I almost woke up early today, but since the last few days I’ve been working too much, sitting all the time, exhausting myself behind a screen, I figured I should rest some more time, let the body relax and get some time to heal. The subsequent alarms did make me open my eyes, but I couldn’t get myself to wake up completely. Something just wasn’t right. I overheard during these spells of waking up and sleeping, something about pollution levels been high. I finally woke up at around 8:30 AM. I realised why I couldn’t get myself to wake up earlier. The pollution was so high this morning, my throat had gone sore, even though I was sweating when I woke up. My right nostril was a little blocked, typical to my allergic reactions from pollution and dust. I realised it wasn’t my exhaustion that was causing me to be lazy, but the air and the weather itself. It was going to hell.
I got myself together somehow, did some lifts. As soon as I’d try to do any other exercise, even warmups, I’d feel my throat acting up. Every breath I took, from my nostril or my mouth, felt right through the bottom of my windpipe. The fact that I don’t have an air purifier wasn’t making things any better. I did give my muscles some work anyway, going through the full range of motion with my lifts.
It worries me, how long am I supposed to be in this air. How long will I keep battling for the most basic things. Food, water, health, comfort, work, and now air. Everything is going to hell by now. I am sure not all days will be good, not all days will be bad either. Though, the things that directly affect your very existence going from bad to worse, affects not only the mind, but the body too. Grateful are those who don’t have to bear Delhi.
I started working on the ML project at IIT. I think we can use some of these techniques for a better UX down the line, automating a lot of things.
Dad came back from Kolkata at night. I was with Mung, Sange joined us today after a long time. Kid has pre-boards and all, but still has the same craziness in him. No wonder we all still hang out.
I was able to do quite a few things, made some progress with the ML project and the Paradox app, but still a long way to go.
Almost forgot to complete the log for today, better keep myself in check.