An incorrigible optimist, Sanchayeeta Verma loves to spend weekends with family or a book

Sanchayeeta Verma, Senior VP at Wavemaker, is a practitioner of Soka Gakkai Buddhism who looks forward to a vacation with loads of leisure time or curling up in the bed with a novel. 

Read on to find out how Verma spends her me-time and the hobby she wants to go back to this year: 

On a typical weekend you will find me... 
With family, completing pending chores at home, spending quality time on my Soka Gakkai Buddhism practice, binge watching TV shows or finishing a book I am hooked onto at the moment. Catching up on the week’s quota of sleep and lazing around.

My idea of relaxing is...
Curling up in the bed with a great novel - the thicker the better. If I can get my dog beside me... even better. 

One vice I cannot do without... 
E-tail therapy - I indulge in it quite a bit. 

I love a staycation/adventure... 
I love and indulge in staycations - all the fun of a vacation without the stress of travel. But an outstation vacation with loads of leisure time to a wonderful place does win a few extra points. 

I confess, I am a...
Incorrigible optimist, even though you will catch me letting out my existential angst from time to time. 

I spend me-time on...
Reading books, binge watching Netflix & Amazon Prime, and the occasional spa visit.

The last show I binge watched...
Star Trek - Discovery

I can make a mean... to save my life...
Apple crumble pie and spatchcock chicken - two new dishes I recently learnt for my daughter, courtesy YouTube and my food connoisseur husband. I am a lousy cook otherwise. 

A skill or hobby I want to learn this year...
I used to paint when I was a teenager. Never got to take it up again. The paints (watercolours), papers and brushes have been acquired...will be putting brush to paper hopefully soon. 

My next vacation/adventure will be...
Many places left from my bucket list. We are considering an off-the-beaten track tour of Europe this summer... itinerary is still being drawn up.