Every year’s last month, I try to find something that will help me track my habits, but after searching so many times, I would always stumble upon a premium purchase-based or ad-integrated habit tracker app. I wanted something free,simple, and useful. After trying many apps and websites, I finally found the best solution.
I want to tell you that I am taking a challenge.
I’m not waiting until January 1st. I’m starting today, and I want you to witness this commitment.
Here’s what I’m challenging myself to achieve:
To be healthy, fit, and maintain a good physique
To be studious and consistently learn
To be disciplined and show up daily
To be honest with myself, no matter what
I take this challenge by taking small steps at a time,firstly by installing the habit of brushing twice. To wake up early in the morning, not missing a single day for the next 30 days, followed by exercise and movement. With that, I will finish a book this month. Also, to be accountable, I will track myself throughout these 30 days, and for that, I found a very realistic, to-the-point, and useful app which I will continue to use for next year to keep track and be consistent, making and transforming myself, building habits. These words will be used as proof of my commitment after these 30 days.
The name of the app is Loop Habit Tracker, it’s not like any other, too much gamified, ad-filled, and forcing you to buy their premium rather than being an open source mobile app that has a very basic, minimalistic UI, and you can track yourself very easily without any need to buy a subscription or watch ads in between. The best thing is it’s FREE!
Before you download this app, I want you to know that as I continue to use this app for next 30 days I will keep on updating it and will show you the results,also this app being free and open source I am not doing its affiliate marketing or promotion,just sharing because I found it most useful and best among all other apps available,you can even export your data that has its own advantages.
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” — Jim Ryun
Also I want you to join me and use this app and if you like it I will suggest you to continue it to next year to,I think that we must build a momentum to build the habit a month before new year and continue it with full enthusiasm.
Every note in Marathi music carries centuries of devotion, poetry, and cultural memory. Whether one has grown up singing or has just discovered these songs, these five tracks represent the heart and soul of Maharashtra’s musical tradition. Each one reflects a story that is greater than words and connects listeners to something beyond words.
Artist: Lata Mangeshkar Music: Pt. Hridaynath Mangeshkar
Lyricist: Sant Dnyaneshwar
Imagine a honeybee humming from flower to flower, drawn by irresistible fragrance. That is the metaphor Sant Dnyaneshwar applies here in the case of spiritual longing. The repetitive “runujhunu” is like the sound of tinkling bells or buzzing that creates this almost hypnotic quality that draws you in.
This devotional number gets a soft and meditative touch in Lata Mangeshkar’s voice. Not loud, not dramatic, but an invite to shed your cares and float for some time around in the divine presence. What if, instead, devotion was as instinctive as a bee seeking nectar? Or what if returning home to divinity were that easy?
This is cornerstone Marathi bhakti music-the kind to which kirtans have been sung for generations on pilgrimages, in temples, and in front yards where families gather for evening prayers.
Artists: Pt. Bhimsen Joshi and Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande
Lyricist: Jagdish Khebudkar
Raag: Yaman
Here’s where things get interesting. “Taal Bole Chipalila” literally means “the rhythm speaks to the sparrow”-imagine nature itself joining in devotional celebration. This abhang celebrates music and dance as paths to the divine, but with a radical message: everyone’s equal when they’re singing God’s praises. Rich, poor, educated, uneducated-none of that matters.
The lyrics preach something so beautiful: let go of your material attachments, serve humanity, and express your devotion through all of your being — singing, dancing, being fully present. The mridanga, a classical drum, really moves the rhythm along with infectious energy.
With stalwarts like Bhimsen Joshi and Vasantrao Deshpande rendering it, one can be assured of something special. Their voices bring in both technical brilliance and genuine devotional fervor.
“Maher” means your mother’s ancestral home-that place you go back to for comfort and a sense of belonging. Sant Eknath describes the sacred city of Pandharpur, the residence of Lord Vitthal, as precisely that-the soul’s true home.
This 16th-century composition still resonates powerfully today. Every year, millions of pilgrims walk hundreds of kilometers during the Wari, or pilgrimage season, to reach Pandharpur, and many sing this very song along the way. It invokes the Bhima River, Pundlik, or Vitthal’s devoted follower, and the sacred geography of Maharashtra-grounding spiritual yearning in real physical places.
The longing in this song is palpable. It’s not abstract theological concepts; it’s homesickness for the divine. That’s what makes it so universally moving, even if you’ve never been to Pandharpur.
Sometimes the most powerful prayers are the simplest ones. “Toha Vitthal Barva, Toha Madhav Barva” — You are Vitthal, You are Madhav. That, in essence, is the entire song, to be repeated with devotional intensity.
Simplicity does not necessarily mean a lack of depth. This abhang proclaims the unity of God amidst names and forms that may vary. It is an appeal to godhead person to person, without metaphorical phrases. Just pure surrender and recognition.
This is the kind of song that catches fire in group kirtans. Hundreds of voices join together in this simple affirmation, and something shifts in the room. Participatory spirituality doesn’t get much better than this: no musical training or theological knowledge required, just sincerity.
Now we’re switching gears completely. This is natyasangeet — classical Marathi musical theater — and it shows an entirely different side of Marathi musical tradition. Composed for the 1911 musical drama “Sangeet Manapman,” this song explores romantic love and martial valor rather than devotion.
“Zhale Yuvatimana Darun Ran Ruchir Premshe”-the heart of the young maiden becomes passionate through the beauty of love and warfare. It is like classically Indian rasa theory, aesthetic emotion, meets Marathi storytelling. The composition is sophisticated, restrained, emotionally nuanced, everything you would have expected from a golden age of Marathi musical theatre.
