Im inflicting a few sleepless nights on myself in the last three weeks. Truth be told, my level of personal stress is always very high in the off-season. Even more truth be told, athletes dont really have an off-season. Its good to keep moving, all the time. I have two other lives to answer to though and investments in those lives.. so, I often find myself with more things on my plate than I can handle. But, I always get through and in a few months, one of those lives is done with, and I cannot wait for that day. Im confused about the altnerative (to not doing as much) though. The alternative is having no choice in how one wants to spend their time.

It really sucks to swim in unheated pools in Bangalore. It sucks even more to work till midnight, on some nights and have to wake up at 5am.. The days seem longer and longer, suddenly.

Ive been reading late into the night, to cheer me up (and watching funny videos, something I am still learning the merits of... one DOES need down-time, brain-dead TV time, etc.). My all time favourites have been re-read or dug out to sit on my shelf for night-time reading. The new ones include "Between the Assasinations" and one other Indian work.. The old ones include "White Tiger", "An inheritance of loss", "Into the Wild", "Into Thin Air", "Man's search for meaning" and definitely "The will to meaning".

Life is entirely up close and personal, when you are going the extra mile. No doubt about it.