Anand Chowdhary

Life

For several years, I've been tracking all my life data (health, activity, location, etc.) in near-real time using automated tools and microservices.

All data is also available as a publicly-available JSON API and under permissive licenses on GitHub. In the (near?) future, I will write a blog post on how I set this up.

Yearly themes

Yearly theme that dictates quarterly goals

Year of Gratitude

In 2024, I want to focus on the wellbeing of myself and those around me: I want to focus on my mental health and give myself time to exercise, introspect, and learn. I want to properly take Sundays off and spend more time with myself and my loved ones, and I want to see my personal trainer and my therapist with more regularity and review my goals frequently. Secondly, I want to actively practice gratitude to be more thankful for everything I have. I want to be more appreciative of the people in

Quarterly OKRs

Personal Objectives and Key Results

Move in to new house
119%
Fully move from rental to owned house
119%
Furnish and set up workspace
119%
Update registrations and legal work
119%
Strong start to 2024
79%
Track finances every week
79%
Write 1 blog post every month
40%
Publicly launch new company
119%

Books

Most recently completed books

Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition)
Apr 2025
The Anthropocene Reviewed
Jan 2025
Nexus
Dec 2024
The Other Pandemic
Aug 2024
Never Split the Difference
Mar 2024

Calories burned

Tracked every day with Oura

Active Total Mon 15 ๐Ÿฎ,๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ Tue 16 ๐Ÿฎ,๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฐ Wed 17 ๐Ÿฎ,๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ Thu 18 ๐Ÿฎ,๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ Fri 19 ๐Ÿฎ,๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿญ Sat 20 ๐Ÿฎ,๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿญ Sun 21 ๐Ÿฎ,๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฏ

Sleep

Different stages of sleep

REM Deep Light Sun 14 ๐Ÿด.๐Ÿฒ๐—ต Mon 15 ๐Ÿณ.๐Ÿฎ๐—ต Tue 16 ๐Ÿฑ.๐Ÿฏ๐—ต Wed 17 ๐Ÿณ.๐Ÿด๐—ต Thu 18 ๐Ÿด.๐Ÿฏ๐—ต Fri 19 ๐Ÿณ.๐Ÿฏ๐—ต Sat 20 ๐Ÿด.๐Ÿณ๐—ต

Steps

Tracked every day using Oura

Steps Mon 15 ๐Ÿด,๐Ÿต๐Ÿด๐Ÿฐ Tue 16 ๐Ÿต,๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ Wed 17 ๐Ÿณ,๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฒ Thu 18 ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ,๐Ÿด๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด Fri 19 ๐Ÿด,๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฐ Sat 20 ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ,๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฎ Sun 21 ๐Ÿฒ,๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ

Readiness

How ready am I for the day?

Score Mon 15 ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿณ% Tue 16 ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿต% Wed 17 ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ% Thu 18 ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ% Fri 19 ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฑ% Sat 20 ๐Ÿต๐Ÿด% Sun 21 ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฐ%

Timeline

Life milestone on January 18, 2024

Bought a house

Sukriti and I bought our first house in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Life milestone on January 21, 2023

Got married

From January 19 to 21, Sukriti and I got married in Delhi-NCR, India.

Life milestone on June 1, 2022

Got engaged

I surprised Sukriti with a trip to Paris and asked her to marry me in front of the Eiffel Tower.

Life milestone on July 1, 2021

Became a Y Combinator alum

Pabio was part of Y Combinatorโ€™s S21 batch, being one of the first Swiss companies to be funded by YC. I was the third ever from my university to be part of YC and we raised a $2.2 million seed round after the batch.

Life milestone on April 5, 2021

Moved to Groningen, the Netherlands

Life milestone on July 4, 2020

Graduated from University of Twente

Earned a BSc degree in Creative Technology, an interdisciplinary engineering and design program from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, with specialization in smart technology and extra credits (Honors program in Science). My bachelor thesis on Email-based Intelligent Virtual Assistants under Dr. J. Zwiers was graded 9/10 and nominated for the Bachelor Award.

Life milestone on July 1, 2020

Co-founded Pabio

Pabio offers rent-to-own furniture with personalized interior design. Carlo Badini and I co-founded Pabio after getting to know each other over a period of a few months remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Life milestone on December 4, 2019

Studied at Santa Clara University

I was the first student in my program to study for a semester at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley as part of the Global Engineering Education Exchange (Global E3). I was a recipient of the Twente Mobility Fund Scholarship and my coursework consisted of computer graphics, venture capital, marketing, and typography.

Life milestone on August 22, 2017

Moved to Enschede, the Netherlands

Life milestone on August 5, 2016

Co-founded Oswald Labs

Oswald Labs is an accessibility technology company that builds products for people with disabilities, like blind-friendly smartphone and dyslexia-friendly reading apps.

Life milestone on March 26, 2016

Finished high school

Graduated from The Motherโ€™s International School while receiving the Dharamveer Gajra Memorial Award for Positive Work in the Field of Information Technology and the Ratan Lal Lahoti Memorial Award for Topper in English (98%, CBSE SSCE). I was also President of MINET (technology Club), and a member of Impulse (physics club), Navchetna (yearbook editorial board), and MISMUN (Model United Nations).

Life milestone on December 29, 2015

Became an adult

Life milestone on February 8, 2014

Co-founded Class Rebels

Class Rebels is an ed-tech startup I co-founded with Kunj Khurana and Sagar Chandna which built a social education platform and collaborative virtual library.

Life milestone on December 29, 2010

Became a vegetarian

On my thirteenth birthday, I became a vegetarian.

Life milestone on December 29, 1997

Born in New Delhi, India