The rendition by Pt. Anand Bhate is masterful, showcasing how traditional Marathi composers integrated classical frameworks with vernacular language and local sensibilities. This is art music-better appreciated for the technical brilliance and emotional subtlety with which it is rendered.
Why These Songs Matter Today These five songs are not relics; they are living traditions that continue to move people, for they tap into something universal. The devotional pieces speak to anyone who’s ever felt that longing for something beyond themselves — whether you call it God, truth, home, or simply meaning. And “Zhale Yuvati Mana” sends us a reminder that Marathi music isn’t all about temples and pilgrimages. It’s also about artistic excellence, classical aesthetics, and the full range of human emotion.
From Sant Dnyaneshwar’s folk-devotional metaphors to the classical sophistication of early 20th-century theater, these songs showcase the incredible breadth of Marathi musical heritage. Each one offers something different: meditation, celebration, longing, surrender, and artistry.
So listen to them. Allow the melodies to work on you. You might not understand every word if you don’t speak Marathi, but the emotions transcend language. And who knows? You might find yourself humming “Runujhunu Re” weeks later, still thinking about that honeybee searching for divine nectar.
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I was to attend a lot of meetings,classes,do activities and submit in a single month,I was losing grip over time and felt that if everything keeps going so fast and I forget deadlines and tasks I need to do, I will end up doing a lot of harm to myself, and everything would become a total mess. I felt very stressed, and I literally shouted ‘Emergency!’
I was so desperate to find a solution, at least a first-aid kind of thing, to fix this, so I used Chat-GPT, told it what was going on, and it came up with a solution. The response was “ Provide me the timetable” I was like Alright, here you go. After uploading my weekly class timetable(schedule) with all days and time slots mentioned, it told me that I will be generating a “CSV” file with this, and you just have to import it into your Google Calendar.
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After the generation of the file, I was provided with the CSV. I prompted it to show me how to upload that :
1.Put your events in a spreadsheet with headers like: Subject, Start Date, Start Time, End Date, End Time, Description, Location, etc., then save as CSV.
2.Open Google Calendar on computer → click gear icon → Settings → Import & export.
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3.In “Import,” choose your CSV file and pick the calendar to add events to → click Import → check events on the calendar.
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BOOM! All my timetable appeared on the screen in coloured tiles, saving a lot of my time. Then it asked me to upload my exam,activities and other events too in a PDF or clearly visible image format and came up with a quick output. I also used another browser named “Comet”, which has the option of connecting Google Calendar to the assistant, and it made my work so smooth that just a line would do the work.
Each day, I was notified of the upcoming event and classes I needed to attend. I submitted all my projects on time. With this,I use this to add new events too.
Here is the prompt : "You are a CSV-generation assistant. Your task is to convert any timetable I provide into a Google Calendar–compatible CSV file using the following required format and columns:
CSV Columns (exact order): Subject | Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time | All Day Event | Description | Location | Private
Formatting rules:
Start Date & End Date: Use MM/DD/YYYY format.
Start Time & End Time: Use h:mm AM/PM format.
All Day Event: Always FALSE unless explicitly stated.
Private: Always TRUE unless stated otherwise.
Description: Use any extra notes I provide.
Location: Fill if provided; leave blank if not.
If I say my schedule is weekly, repeat weekly events for 1 month (or longer if I specify).
If I give monthly, one-time, or irregular events, match dates exactly.
Output must be a clean CSV table, nothing else.
Never include example rows; only output the generated timetable.
Input formats I may use:
Weekly timetable (e.g., Mon 9–11 Math)
Monthly schedule
Free-text class descriptions
A structured list
Copy/pasted rows
Anything understandable in natural language
Your job: Convert my input into a valid Google Calendar CSV following the rules above. Before generating the final CSV, do 3 quick steps:
Confirm your understanding of the schedule (summarize it).
Ask me if I want weekly repetition, one-time events, or a specific date range.
सुरेन्द्र चंद्रशेखरु - अखंड ध्यातसे हरु। जनासी सांगते खुणा - श्रीराम राम हे म्हणा।।
महेश पार्वती प्रती - विशेष गुज सांगती। सलाभ होतसे दुणा - श्रीराम राम हे म्हणा।।
विषे बहुत जाळिले -विशेष अंग पोळिले। प्रचित माझिया मना - श्रीराम राम हे म्हणा।।
विशाल व्याळ व्यस्तकी - नदी खळाळ मस्तकी। ऋषि भविष्य कारणा - श्रीराम राम हे म्हणा।।
अपाय होत चुकला - उपाय हा भला भला। नसे जयासी तुळणा - श्रीराम राम हे म्हणा।।
बहुत प्रयत्न पाहिले - परंतु सर्व राहिले। विबुध पक्ष रक्षणा - श्रीराम राम हे म्हणा।।
विरामध्ये विरोत्तमु - विशेष हा रघोत्तम।। सकाम काळ आंकणा - श्रीराम राम हे म्हणा।।
बहुत पाहिले खरे - परंतु दोन्ही अक्षरे। चुकेल येम यातना - श्रीराम राम हे म्हणा।।
मनी धरुनी साक्षपे - अखंड नाम हं जपे। मनांतरी क्षणक्षणा - श्रीराम राम हे म्हणा।।
देहे धरुनी वानरी - अखंड दास्य मी करी। विमुक्त राज्य रावणा - श्रीराम राम हे म्हणा।।
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