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                                                                   NEERAJ MAHAJAN If you are reading this post you and in all probability, your family is a lucky survivor in a Covid 19 infested globe and have everything to be thankful for. It is a great opportunity to reboot our lives economically, professionally, and mentally. I will explain how viz: Economically Most of us have lived a lockdown phase with bare essentials and many of us were quite happy the way lived. There was a forced reduction in expenses which lead to many undiscovered truths unknown to us like work from home can be efficient, we can cook great healthy food at home, exercise at home and many more. We can save these discretionary expenses and invest for next pandemic which will come for sure. Also those who took loans to buy cars, foreign trips, flashy mobiles took moratoriums and dread it now as the moratorium ends. Save, invest and buy only from your savings in the future once the present loans are paid of
I am blogging after three years. I do not exactly know what kept me away for so long but probably it is the mundane things in life. In the interregnum, I read a lot, traveled, worked out, learned cooking, risks in everyday life and how to be antifragile(NNT),  shifted to a bigger home, bought 4X4, expanded business, went through the pain of losing relations, refreshed Stock picking skills(continuing) by rereading Graham, Buffett among others. I consider my self lucky as I have many passions in life that keep me going, youthful, and fighting fit. I want to share a few experiences on how to stay disease-free and coming from a most polluted Delhi based childhood asthmatic completely cured it should be of help. let me put it via a list of donts( via negativa). 1. Don't overeat: Avoid eating full stomach as it harms more than it benefits coz metabolic system is overloaded and non metabolized food damages key body cells and concomitant brain cells. 2. Don't Eat regular meals: regula