2014 is
here!! Is it going to be Just Another Year or OMG,
it's 2014!? I'm about to get started with mine to find out. I get
inspired in tones of ways than I can imagine. By people, by posts on Facebook
wall, by blogs, by talking to living ones, by reading out of internet and what
not. I seek for ways to get inspired & I can't seem to get that ONE way in
which I can get inspired, motivated to live this dream I am dreaming. One such
way I found recently by a blog called zenhabits.
(
For those who don't know what it's all about::
It's about finding simplicity in our day to day life, about finding
happiness in every simple thing we do, its about things we already know of
& have ignored or blinded by them)
In 2013, I was part of some amazing
events in Bangalore like Sunday
Soul Sante, India
Depressed Cake Shop, 10 day baking workshop & more. I explored a lot -
in food section. I was baking, cooking delicious North Indian Curries, Italian
& I found a lot of good places around Bangalore to eat.
For me,
cooking does the trick. Whether angry, upset or stubborn..I start cooking &
things start to get better.
Last year, I tried the "Jar of Happiness " by
Elizabeth Gilbert. It was my "Happiness Jar Project"!
I
wrote that One thing that made me happiest every single day & I put it in a
jar ( Well, I could not get a jar, so it went from bag to basket to mini bucket
- basically anything that could hold those happiness). I want to say it was
successful project but it was not a major one. There were days when something
amazing happened with me that was worth writing down & still I didn't and I
don't even know the reason.. And then there were days when nothing made me
happy. I wasn't on a look out for anything in particular but days went by just
like that. So, the happiness jar is only half full.
But this year, 2014 - I have another
plan. Inspired by one of zenhabits
blog. A plan that's about to bring together 12 amazing simple things in
life ( Do's and Don’ts ) and put together a little something called "Living
With Or Without ". I'm
going to modify it. Each month I am going to live With or Without one
thing I usually do. It can be a new thing also. This is for my personal
happiness & it's a test against what I can live with or without for at
least 30 days.
In my last few years, I have started lot
of things that I loved and never finished it. Reading novel and not finishing
it because of lot of reasons - no time, book wasn't interesting enough, I
thought it was time I start reading something else, I got bored, I found
something else more interesting ... blah blah blah. I have found reasons that
even I know are not aren't good enough. What is it that makes one not learn or
what causes that distraction? And reading novel isn't just one of it.
I'm a
plain Jane, I have a 9 - 5 job. I (try to) learn the tricks &
methods of how to do programming daily, I want to be able to do given
task independently and that is not going happen in a day! It's a practice
that should be done over period of few days, weeks, months, and years to reach
that level when I can be confident in what I do. But distractions at work can
be plenty. Internet, Co-workers , Office politics, Family & friends. Work -
life balancing is one of the most difficult tasks in this time. It's all
correlated . The work I do in office and the things I do in my daily life.
There are studies that show that people who
get up early in morning or meditate early morning have a better day at work
than people who don't meditate. I may be wrong here, but I am going to believe
what I want to believe. So, yes.. I am going to start changing things around
me. And it's not just for job improvement. It's a reminder that you are
never too late to try anything new.
There are million things I want to do
before I turn 25 and this is definitely one of them. There is a bucket list
too. That's going take another post. But over span of next 12 months, I will
Live With or Without one thing per each month, that I believe is going to
change the way I think. It's about patience, it's about holding on to what you
believe, about what you think you can achieve.
Things I believe I can Live With or Without
(At the
end of each month, I am going to post how that entire month had been for me
Living With or Without that One thing. It might b a flop at first month or I
might over do it for next one but it's all about Never give up, eh?? )
January
: Month Without Biting
Hold
on before you start thinking " Whaaaaaaaat"! I have a worst habit of
biting nails since I-Don't--Remember and I want to change that. I know I am
not the only one in this universe with this disgusting habit but I'll be the
one to admit & change. Since it's my first attempt at trying something new,
I decided I will start with something simple.
I
decided not to put up the entire list of things in single post because I will
be doing that at the end of every month. That way I will have enough time to
decide on things I want to live with or without.
Here’s
what I have done so far
Love
-Sin
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