Outside work

Life,
outside the brief

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one day at a time

Running

9K ↓

10K

21Khalf marathon

42Kmarathon

Started 2026.

“Slow is still moving. That took a while to learn.”

Reading

Fiction-first. Mostly. Agatha Christie holds a disproportionate percentage.

Layla — Colleen Hoover◦The Nanny◦The April Storm◦Lemon◦Slammed — Colleen Hoover◦Losing Hope — Colleen Hoover◦Too Late — Colleen Hoover◦The Sittaford Mystery — Agatha Christie◦Looking for Alaska — John Green◦The War of Lanka — Ashwin Sanghi◦ABC Murders — Agatha Christie◦Evil Under the Sun — Agatha Christie◦Emma — Jane Austen◦The Bell Jar — Sylvia Plath◦Oliver Twist — Charles Dickens◦Sense and Sensibility — Jane Austen◦A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens◦Northanger Abbey — Jane Austen◦Let It Snow — John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle◦Hope to Die — James Patterson◦Cross My Heart — James Patterson◦The Secret Between Us◦Death on the Nile — Agatha Christie◦Turtles All the Way Down — John Green◦Famous Five — Enid Blyton◦Matilda — Roald Dahl◦Shape of Water◦Camino Island — John Grisham◦Murder of Roger Ackroyd — Agatha Christie◦Raavana — The Enemy of Aryavartha — Shatrujeet Nath◦The Guilty Wife◦Eleanor and Park — Rainbow Rowell◦And Then There Were None — Agatha Christie◦Murder on the Orient Express — Agatha Christie◦Women in the Window — A.J. Finn◦Murder in Mesopotamia — Agatha Christie◦And the Mountains Echoed — Khaled Hosseini◦Holding Up the Universe — Jennifer Niven◦The Handmaid's Tale — Margaret Atwood◦Sita — The Warrior of Mithila — Amish Tripathi◦Ram — Scion of Ikshvaku — Amish Tripathi◦The Kite Runner — Khaled Hosseini◦The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck — Mark Manson◦All the Bright Places — Jennifer Niven◦Ugly Love — Colleen Hoover◦The Guardians of the Halahala — Shatrujeet Nath◦Palace of Illusions — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni◦The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest — Stieg Larsson◦The Girl Who Played with Fire — Stieg Larsson◦The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Stieg Larsson◦Pretty Girls — Karin Slaughter◦Behind Closed Doors — B.A. Paris◦Solstice◦Salvation of a Saint — Keigo Higashino◦The Girl on the Train — Paula Hawkins◦Inferno — Dan Brown◦The Lost Symbol — Dan Brown◦Digital Fortress — Dan Brown◦The Oath of the Vayuputras — Amish Tripathi◦The Secret of the Nagas — Amish Tripathi◦The Immortals of Meluha — Amish Tripathi◦Confess — Colleen Hoover◦The Fault in Our Stars — John Green◦Revolution 20/20 — Chetan Bhagat◦Half Girlfriend — Chetan Bhagat◦One Indian Girl — Chetan Bhagat◦2 States — Chetan Bhagat◦The Minds of Billy Milligan — Daniel Keyes◦Mockingjay — Suzanne Collins◦Catching Fire — Suzanne Collins◦The Hunger Games — Suzanne Collins◦Pretty Little Liars — Sara Shepard◦The Murder on the Links — Agatha Christie◦Layla — Colleen Hoover◦The Nanny◦The April Storm◦Lemon◦Slammed — Colleen Hoover◦Losing Hope — Colleen Hoover◦Too Late — Colleen Hoover◦The Sittaford Mystery — Agatha Christie◦Looking for Alaska — John Green◦The War of Lanka — Ashwin Sanghi◦ABC Murders — Agatha Christie◦Evil Under the Sun — Agatha Christie◦Emma — Jane Austen◦The Bell Jar — Sylvia Plath◦Oliver Twist — Charles Dickens◦Sense and Sensibility — Jane Austen◦A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens◦Northanger Abbey — Jane Austen◦Let It Snow — John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle◦Hope to Die — James Patterson◦Cross My Heart — James Patterson◦The Secret Between Us◦Death on the Nile — Agatha Christie◦Turtles All the Way Down — John Green◦Famous Five — Enid Blyton◦Matilda — Roald Dahl◦Shape of Water◦Camino Island — John Grisham◦Murder of Roger Ackroyd — Agatha Christie◦Raavana — The Enemy of Aryavartha — Shatrujeet Nath◦The Guilty Wife◦Eleanor and Park — Rainbow Rowell◦And Then There Were None — Agatha Christie◦Murder on the Orient Express — Agatha Christie◦Women in the Window — A.J. Finn◦Murder in Mesopotamia — Agatha Christie◦And the Mountains Echoed — Khaled Hosseini◦Holding Up the Universe — Jennifer Niven◦The Handmaid's Tale — Margaret Atwood◦Sita — The Warrior of Mithila — Amish Tripathi◦Ram — Scion of Ikshvaku — Amish Tripathi◦The Kite Runner — Khaled Hosseini◦The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck — Mark Manson◦All the Bright Places — Jennifer Niven◦Ugly Love — Colleen Hoover◦The Guardians of the Halahala — Shatrujeet Nath◦Palace of Illusions — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni◦The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest — Stieg Larsson◦The Girl Who Played with Fire — Stieg Larsson◦The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Stieg Larsson◦Pretty Girls — Karin Slaughter◦Behind Closed Doors — B.A. Paris◦Solstice◦Salvation of a Saint — Keigo Higashino◦The Girl on the Train — Paula Hawkins◦Inferno — Dan Brown◦The Lost Symbol — Dan Brown◦Digital Fortress — Dan Brown◦The Oath of the Vayuputras — Amish Tripathi◦The Secret of the Nagas — Amish Tripathi◦The Immortals of Meluha — Amish Tripathi◦Confess — Colleen Hoover◦The Fault in Our Stars — John Green◦Revolution 20/20 — Chetan Bhagat◦Half Girlfriend — Chetan Bhagat◦One Indian Girl — Chetan Bhagat◦2 States — Chetan Bhagat◦The Minds of Billy Milligan — Daniel Keyes◦Mockingjay — Suzanne Collins◦Catching Fire — Suzanne Collins◦The Hunger Games — Suzanne Collins◦Pretty Little Liars — Sara Shepard◦The Murder on the Links — Agatha Christie◦

