I was missing being cringe, so I am back

week 29

hello gang wtsup lol i don’t think so anybody will even see this, i am posting after 3 months

Life got weird after college, so I went quiet. I posted once, then disappeared for three months. I had fun this semester and did not build much. There were ups and downs. Some parts were scary. But I am back.

I am working on ideas again and trying things. I do not remember what I wrote last time. I have a lot to share.

Let us go.

The Fun

Let us talk about what I was doing last semester and why I was not building anything.

The simple answer is I was having fun. I traveled with friends, made new friends, and spent time living life. I realized life is more than sitting in one place and working all the time. There were ups and downs. Some days I was sad, some days happy. The whole semester felt like an emotional rollercoaster.

But even with all that fun, I felt unfulfilled. It was enjoyable, but I was not doing anything meaningful. That made me question myself. Should I stop building. Should I just focus on college, get the skills, get a job, and let life flow.

But that did not feel like me. Doing nothing made me unhappy. I was fighting myself for a long time because of that.

Eventually, I realized something. I am not building just for a better future or stability. I build because this is who I am. Making things, trying ideas, creating value. That is where my joy comes from. And that is what I want to do.

YouTube

I said I would make videos, then disappeared for the entire semester, which is almost six months.

I did upload one video though, and I am actually happy about that. It is me trying to build an app and journaling the process. That is basically it.

I am also writing a script for another video, so one more is coming. I am not consistent on YouTube at all, but I like that I am at least uploading something.

If you want, you can check it out. The content is kind of weird. I do not even know why I am on YouTube. I just upload one random video every two or three months. And that is fine.

Bus Buddy

Funny enough, I got into the E Cell of my college, MAHE Innovation Center. I was assigned to guide one startup, which was honestly pretty fun.

I do not want to make this newsletter long, so I will talk more about the startup next week when I am actually deeper into working on it. But for now, I was supposed to track what they are doing and help guide them. The idea itself was very practical and interesting, and I ended up getting involved more than I expected.

The app is not built yet and there is still a lot left to do. But I am confident the idea has real potential and can work. That part excites me.

So yeah, another thing happened. I got pulled into a startup again. Even though I say I do not care about money, that is not really the point. I just want to work on things I believe in.

I have been doing this for two or three years now. I have failed many times, but those failures taught me what not to do. I can already see many people making the same mistakes I once did. So in a way, this feels good. It feels useful.

Strava

Apart from that, let me talk about a small project I was working on.

I built an astrology app. I do not really believe in astrology or stars guiding life, but I found the idea interesting. I came across CoStar and liked how it removes the need to go to an astrologer and puts everything on your phone.

So I tried building something similar. I am also planning a YouTube video around it, explaining how I built it and the thinking behind it. That video is still a work in progress and I am writing the script right now.

If you want, you can check it out and make an account. The stats so far are kind of crazy.

Becon

I went to a competition at my college that was inaugurated by IIT Delhi along with my college. A lot of investors and founders were there, so it was a fun event. I met many people and made a few connections. Nothing huge, but still valuable.

One big takeaway from that event was this. If you are building something, you need to really understand your market and your idea. The founders and investors were not impressed by fancy solutions. They kept asking simple but hard questions. What is the idea. Who is the market. How will it make money. What is the actual problem. Do people even think this is a problem.

Most of the focus was on the problem, not the solution.

that’s something everybody knows, but nobody really focus on that

What in Future?

Alright, that is it for the last six months. Now, what about the future.

Honestly, I do not know. I do not know if I will do more hackathons, build random side projects, work on startups, or disappear again for a bit. I really do not know what is coming.

What I do know is this. I have learned a lot, and I want to give that back. The best way for me is by talking to people, having real conversations, building small things together, and maybe even starting something with them. Money is not the main goal. It is a nice external factor, but the real fun comes from building and meeting people.

Will I post every week. I will try. That basically means yes. I want to be consistent again. Writing these small newsletters makes me realise when I am doing nothing. Saying things publicly helps me stay accountable.

I also want to do more hackathons and attend more events. That is where I learn the most. I also realised I am bad at hardware, so that is something I want to work on.

That is the plan for now.

tata gang

bye bye

shrtit