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Monday 18 March 2024

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 78 of 2024

0450hrs:

I've been working continuously since waking up at 1400hrs yesterday. Yes, I will go to sleep at some point and will also notify you (the public, our public and the world-at-large) about how many hours of rest I will get corresponding to the 24hours on the 18th of March, otherwise described as Day 78 of 2024.

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Eventually I did get to sleep after 0800hrs and got up at 1700hrs, barely an hour before opening the daily fast.

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Sunday 17 March 2024

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 77 of 2024

1453hrs:

Slept at 0300hrs. Woke at 0400hrs for Sehri (pre-dawn meal before the day's fast). Went back to sleep at 0600hrs and then got up at 1400hrs. A total of 9 hours sleep. 3 more than the optimum and obviously way out of sync.

We battle on despite a thousand defeats.

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Our and your daily financial statement:


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Saturday 16 March 2024

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 76 of 2024

2324hrs:

Leaving it late yet again. Lessons need to be learned sooner as the longer the delay the more expensive our ambitions become. Today was the 5th day of Ramadhan and my daily routine has nothing commendable to report. Slept at c. 0430hrs and didn't wake up till 1100hrs and didn't get up before 1300hrs.

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Day 26 of publishing a daily financial statement in pursuit of transparency in public finance:


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Friday 15 March 2024

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 75 of 2024

2317hrs:

As intimated in an earlier post our daily routine does necessitate a change whenever Ramadhan sets in. I did sleep at 0100hrs last night and woke for Sehri (pre-dawn meal) at 0415hrs and then fell asleep again at c. 0600hrs. However, I couldn't wake up till midday and couldn't effectively get up before almost 1400hrs, just in time for our 10th 'Awaami Adaalat':


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Our financial statement for the day:


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Thursday 14 March 2024

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 74 of 2024

2334hrs:

Playing with fire. Leaving our daily diary entry very late again. I've never felt the need to be operating like a machine, more intensely than I've ever felt before.

It was another very unproductive day, at least until 1600hrs when I woke up, having slept at c. 0600hrs.

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Daily financial statement number 24 (in a row):


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Wednesday 13 March 2024

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 73 of 2024

1931hrs:

Less we forget again. Ramadhan came upon us yesterday and thus I have a golden opportunity to address my sleeping performance.

Getting to sleep before midnight and then waking at 0400hrs for Sehri (pre dawn meal before fasting begins at c. 0500hrs). Then returning to sleep to wake up at 1000hrs. A total of 9 hours.

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Our 23rd daily financial statement (of what will be a continuous daily, monthly and annual account backdating gradually to 2009 - as much as possible - when our work on the ground in AJK commenced):


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Tuesday 12 March 2024

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 72 of 2024

 0002hrs

I estimated to have missed logging for Day 71 of 2024 by a few seconds but it seems my phone's time is about 3 minutes behind blogger's time.

All the same it is amazing that I only remembered at this crucial midnight juncture, when I should be asleep before the clock hits this time.

Another lesson:

To log my daily diary as first task in the morning rather than as last task at night.

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The day ahead didn't prove any more productive than the minimum I'm producing this year. Slept in the early hours just beyond Sehri (or Suhoor in Arabic) at c. 0600hrs and got up at 1000hrs. Less sleep should equal a jolt towards efficiency aspired to.

Our 22nd daily financial statement on the trot:

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As with the missed entry for Day 64 of 2024 we will also carry some space for Day 71 of 2024 on today's date:

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 71 of 2024

Slept at c. 0500hrs and woke at midday.

Daily financial statement:


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Sunday 10 March 2024

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 70 of 2024

1941hrs:

In Dadyaal today. A change of environment. Slept at just beyond 11pm last night and got up at 0900hrs. 

If I can get the top end (time to sleep) right I have a better chance of getting the bottom end (time to wake up) right.

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Our financial statement corresponding to today's end (No change for a change, as no income came in and no expenditure was incurred):


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Saturday 9 March 2024

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 69 of 2024

1146hrs.

Slept at 0400hrs and got up at 1100hrs. 7 hours of rest is just 1 more than the optimum but the timing in the 24 hour cycle is way out of sync, 4 hours later than it should be.

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Today was an opportune moment to visit the largest rubbish dump in the most populated district of AJK, namely Kotli:

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Our daily financial statement:


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Friday 8 March 2024

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 68 of 2024

2315hrs:

After yesterday's marathon day whereby I didn't sleep at all during the night while working away and then followed that with a full day of fieldwork, by the evening I was exhausted. 

Although this was an experiment in breaking the shackles of an erratic sleep cycle over the past few months, a lie-in this morning was warranted having fallen asleep at almost midnight last night. I did wake up in the morning and even got up on a few occasions but continued sleeping until c. 1300hrs.

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We have successfully completed 9 weekly sessions of the 'Court of the People' or 'Awaami Adaalat':


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Our daily financial statement is into its 18th day of publication:


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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 78 of 2024

0450hrs: I've been working continuously since waking up at 1400hrs yesterday. Yes, I will go to sleep at some point and will also notify...