Books that stayed

The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini

The one that made me understand that guilt, when left unaddressed, doesn't disappear — it just finds a way to define you. Redemption isn't about undoing. It's about choosing differently when it counts.

Palace of IllusionsChitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Draupadi's story retold from the inside. The first time I read a myth and felt like it was speaking to me directly — about ambition, about being underestimated, about holding your own counsel in a world that'd rather you didn't.

The Bell JarSylvia Plath

I read this at the wrong age and understood none of it. I read it again and understood all of it. Some books work that way.

Travelling

Every city teaches something the last one couldn't.

Krakow

Poland

Where the weight of history and the lightness of rebuilt streets exist at the same time.

Kongsberg

Norway

A quiet Norwegian town where silver mines meet river walks and everything slows down.

Singapore

The city that proved systems and soul can coexist.

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Towers that pierce the clouds. A city that moves at its own pace underneath them.

Lisbon

Portugal

Fado, tiles, and hills that make your legs question everything.

Abu Dhabi

UAE

Architecture as ambition. A city that decided to build the future and meant it.

New York

New York, USA

The city that makes you feel simultaneously tiny and electric.

Denver

Colorado, USA

Mountains at the edge of every view. The air hits differently.

New Orleans

Louisiana, USA

Mardi Gras. Music on every corner. A city that refuses to be anything but itself.

Florida

USA

Sun, water, and the specific kind of chaos that only Florida delivers.

Alma

Colorado, USA

Above the treeline. The kind of quiet that only exists at altitude.

Vail

Colorado, USA

Snow, mountains, and the feeling that the world is a lot bigger than you remembered.

Living

Two down. Twelve optimistic.

See the Northern Lights

Learn to do a handstand

Run a half marathon

Learn to surf

Go scuba diving

Attend a music festival

See a hot air balloon festival

Live in Europe

Visit a lighthouse

Learn a classical dance form

Learn one musical instrument

Work at a mechanic garage

Get a tattoo

Have a pet

Last updated: March 2026

Still running. Still reading. Still adding to the list.

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