Getting Intimate with Project Fi

The thought was intriguing.  Project Fi! Being able to switch between networks seamlessly, no contracts involved and backed by Google!  All sounds great.. Naturally so, being a fangal of Google's, I jumped on the bandwagon. Not having full trust in this new service, I decided to not transfer my everyday phone number.

So let’s start from the beginning….

The good:

1)    Amazing customer service

2)    Everything can be done online and all the questions can be answered via their chat option, they made it as easy as it can possibly be made

3)    Very pleasant experience setting up

4)    Transitioning between networks is truly seamless. Tested this by transitioning from my home WiFi network to the cellular network (driving away) and it was as seamless as it can be. One wouldn’t even notice or know the difference unless you know what you are looking for

The not so good:

1)    My google voice number[ Which I’ve had for years ] was not eligible to be transferred and be used as my new Project Fi number, so I got a new number, which in doing so deprecated my old number

2)    No option for picking specific numbers

3)    Only option for call forwarding is it ringing on simultaneous phones at the same time

4)    Horrible cell coverage! I think this is expected as the partners are T-Mobile and Sprint. To be fair, my point of comparison is Verizon (which I’ve used for years now )

5)    Not all features of google voice are available on Project Fi : https://support.google.com/fi/answer/6159953?hl=en&ref_topic=4596407

Conclusion:

Conflicted at first. The service is really bad in comparison to my Verizon service. Being on a grandfathered unlimited data plan with Verizon without being tied to a contract has been sweet; however, Verizon's recent move of increasing the price for this plan has really made me look at other options. It's about the principle more than anything else!  So in short, yes I will transfer my number to Project Fi

 

Intellectual Power

"The speed with which all of them vanish— the objects in the world, and the memory of them in time. And the real nature of the things our senses experience, especially those that entice us with pleasure or frighten us with pain or are loudly trumpeted by pride. To understand those things— how stupid, contemptible, grimy, decaying, and dead they are— that’s what our intellectual powers are for."

 Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Live Life Happy

I never think of myself as a giving person, or someone with a lot of patience, or someone whose sole purpose in life is to help others; however, I find it extremely rewarding to help others achieve their goals, to help others grow, in different categories, and to watch them grow.

Over the past several years, I've tried most of the fitness hypes of the time, I've gone through obsessed behavior in one side of the spectrum to another and over the course of it all I've learned a lot! I want to share bits and pieces of what I've learned here.. hoping that it would help someone out there. 

I want to start by writing about living a balanced life. I know I know.. Everyone talks about it, everyone writes about it. balance is different for each person. I remember I used to workout for two hours every day, meal prep for the entire week and call that a balanced life! Or when I would have a cheat meal here and there and call that a balanced life.

It boils down to living a happy life! It doesn't matter if you can deadlift x lbs of weight, or if you can run  x many miles in y many minutes per mile.. it all boils down to getting what you want out of it. It's about happiness. If you go for your run, do you get done enjoying that feeling of accomplishment? When you are lifting, pushing your body beyond the limits, are you ecstatic after or are you so occupied about your job, your family, your every-day life that you don't pause and enjoy that moment? 

As I said, the key to living a fit life, and sustaining it is all in happiness.. in joy.. in appreciating and counting your blessings.

Live life happy..