Hello Friends... :)
Here comes a post after a long long time.. I had been away, coz I was too busy..-> No, That's a lie..
I had been away coz I got better things to do -> A terrible one!
To tell you the truth, I have been away coz I forgot...
Same way as I forgot to do almost all those things that used to make me feel happy, fulfilled....
Like so many others, I too got caught in the mundane trap of ROUTINE..
Home to office, Office to home, eating out at weekends, browsing facebook or twitter for hours mindlessly (coz the brain had almost stopped telling me what I really wanted to do... )... Almost like a zombie...better still, a well programmed Robot....
Not much has changed even now... When I read my old posts, I can't believe it is I who wrote them.. such enthusiasm... so much vigor...energy...excitement....
But anyway, this post is not my place to sulk... this post is an attempt to help so many other Robots who've died bit by bit while chasing those unrealistic deadlines.....
Here are some things you can do to get back to your real self:
1. Talk to yourself before you go to sleep every day
It can be anything, I started off by telling myself, 5 things I was grateful for and 5 things I wanted to improve upon every day...This exercise somehow made me realize what really matters to me. Almost intuitively, I started doing more of the stuff I thought would make me grateful that night...and although I never believed it completely when I read it in somewhere long back, that if you keep thinking of something you wanna do, you will eventually end up working towards it.. And tada! it does work ! :)
2. Stop mindlessly browsing Social Networking Sites
Ok, I'm not saying," Go ahead and deactivate that stupid account which does more harm than good!" We all need our fair share of "news"..don't we? But do not make this an addiction. And yes, it is an addiction if the first thing you open on starting a browser is your facebook! Think about it... is it really something you wanna do? Or is it just that you are too lazy to think of doing something else?
3. Find Time for any one of your hobbies, daily!
The good news is, 5 minutes is good enough!! :)
It is good enough to keep you alive, happy n kickin'... I am already feeling so good right now even though I am writing gibberish. Your hobbies give you meaning.. they bring out the child in you... Pick up those old paint brushes..don't let them bite dust....go on that trip you had planned since college but never had the money...or simply
go out n play... coz you deserve much more than that closed cubicle, that stupid laptop screen and that irritating alarm clock every morning!!
P.S. The author has taken to writing after a long long time and is currently feeling funny calling herself an author. Bear with her! ;)
P.P.S. If you know more ways to reinvent life... please share here.. :)
Here comes a post after a long long time.. I had been away, coz I was too busy..-> No, That's a lie..
I had been away coz I got better things to do -> A terrible one!
To tell you the truth, I have been away coz I forgot...
Same way as I forgot to do almost all those things that used to make me feel happy, fulfilled....
Like so many others, I too got caught in the mundane trap of ROUTINE..
Home to office, Office to home, eating out at weekends, browsing facebook or twitter for hours mindlessly (coz the brain had almost stopped telling me what I really wanted to do... )... Almost like a zombie...better still, a well programmed Robot....
Not much has changed even now... When I read my old posts, I can't believe it is I who wrote them.. such enthusiasm... so much vigor...energy...excitement....
But anyway, this post is not my place to sulk... this post is an attempt to help so many other Robots who've died bit by bit while chasing those unrealistic deadlines.....
Here are some things you can do to get back to your real self:
1. Talk to yourself before you go to sleep every day
It can be anything, I started off by telling myself, 5 things I was grateful for and 5 things I wanted to improve upon every day...This exercise somehow made me realize what really matters to me. Almost intuitively, I started doing more of the stuff I thought would make me grateful that night...and although I never believed it completely when I read it in somewhere long back, that if you keep thinking of something you wanna do, you will eventually end up working towards it.. And tada! it does work ! :)
2. Stop mindlessly browsing Social Networking Sites
Ok, I'm not saying," Go ahead and deactivate that stupid account which does more harm than good!" We all need our fair share of "news"..don't we? But do not make this an addiction. And yes, it is an addiction if the first thing you open on starting a browser is your facebook! Think about it... is it really something you wanna do? Or is it just that you are too lazy to think of doing something else?
3. Find Time for any one of your hobbies, daily!
The good news is, 5 minutes is good enough!! :)
It is good enough to keep you alive, happy n kickin'... I am already feeling so good right now even though I am writing gibberish. Your hobbies give you meaning.. they bring out the child in you... Pick up those old paint brushes..don't let them bite dust....go on that trip you had planned since college but never had the money...or simply
go out n play... coz you deserve much more than that closed cubicle, that stupid laptop screen and that irritating alarm clock every morning!!
P.S. The author has taken to writing after a long long time and is currently feeling funny calling herself an author. Bear with her! ;)
P.P.S. If you know more ways to reinvent life... please share here.. :)
2 comments:
Superb!!!!
Thank you! :)
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