ALT+CTRL+DEL … LET's LIVE. (Not just Exist)

ALT+CTRL+DEL.

Looks like Life has pressed this key combination and now the system is rebooting to restart and refresh.

LOCKDOWN – A word that was probably in dictionary for far too long but not used as often until recent time and now a part of our daily communication.  Isn’t it.   So what is your take away from this LOCKDOWN ?   Let me share my take away from this.

Today is DAY 1 of lockdown and as the day progressed, my mind started getting utmost clarity like how the steamed bathroom glass door gets clear as the time pass by.  Though, we had been under Janata Curfew from last 3 days, no one expected to be locked down for 21 days so immediately.  Probably everyone thought it may not be so soon or may not be needed even but here we are … LOCKED DOWN for our own safety for 21 days.

I have decided to take these 21 days with complete positivity and that is for a reason and I decided to share my thoughts with you all.  

When I woke up this morning and it appeared much different than any other mornings of my life so far.  Until yesterday, business was working on like thru Work from Home and so it was not so different.  Usually when you wake up, your mind starts working in the background about planning your day which is a natural sub-conscious process..  Today that same mind had questions on what are the things during the day that is required to be planned and it so appeared that there is almost NOTHING of the routine process that is available to plan.  WHOA.. and there it goes for a toss but that is when I got the most wonderful thought of my life so far.

Until yesterday, the life that we all had (Or at least I had) was about EXISTING.. and not LIVING.  The daily routine was fixed between getting up and sleeping at night with very minor variation on day to day basis.   Today, morning after getting up, I went to Veranda and then walked around inside the apartment building and realised there were so many peacocks / Birds.. cool breeze,  nice cloudy sky and what not..  I know these all things existed even before and everyday but probably I never noticed them as close as I did today.  Also it’s not about noticing them but also about feeling good and pleasant about it which never happened before.

This might be a small thing and I am sure most of you would have experienced this but for me, it really took me to another world for some time.  Entire mind full of only that feeling.. no thoughts about Corona , current affairs , money , business or anything else.  Isn’t this something we all strive for or expect when we go for a holiday break or vacation from our routine.  

Unfortunately even best and most exotic holiday also can’t  be compared to this feeling, if your mind is in constant reminder of your daily routines and other stuff.  There are plenty of things that you want to do in your life or you love to do like painting , singing, writing , craft , meditation, yoga, playing your favourite sport and everything else but our standard complaint is “No time for these from our daily routine”. 

If you are lucky and able to take time out for this, every time you do that, your mind is partially occupied with your routine and not able to get 100 % of your activity.  Isn’t it.

These 21 days… are the only 21 days (hopefully) in your life that will never return in the same way.  I am going to use these 21 days to LIVE MY LIFE and not just EXIST.  I have decided and actioned from today to avoid reading all the CORONA related news / information and just do all those things that I have always wanted to do and enjoy doing that.   Believe me or not,  few years later when you will look back and in retrospect, you will realise that what you will accomplish in these 21 days.. will never be comparable with anything else in your life. 

Our current life has been too techie and a mix of Netflix movies , Swiggy , Zomato , Whatsapp , Facebook , Online web-series and what not..  For most of us that is the NORMAL life that we are all living but in my opinion,  if you live these 21 days with a completely different mix- a mix of things that you just love and live about.. – Music , painting, reading, writing, meditation , yoga  and everything that you always wanted to but never could., it will create a new NORMAL for you and for people around you.

Make the most of these 21 days by doing it with a different MIX and I can assure, you will not regret it.  All of our current life has been a REMIX of our original version and in the process, we have lost the original tune of our real life. Let’s play the original tune without any REMIX and ENJOY the melody.   Once out from LOCKDOWN, you will see yourself in a totally different Avatar.

Let’s try to LIVE and not just EXIST or SURVIVE..  try it..

Stay Inside

Stay Safe

Stay Healthy and Enjoy life..