Pearls of wisdom
about to follow – read at your own risk ;)
Now that we have the
precautionary advice in place, read on!
Of late, I have been
struggling with time management, which is funny because until a couple of years
back, I thought of myself as a super-efficient and meticulous person. But now I
didn’t even have enough time to think about what changed and how to improve it,
until one day I was so exhausted that the brain signalled – you have got to stop
and take a rain check.
And I did – I took a
rain check!
Boy o boy was I in
for a surprise. This life, I tell you, is not easy. It has got some nasty
tricks up its sleeve. But worry not – we are not faint-hearted either.
Some notes:
1. The notion that “Life
throws at you only as much as you can take” is a myth. Life can throw anything
at you at anytime.
2. You have to be
extra smart and beat the “Darwin” out of it. Not for nothing did he come up
with the theory of Survival of the Fittest!
3. No matter what
life throws at you, you can beat it with some patience and some efforts.
Well, I said to
myself - you may not be able to change or reduce the number of events that are
happening (not right away, at least), but you can certainly change the way you
deal with them. And with some more efforts, you can bring some order in your
life. And if even after all these efforts, you think it’s not working out, your
life’s not improving, it’s time for some major refactoring.
So I started reading
some inspirational websites, making some lifestyle changes and taking quantum
leaps in the department of philosophy. Had somebody told me 3 years back that I
would be preaching this stuff to people, I would have fainted!
Websites that I
liked:
- This is the first website I came across that helped me in my quest for a peaceful life
- The concepts registered right away in my brain, they made sense. The less stuff I have, the less time I will spend taking care of and maintaining them and lesser I will have to work in order to afford them. So basically you are telling me that – I won’t have to work hard to earn so much money, I won’t have to spend so much time cleaning and I will have more time and peace of mind! Sold!
- Having said that, I am not a regular follower of the site. I am already implementing minimalism and trying to get better at it each day. Let’s see how it goes. J
- minimalists led me to zen habits and Leo Babauta. Achieving the zen state is a dream. A dream which can be realized with small steps every day of life. It is an ongoing goal affecting your whole being. Slow and steady.
- I do visit this website every now and then to absorb some more inspiration or whenever I am in need of some philosophical intellect.
What changes am I
making in my life so that I have more time for stuff I want to do?
1.
I am getting rid of whatever’s
lying around in the house eating dust. We buy and we forget. We get gifts and
we forget. The clutter just piles up. Not good!
2.
More free space in the house =
freer mind.
3.
Less stuff = less cleaning and maintaining.
4.
I am buying less. I buy only
what’s necessary. Sometimes I find ways to avoid even that! HA! (Laziest people
are the smartest, aren’t they? :P).
5.
Less buying = No shopping trips
on the weekends. I order my grocery online too.
6.
That leaves me with Saturdays
to take care of doctor visits, family visits and miscellaneous activities.
7.
And that leaves me with free
Sundays!
On a side note, 3 years ago, my wise husband had said to me these
exact words and showed me these exact websites. But who listens to husbands?
Only when you go through the difficult situations and face the hardships do you
realise that your husband was right the entire time! Phew!
Shhh.. don’t tell
him!
