The joy of curious creating (and learning) got me hooked on this idea.
I made it a personal goal to make 1 season every year where I share things I know in a 100 video series.
After the beautiful first season, I am now scripting "100 Articles of the Indian Constitution that Every Young Indian Should Know!"
See it like this, if you are a student or a tech employee, an arts graduate or a media person, how do you know your rights if someone hits you while walking on the road or shuts you out in terms of speech, opportunity or bodily autonomy?
I believe this is a big problem. Knowing law of the land is a must. Anyone ignorant about it loses in the long term!
But heyyyyyy! Isn't our constitution too complex to be understood by layman?
Well, I HEAR YOU. I am now working on sharing 100 MOST IMPORTANT Articles in the easiest possible Hindi/English language for even an illiterate to understand.
But how did I exhaust myself to the last cell today?
Yesterday, I set a personal deadline to sleep only after finishing 90% of it.
Honestly, it sounded like a cakewalk till I chose to step on the slipper cake. I did not anticipate the mental exhaustion that comes with it.
To give you a perspective: I do not just have to think of every article or search for it online but also be cautious of not using any inapt words in the script. Not just that, it shall be carefully crafted to make it interesting for the young Indians to listen to and learn from! Good thing? I AM DONE WITH 90%
I am sharing a script of the very first video in this substack to give you a flavor of what's coming!
Count on me, I am betting big and investing heavily in this season.
The season starts streaming on the 22nd of September and I will keep sharing the stories from scripting, BTS and other dynamics of what goes behind in this game of curating world-class content for the millions of Indians.
Till then, keep smiling. Miss you, Kiss you!! **giggles**
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