Dear Sachit

Dear Sachit:

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Dear Sachit,

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I miss you man.

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I love you.

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Wish you were here.

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Wish you were celebrating with us in Ottawa this weekend.

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It’s been almost 4 years since you were gone and not a day goes by that I don’t think about you.

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Think about the person you were.

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The man you became.

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You were my role model.

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The guy I looked up to.

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You always used to say my dad was your role model, but you were mine.

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You did everything right.

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Checked every box.

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Took every risk.

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Planned everything properly.

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When life happened, and it was sadly taken away from you.

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I miss you.

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I miss you a lot.

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I miss you all the time.

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You’ll be happy to know that your family is doing well.

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As well as they could be.

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Ravi is awesome.

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What a firecracker that guy is, in the best way possible.

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One of my favourite memories with him is when my dad and I took him to the aquarium in Toronto.

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He was running around the whole place, so much so my dad couldn’t keep up.

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We may or may not have lost him for a few minutes, but he was just chilling watching the fish.

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Watching the world go by.

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I wish you were there with him.

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You’ll also be happy to know about crypto.

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The field you spent so much time on.

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The niche weird industry that is not so niche and weird anymore.

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Remember many conversations you had with me all the way back in 2013 to convince me that this industry was real.

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That Bitcoin wasn’t a fad.

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Man, is it more real than you can imagine.

Bitcoin recently hit $120k US. 

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I remember when you told me to get it when it was less than $100.

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Man do I regret that today.

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I remember when you told me you started a crypto ATM business.

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And when you said ETH was going to be the next big thing.

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So much so that you had the guy who bought Beeple’s 69M NFT sleeping on your couch way back in the day.

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You were way ahead of your time.

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Always had been.

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Then Flosonics came around.

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The idea you had with your buddies to create a device that measured fluid volume.

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I remember being in med school when you started the company and you showing me your first prototype.

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Even remember you walking me through your Excel model, us debating the best pricing strategy and going through medical device regulations in the US.

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Now look where it is.

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I met your co-founders late last year after they had raised their recent round of financing and now they’re scaling the product all over the world.

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Knew how much of an impact you were making when I saw a friend from med school a year ago at a wedding.

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He’s an ER/ICU doctor in New York and he was telling me about how he’s using your device every day in his hospital.

Says it’s a game changer for their practice.

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Partly thanks to you man.

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You made that happen.

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You were always thinking about the future.

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Thinking about how you could build one to make humanity better.

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And you have.

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You saw things that other people couldn’t.

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You created a reality that didn’t exist and now it’s making a massive impact on people’s lives.

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I learned about the future from you.

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Not only that, but also learning to enjoy the moment.

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Learning to have fun.

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You were the first person who ever had a conversation with me about alcohol and partying in university.

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Still remember the conversation we had in your car on the way to your condo where you told me about handling alcohol.

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About drinking with your friends.

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About finding people you’re comfortable with when you get to uni.

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I want to tell you I did that and more.

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Found brothers for life in university, partly through drinking/partying.

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Even went to one of their weddings this past week in Jordan.

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But it was more than just alcohol.

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It was also about food.

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You were one of the first people I ever spoke to who talked about food in a different way.

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It wasn’t just eating a random meal.

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It was an experience to be shared with those you love.

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Going to Michelin-star restaurants.

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Traveling the world.

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Doing research on the best chefs all over.

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Still remember you telling me about your trip to South America where you went to some of the best restaurants in the world.

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It was what you chased.

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What drove you to work harder.

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It’s been the same for me.

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Been fortunate to have had several different Michelin star meals all over the world, and every time I walk into a restaurant, I think of you.

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One of the greatest meals I ever had was at David Toutaint, a 2 star michelin restaurant in Paris where the entire meal was vegetarian.

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It was so good that I told my friend ‘This is a religious experience. I want to work harder so I can do this again.’

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Chasing those experiences is thanks to you.

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Your impact is beyond imaginable.

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Not just for me, but for all the people you crossed paths with around you.

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I know everyone has a story to tell about how you helped them or what you taught them or how you made their lives a little bit better.

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That’s my goal too.

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To leave a lasting impact on people’s lives so that they remember you long after you’ve gone.

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It’s part of why I did this Ironman.

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This journey to complete one of the toughest endurance races in the world.

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3.8k swim.

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180k bike.

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42k run.

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Even writing these numbers sounds nuts to me.

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All of it sounded insane when I decided to sign up for this journey just under a year ago.

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Decided I would do this not just for me, but also on behalf of you.

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My original goal was to raise $10,000, which I thought would be really difficult.

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But I sit here today having raised over $17,000, a number I never thought possible.

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It’s all thanks to the people around us, the family and friends who have seen us grow up.

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They deserve so much of the credit for getting me here and supporting me throughout this journey.

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Thank you everyone.

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But to you Sachit

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I just wanted to say thank you man.

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Thank you for inspiring me.

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Thank you for pushing me.

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Thank you for being in my life.

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So many memories, experiences and accomplishments I’ve had are because of you and your impact on me.

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Your life and death taught me that we only have one.

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One chance.

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One opportunity.

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One life.

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And it can all be taken away so soon.

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So why not live a life you’re proud of?

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Why not live a life full of experiences and challenges?

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Why not build the future you want to see?

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You taught me that and so much more.

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Hope I’m making you proud.

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Wish you were here man.

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But I know you’ll be with me every step of the way in Ottawa.

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When I’m suffering through race day and want to quit, I’ll be remembering your smile and laugh.

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Hope you’re smiling up there.

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Love you dude.

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-Anish

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