Life and reflection
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Reflections on six weeks in Palo Alto
May 19, 2026
In February 2026, I moved to Palo Alto for six weeks to work in person with the Sycamore team. I plan on splitting my time between the Netherlands and California in the near future, and I wrote this blog post on the last day of my first trip as part of the founding team and Head of Product at Sycamore. The Commute as meditation 100 miles a day. A few hours in the car. 50 miles each way... the longest commute of my life, and somehow one of the most valuable parts of my day. M
2026 will be the Year of Discovery
December 29, 2025
I turned 28 yesterday and like years past, I wanted to reflect on this past year and plan my theme for 2026. But 2025 was different; this isn't a typical growth year to celebrate, this is a year with a clean ending, introspection, and searching for what comes next. Past themes The theme system was popularized by CGP Grey in the Cortex podcast. I've been using it for years as an alternative to New Year's
2024 will be the Year of Gratitude
January 5, 2024
I turned 26 last week and like years past, I wanted to reflect on this past year and plan my theme for 2024. 2023 was a big year for my personal growth and I'm looking forward to actively practicing gratitude in 2024. Year of Gratitude is a little different from my previous themes, as it's not a goal I'm trying to achieve, but rather a mindset I want to cultivate. I want to be more grateful for the things I have, the people in my life, and the opportunities I've been given.
2023 will be the Year of Relationships
December 30, 2022
I turned 25 today and like years past, I wanted to reflect on this past year and plan my theme for 2023. 2022 was a great year for me, and I'm excited to see what 2023 has in store. The Theme System In the previous year's post, 2022 will be the Year of Teamwork, I described the Theme System and how my yearly theme guides me in makin
2022 will be the Year of Teamwork
December 29, 2021
I turn 24 today and I wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on my themes from the past two years, and plan my theme for 2022. Themes are malleable The theme system was popularized by CGP Gray in the Cortex podcast with Myke Hurley of Relay FM. I've been using it for the past few years as alternate to Ne
Life Update: College
March 1, 2017
Just a little bit of background about my college "situation". How I went from design school in India to back to New Delhi to the University of Twente in the Netherlands. I wrote this post in March 2017 and updated it in December 2017. I graduated from highschool in April 2016 and joined the Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, after working at the Government of Delhi for a month.
Why I joined Sycamore
March 31, 2026
On Halloween last year, my cofounder Carlo and I had a handshake deal with a pretty known AI company to sell FirstQuadrant, and for the first time in nearly a decade, I had nothing to build. I wrote about this in my Year of Discovery post: the plan was to sit with the discomfort. Not rush into the next thing, and figure out who I am when I'm not "cofounder of X". As you'd expect, that lasted about six weeks. By December, I was restless.