MAR 08, 20242 min read

Week 25: Days of Future Past

Here we go again. The Past Present This week mark the first year of my father passing. And I will leave it at that. 2023 was a pretty tough year.

Here we go again.

The Past Present

This week mark the first year of my father passing. And I will leave it at that. 2023 was a pretty tough year.

RIP my father.

The Past and the Present

Ramadan is among us next Sunday/Monday. And it's the favorite month of the year for many, including myself. The whole day structure changes, the way I work changes and the way I exercise. The gym is far from where I live now and I have to compensate that with running.

I have plan. Let's see how it goes. The idea is to maintain muscle mass. Not increase it. If I accomplish that during Ramadan, I'll be happy.

Something I keep doing

  • Going to the Gym 3+ times a week. Running 2 times a week. I'm back to running and it feels amazing. More on this in the upcoming weeks.
  • Using a stair climb machine to pump up my heart rate and conditioning before I start my gym session.
  • Reading daily.
  • Reading old books only, pre 1990s - the year I was born. There are exceptions.

Something I'm learning

  • Politics, law, and philosophy.
  • Refreshing my mind on deep learning and computer vision.

Best buy of the week

Nothing. I moved out. So I am minimizing my purchases.

Worst buy recently

I've never tried GymShark. And I did Dec last year with a purple gym top. It was awful. I had it washed with other tops. All my tops and shirts are dyed pinkish now.

Why do I like <person, place, an article>?

A principal engineer at Noon who pushes me to phrase and think about every word. This is a double edged sword though.

1 thing that is making me happy?

Change.

Salam, peace.

Written by
Mohammad Shaker

Director of Agentic AI for the Enterprise at Writer. Building at the intersection of language, intelligence, and design.