A letter from October 30th, 2020

Hi there, Hope you are good and this mail finds you in a good shape, physically, mentally and financially. I know you cannot reply to this mail as I am from your past, to be precise, I am from the year 2020. At the time of writing this mail, the time is 13:40 hours, 30th October 2020. Now that the pleasantries have been done with. Lets get down to business- 1. At present, things are not so good for me. Both personally and professionally too. Things have not been so smooth with my wife and financially too, I am in a soup wherein I have lots of liabilities and very little assets to back it up. So much so that, even my CIBIL has been officially ******. Hope you have repaired your personal and professional life too.And I really hope that you have sorted out things and that you are at a better place than what you were on 2020. 2. Financially, I hope you have cleared off all debts and your liabilities have been ironed out. I also believe you have taken some steps towards buying your own house - if not for you at the least for your wife and kid. Speaking of which, Me and my wife planned that we will have only one kid and I would be glad if her stance changed and that our Son has a sibling to play with and annoy. 3. Professionally, I hate the current job I am in and the place I am in. I am desperately trying for another company which is not bearing fruition at the moment. Looks like my domain TSM is ****** up and that none of the companies are using it as they have used to better and cheaper alternatives such as Rubrik, Commvault, Avamar etc. I am trying to get the grip of Commvault with little success. Judging by the current scheme of things, I probably doubt you are also in the same position like I am in now, which I pray to god, should not be the case. I did learn AWS and DEVOPS but to no avail. I am looking at management roles as of now too.Let's see what 2021 holds for us. 4. Personally, our son is doing good. Though a little adamant and naughty, he is a very very intelligent kid and it would be upon us if we don't make the best use of his intelligence. Be patient with him, he is naughty. He is a kid, not an adult. Please don't do the same mistake that I am doing now - treating him like an adult. Chill out at times, talk to him, be more friendly with him, spend more time with him. Be a lot supportive to your wife, please remember that she was the one who backed you in your stupid "I will quit ***" stunt and she was the one who was there through your thick and thin. She deserves the whole world for all that I know. Don't stop writing poems to her, though she might not admit it, she loves a good poem once in a while. Please rekindle that fire which is not there now. Get her a house, learn Car driving, get a car, travel the world with her. She is a keeper, please don't leave her no matter what the situation is or no matter what a bunch of ******** your in-laws are (not that your parents are any good, but yes, they are relatively much better than them). Let her do whatever she likes as its her individuality, respect and freedom that she values the most more than your stupid money or anything tangible. She is a strong lady and treat her like one, you will be rewarded suitably. Take care of your parents too, they have also stood by your tough time by letting you stay in their house without paying a rupee and they have also paid you your loans. You were a burden to them as they had to burn through their savings to keep you afloat. You would be a fool to forget all that and neglect them. Morally too, they were supportive to you, remember that..!! Note to self: Some of the things in my bucket list as on 30th Oct 2020 is: 1. Settle down either in London or NYC. 2. Learn to drive a manual car and buy one. 3. Buy a house and name it as per your wife's desire. 4. Top class education for our son. 5. Travel to the holy destinations in India, if not the world. 6. Sky diving with your wife(she loves it too). 7. Become fit, if not a six pac, at least fit enough to take two/three runs without panting. 8. Be a nice guy, don't be a **** like you have been all along till 2020. 9. Stop being lazy, do something which you are passionate about. I sincerely hope at the least some 4/8 items of the above list have been completed by the time you read this mail. If not, better start working towards them and achieve them. So that's about it buddy. I pray to god that you laugh reading this mail and not worry that you are in the same place as I was. p.s: You are very capable of doing it and I am sure you will excel in whatever you do - if not immediately, at the least gradually..!! All the best buddy. With love, Your past.