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My 30 Day Challenge for the month of May is to get my fitness level up to compete well in the Inland Enterprise Sailing Championship at Khadakwasla Lake, Pune next month. My focus will be on 2 main activities - Plank and skipping rope. Goal 1: 5 minute plank by the end of 30 days. Goal 2: 700 skips Day 1 Plank: 20 sec - DONE Skipping rope: 100 - no break - DONE Day 2 Plank: 20 sec -  DONE Skipping rope: 200 - 1 break -  DONE Day 3 Plank: 30 sec -  DONE Skipping rope: 250 - 1 break -  DONE Day 4 Plank: 30 sec -  DONE Skipping rope: 300 - 2 breaks -  DONE (in just one break) Day 5 Plank: 40 sec -  DONE Skipping rope: 350 - 2 breaks -  DONE Day 6 - REST Day 7 Plank: 45 sec -  DONE Skipping rope: 200 - 1 break -  DONE Day 8 Plank: 45 sec -  DONE Skipping rope: 250 - 1 break -  DONE Day 9 Plank: 60 sec ...

Away from this world, to a paradise we shall run. Our sails be unfurled, in dark, after sets the sun.

Inspired by the 30 day challenge series done by Google's  Matt Cutts , I'm going to start my own series of monthly challenges and blog about it. In fact I have already started. It will hopefully also help me keep this blog active :) So my first 30 days challenge is to go to bed by 12:00 am every night. Since a long time I have been wanting to get enough sleep but I barely managed to get about 5 hours a day. Work, college and my personal projects consume a major portion  of my time everyday. Sleeping early will mostly create a backlog in my personal projects but I'm hoping to make it up by utilising my weekends. Hopefully getting enough sleep will make me more productive in my work during the day! I was also thinking about not using Internet after 11:30 pm, but since this is my first challenge I'm going to be a little easy on myself :)

Sometimes I simply walk... just to think like how I like to think... coz the thoughts which come to my mind while I walk are completely different from those which come while I'm sitting down somewhere... while I'm doing nothing... May be it's because it feels like a real journey while I walk... each step feels like a step towards some destination that exists in my mind... every single thought makes so much sense... feels like every single thought is hand picked for me by someone... to complete my journey... may be :)

The last seven years of my life seem to have passed in the blink of an eye... the experiences I've had... the things I've seen...the choices I made... When I look back.. I can roughly define everything with just a few pictures and thoughts which come to my mind. Through these years... life has taught me a thousand things about it... I've had moments when I felt like on the top of the world... and moments when I felt I have nothing at all... Life hasn't been fair at all times, but today it still feels good :)

There are days when I get off from the train… feeling totally tired and drained… taking small steps… as I walk home… a music of memories plays repeatedly in my mind….… my heart feels lifted like a bird… and I glide back home with the wind.

Sometimes I sit quietly in peace… listening to the sounds that surround me… my mind suddenly drifts away… to some place full of wonders and magic … I feel as if a beautiful mind is caring for me … listening to my deepest thoughts and feelings.. And everything around me feels perfect in that moment…

The birds sang in chorus, your voice, my delight; woke me from reality, an angel in twilight. Something had been taken, I searched, found no clue; too green to comprehend, that feeling so pure, so true. Teen years in between, since then, until today; I’ve longed for my heart, forever and a day.

When I feared speaking to you, I wrote. When words didn’t flow, I drew. When colours seemed to fade, I listened. When nature turned silent, I looked within. Found you and I was left, speechless again.

Sitting by the window, watching the stars above, it’s you who comes to my mind, it’s you so close, to my heart I find. But still you’re so far coz to me you are, like a star I can only watch, like an angel I can never hold. It's you who I dream of every night, it's you who is always so close to my eyes. But still you’re so far, coz to me you are, like a star I can never touch, like an angel I can never kiss. All I can do is, be your true friend, till the end. To be the first to catch you, coz sometimes, even stars fall !

Winds kiss tender, on thy cheeks, shall be me. Kissing thy feet beneath, soil shall be me. Moisture that rejoice, on thy lips, shall be me. Slipping down thy body, raindrops shall be me. That is how I shall, make love to thee. Coz one fine day, dust I shall be.

Dew drops shine red, slipping down your face. Woke me from dead, your beauty and grace. Time won’t pluck late, a bud you’re no more. This moment, your fate; tomorrow, an unknown shore. Ohh Rose! From far I’ve flew. Before the gardener knows, let me pluck you.

My armour feels so heavy, when I see him swing his sword. Seeing you besides him, makes me feel so low. So I lay down my sword, my shield and my glove. Coz I cant match a king, blessed with an angel's love. I’m not a warrior, neither a prince nor a knight. I’m just another soldier, who can’t match a king's might. I don’t ride a white horse, nor I live in a palace of gold. I sleep under the open sky, even in weathers rough n cold. So I lay down my sword, my shield and my glove. Coz I can’t match a king, blessed with an angel's love. I’m just another soldier, In an army of crores.

Life’s whirlpool turns, dreams and wishes it churns. Like sand from your hand, time slips, never returns. Like a story told, let life unfold. Rush not to the paradise, feeling apparently wise. That will be yours, whatever’s meant to be. Life's pages are turned, not by you and me.