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1. A new job with the pay I want. I can't believe how little people pay. People studying in premier institutes are getting paid unimaginable salaries for managing a mere ten people and probably some spelling errors in a computer programme. But if you want to change the country's education system by influencing a hundred teachers and therefore a few thousand students- you be happy with a few thousand rupees because you are so noble anyway. Why corrupt yourself with money? 

2. Picking up: I have been a bit down the past week. Yes, I have been reading, knitting, cooking and yelling at builders to get the elevator fixed but other things have halted. Today, I promise you, is a new day. 

3. What does it take to start an organisation that one wants to stay invested in? Yesterday I tried to list the various factors- telling everyone that you have started something, a long term goal and vision, sustainability. Maybe this is what is required. Of course, passion, interests and all the other fairy tale stuff too!

4. Spiritual development: when I started gardening and butterfly breeding, every butterfly taught me a lesson, every shoot and leaf showed me something. These lessons would give me a positive outlook and generally keep me upbeat. Nowadays, I have just been going with the flow. I have done little to develop myself spiritually. When I get back from my holiday, I am going to change that. 

5. Pets: I wonder what it really is like to have a kitten/ cat following you everywhere. I have had a kitten sit on my lap and groom itself- like a little trusting baby. Imagine, sitting in your room and a kitten in another room looking for you. I would like that. And I am tired of dog and cat comparisons. Dogs are dogs and cats are cats. I don't believe in comparisons. We don't compare apples and oranges but cats and dogs- sure! Because cats scratch they are cats. Period. 


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