What keeps you going?

 Life is in general very boring till you have something to look forward to. I remember in my childhood days, I would wait for the clock to strike 4PM as it was my time to go outside my house and play, after few years as I entered high school, I would look forward for the 5:30PM time as it was my cartoon watching time. Few years later, when I was in class 10, I would look forward for the 12noon Sundays as it was the only time of the entire week when I would watch TV, it was my time to watch Shaktimaan and eat my Sunday lunch - chicken curry & rice. 

Those were the days when I would look forward, would really want the time to move forward fast so that I could do the things which I want to do. Over the years this list of "looking forward to things" have changed. But the only constant thing is - I still want the time to move forward. Being a child I mostly wanted to grow up so that nobody could tell me to study for the upcoming exams. I wanted to grow up to buy packets of Lays, Kurkure all together. I wanted to grow up so that I could binge watch movies. Mostly I wanted to grow up so that I could buy things as per my mood. 

After growing up I can do all the above mentioned childhood dreams, but amidst all these I feel that taste of childhood Lays is not that spicy as I used to think. It has nothing to do with the taste of the product, just that the abundance of things has killed the yearning, the chips craving. Now that I have the opportunity to eat as much chips as I want to, but now that taste of the chips, the unavailability of chips is not there, hence even if I can, I dont feel like buying it. How many of you agree with me?

Coming back to my list of things, my bucket list- there are lot of serious stuffs as well which I wanted to do. For example I wanted to have a 9 to 6 job, I wanted to write a book, have my own home, have my own car, travel the world, have a kid - so many, the list is never ending. While I have achieved many of those and still few are left to be done, the wish to achieve all these keep me going. 

And whenever I feel bored I look at the non serious stuffs to keep me going. For example few months back I wanted to learn how to do make up on my own. I watched many youtube tutorials, scrolled through the Myntra app, and I ended up buying the basic make up stuffs. Guess what is the current status of that make up kit? It is sleeping peacefully in my dresser unit as I felt it is too much of a task to put make up every time. Is anyone out there like me, or am I the only one?

My Dida (my maternal grandmother) would make different types of pickles, try out new recipes, invite people at her house and feed them, mesmerize them with her amazing culinary skills. She would look forward to the get togethers. Her "keep on going" would be the social gathering.

While my Chorda (maternal grandfather) would really enjoy knowing about what's going on in other people's  lives. Even after being a successful business man, he would take out time from his busy schedule and would indulge in such activity which gave him absolute joy. 

Different people have different things which keep them going. Now the question is what's yours?




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