Special 26

There’s this Bollywood movie by the name of Special 26, and I have been wishing all my friends turning 26 with this, hence the name Special 26. There isn’t anything particularly special about turning 26 though I’m realizing I’m closer to 30 than 20 now.

The happenings on my birthday and subsequent home visits have made me more grateful and happy for having friends and family who care. With age, I have started noticing small gestures and all the extra efforts they have been doing for me since forever, and this warms my heart now. Thank you, everyone. I’m grateful for having you in my life. :)

Learning-wise, DNS, RFCs, and discovering the history of my native place have been my go-to things recently. I went heavy into Domain Name System (DNS), which also translated to posting 1, 2, 3 and eventually taking the plunge of self-hosting name servers for sahilister.net and sahil.rocks.

There has been a shift from heavy grey to friendly white clothing for me. The year was also marked with not being with someone anymore; things change.

In 2025, somehow I was at the airport more times than at the railway station. Can say it was the year of jet-setting.

Being in another foreign land opened my mind to the thought of how to live one’s life in a more mindful manner, on which I’m still pondering months after the trip. As Yoda said - “Do. Or do not. There is no try”, I’m trying to slow down in life and do less (which is turning out harder) and be more in the moment, less distracted. Let’s revisit next year and see how this turned out.