CherishX CEO can't live without his PC and Kindle, plans to buy a VR Headset soon

Being a software engineer, Mudit Jaju, Founder and CEO of CherishX was already clocking more screen time than others. This increased further during the last few months as they have all meetings virtually. The laptop has also become the only source of entertainment.

The two gadgets Jaju just can’t live without are his PC and Kindle. "I love playing video games. It's my guilty pleasure. I love reading books," he says.

Phone Play
"I am using a Nokia 5.1. The only reason I choose it is because of its dimensions. It is comfortable to hold and small. The whole day I am attached to my phone even though I don't want to. My wife and I recently decided to switch off the phone an hour before sleeping, so that we can discuss our day and spend some time with each other without a phone interrupting us every minute," he shares.

Fancy tech
"I am planning to buy a VR Headset very soon. I really love playing games and there are a lot of interesting VR based games in the market which I haven't tried yet and would really love to explore this new dimension in gaming," he says.


"I don't like being on my mobile given the opportunity, hence I don't use a lot of apps. The ones I use are - WhatsApp (for both office work and personal), Gmail (purely office related work), Google Assistant / Discover - This is the best app for me to read all the latest news, articles, blogs etc. It tailors new content based on my reading habits and I just love it's suggestions. I specially use it to improve my skills at work and help pickup or build on my hobbies," he says.

Jaju has been suggested a lot of fitness and meditation apps in the past. "But I really believe to just go out and spend some time in the garden or your balcony or just switch off your phone. I personally feel a mobile app for meditation or leisure just doesn't help. I really believe spending time in a garden, with my friends or just even sitting on a balcony are better options than using a fitness / meditation app," he shares.

Gaming
He loves playing PC games. "I pretty much had the best equipment already with me. We had to do a few changes to support our employees but otherwise we were pretty much covered. It didn't take us a lot of effort to shift our work online," he says.

Jaju tries to find time when he can switch off or just stay away from his mobile phone and the apps.

"I always keep a personal diary with me to plan my day. One of the ways I now follow is to not charge my phone till it's very low on battery and then put it on charging. Giving me around 45 minutes to one hour when my device is not with me and I can just check how my day has been going and course correct if required, without the constant status updates and notifications from my mobile phone interrupting me," he says.

Jaju and his wife both are working from home. But they have two different rooms where they each work. "Since there is no one else in the room there is no disturbance. I have a JBL wired earphone for my calls but a lot of time I don't require that as well and I can put my laptop or mobile on speaker since there is no one else in the room," he ends.