My First Day of School
A white shirt, a blue tie, a very clever mother — and a kindergarten kid with a plan to stay home. It didn’t work.
The journal of
Abhi Arya
- Dreamer
- Entrepreneur
- Enthusiastic
- Learner
- Traveller
Building things. Collecting experiences. Learning along the way.
What I believe
Do your part. Leave the rest to God. Enjoy the journey.
“Aapka achha-bura sab likha hai. Bas aaj subah uthe ho, toh dekhna hai ki aaj kya tha.”
I believe the good and the bad are already written. Each morning we wake up and simply find out what the day has brought. That doesn’t make me passive — I still make choices, work hard and own the outcome. But once something is out of my hands, I let it go. Life feels lighter that way, and the journey becomes something to enjoy rather than endure.
01Projects & businesses
Things I’m building.
All projectsBusinesses, digital products, experiments and content. Each one has its own page: why it exists, what I’m making, and what it’s teaching me.
- 01 Business Being written
- 02 Digital product Being written
- 03 Media & content Being written
This is where the ventures will live. The first entries are being written — follow along, or write to me if you’d like to build something together.
02Right now
Currently building, testing & thinking about.
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Project — What I’m working on
This website
Rebuilding abhiarya.com into one home for everything I make, learn and remember.
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Experiment — What I’m testing
Working with AI
Testing how far one person can go when AI becomes part of the workflow.
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Learning — What I’m exploring
Business, from the ground up
Reading, listening and learning by doing — mostly by doing.
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Idea — What I’m thinking about
Something of my own
An idea I’m still turning over. More when it’s ready.
Currently exploring
- AI
- Business
- Technology
- Travel
- Learning
- Content
03My journey
A life, chapter by chapter.
The full journey-
1992
Early years
Born in April 1992. The first page of the book.
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Kindergarten
First day of school
White shirt, blue trousers, a tie — and a carefully planned attempt to stay home. It didn’t work.
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Growing up
Education
Books, exams, friends, and the slow work of figuring out what I actually enjoy.
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c. 2013
Career
Stepped into the technology industry. The first salary, and the first taste of independence.
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The work years
Technology
Years inside software products — learning how things are built, broken, fixed and shipped.
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May 2016
First international trip
Malaysia. My first flight, my first time abroad, and my first dance in front of a crowd.
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After 2016
Travel & experiences
Dubai, Thailand, Vietnam — and a growing habit of collecting places.
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Recently
Building things
Moving from using products to making my own — tools, projects and ideas.
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Ongoing
Entrepreneurial experiments
Small bets, tested honestly. Some will grow. Some will teach.
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Today
Today
Somewhere between what I’ve done and what I haven’t done yet.
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What’s next?
Already written, perhaps. Just not read yet.
05Journal
Thoughts, written down.
Read the journal
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06Work
A chapter of my journey
Since c. 2013
My professional journey has been rooted in software quality and technology — working across products, teams and different stages of development. It taught me how things are built, how they break, and how much care goes into making them work.
The unwritten pages
What’s next?
I don’t have every chapter planned. Maybe that’s the interesting part.
There are businesses I haven’t built yet, places I haven’t been, things I haven’t learned and ideas I haven’t found. So for now, I’m going to keep moving — and see what today brings.