Well that is true that life is not algorithmic or based on a certain formula, but would it not be so good if it were. We are told that the pluses and minuses of behaviors lead to certain outcomes, and the 7 habits of great leaders or the 5 things to look for in a man.... I mean, i call it the 'mummy' syndrome. Now, if you are born in an Indian household (still applies to all brown households), you spent our childhood years worrying about what not to be. I know you are as confused as me as I write this as to where this line of thinking is going, but I promise, I will take you there if you only hear me out for a few more lines. Obviously at the end I will tell you the '10 ways to stay happy and find eternal bliss'. I am sick of all these click and bait articles that capture your attention but never really get to the point much the same as this blog is turning out to be. So getting right back to it, the 'mummy syndrome'
I think Shakespeare was inherently a mummy! 'to be or not to be' the soliloquy that gave me night sweats in grade 12 alludes to 'to live or not to live'. The mummy syndrome is also like that, they want their kids to do the things all the while not do them... hmm! confused much? let me explain - mummy's want their kids to grow up! i.e. clean their room, wash their clothes, be responsible, be a good boy/girl, not do drugs (whaattt? - ok i took it too far), but the point being is that they want them to act adults, but when one day kids turn a new leaf and actually become adults, the mummy's cant handle it, you get hit with a truckload of emotions and blackmailing that you aren't so sure what is it that is expected of you i.e. 'to be or not to be'. Now I know that this is a bit of a stretch in my logic, but logical nonetheless. And there ladies and gents, i am back to my logic and how algorithmic our life is in such that we cant seem to escape our confinement....
Alright, it has been 10 years and seriously it has been 10 years since I wrote my first blog. It was around this time in 2010, when I had landed in India to go to IIM to be the coconut. Oh come on! you know what I mean to say here, brown on the outside and white on the inside. But my insides are a bit rotten - they are pretty brown on the inside as well, which I realized only after I came back from India. Well, so much has changed in the last 10 years since I went and i still wish, I could breathe the cold winter air from December 2010. Isn't it such a wild idea that we long for that past, that memory that was once the present! and today, in our current present, we are super confused, worried and irritated! Whoa! I have found the meaning of life or at least one of the way to be happy - didn't i tell you that i was goin to tell you 10 ways to stay happy and find eternal bliss - haha! While, this is not a self help blog by any means, it definitely is a little soothing for me - gives me an opening back to life that i had once lived and still long for!
Oh well! what a great time it was in 2010 when life was still less chaotic, blackberry was still hip, baggy pants were in style, the world was styll trying to figure out how to be global - once it did, we had to deal with Covid-19. But then for some of us, recently graduated, dreams of being the next Bill Gates, changing the world around with unwavering courage and zeal and zest that could bring down the heavens, the relentless pursuit of getting that investment banking, consulting, physician job was paramount. But really, look back at that time and let me know if anything has changed! I dont think so, where we are today, me 10 years would killed to be at. But, today, the targets are higher, greater and this pursuit my friends is the confinement that I spoke about, it truly is "to be or not to be"
We did get defocused and get carried away a little so coming back to the algebra. In my 10 years since IIM and B school, much has been achieved. If you truly are interested, I have finished an MBA along with a CPA, CA, landed great jobs along the way, had the good fortune to travel the world on someone else's dime, opened and closed businesses, aimed to kick it farther and higher but in the pursuit of all of this, I can certainly say i am not any more content than I was 10 years ago. So bring it back, the algebraic formula is only theoretical in real life the stochasticity of decisions, inhibitions, luck, changes etc, have their own unsolvable equation! You must keep trying but life my friends is to be lived not to be solved or understood! Dont have any regrets, do as your heart desires as these will be the best memories that you might cherish in the days to come - you might be financially broke but you will be heartfully rich!
I mean, I dont have an answer either, if life isnt algebra, I for certain know that it isnt philosophy either! Because 'to be or not to be' is real as we are all but a schrodinger's cat neither here nor there! So from the guy who was confused and scared 10 years ago, I am no different i.e. still scared, still uncertain, still in love with the past and petrified of the future!
So in conclusion then, dont be anything that i mentioned in the last paragraph - easier said than done my friends, but that is the honest truth. Who knew 2020 would be a write off 10 years ago, and who can guess what 2030 would look like. So while we have discovered the 1 of 10 ways to be happy, tune into the next blog for the remainder of the 9 - Click Bait! Dont forget to Like, Subscribe and Comment! :*
Disagreement that it had passed so fast, blink of an eye it appears the day before last; couldn't agree it was gone, and it had been so long, since my heart desired. I think it is time to think and get rewired, cuz tomorrow will be today and this second will be gone without being admired!
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