To say that I've been really busy would be an understatement of sorts. It's been quite crazy for the past few weeks. Hence the blog hasn't seen much update. It's been a really happy situation. I think, I thrive in the 'busy' environment as long as I'm with a good team. The past weekend, the annual musical fund raiser we organized came to a close and it was a blast. Everything was so well orchestrated, it was amazing to work with such a cohesive team. I had heard several stories of people working with fantastic teams and how great it felt to be a part of such a team, and I got to experience it first hand. It truly makes a world of difference to be a part of such a team. In the absence of such cohesion, much of the energy will be spent in stakeholder buy in and that's what primarily leads to a lot of arguments and eventually stress.
On a totally unrelated topic, I saw this video of a lingerie fashion show that was held in India. (I'm too lazy to look for the link now). What amazed me was the dichotomy of the situation. The show was organized by a household name sponsor ( Grihalakshmi or something like that ). The sponsorship banner and other advertisement stuff all had an 'Indian theme' , fonts, colors etc( The multi-lingual setups as well) and then there were all these middle aged women in the audience trying to control their kids roaming around with bhelpuri and other snacks and then there are these beautiful looking models displaying all the happening stuff in the lingerie world on the ramp. It was so hilarious. So it's these models on the ramp surrounded by all the 'aam janta' people as in a Mela of sorts. Yep, that's probably what it was. Some one sneaked in the fashion show in a Mela :)
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Getting into a regimen
I'm posting some personal stuff after a long time. Bear with me.
Routine sucks. Spontaneity, sudden changes, spur of the moment actions are those that keep me going. However these days, I'm realizing that the concept of a regimen or routine is very much required in order to achieve those dreams, which, until now were deemed just dreams. Achieving mastery, yes that's the right phrase to use. Achieving mastery over any art needs a regimen. It's no wonder that kids are always told to study at the same time everyday and go to bed at the same time everyday. I've viewed succumbing to a routine as akin to giving up freedom. I don't clearly understand why I'm so averse to routine but that's just the way I am. So how do I change that and get into a regimen and why would I want to do that.
Ambition, is probably the main reason. There's always an incredible urge to 'achieve'. My dad must have passed on this gene to me. It's so hard to sit and just do mundane stuff. It seems ironical but I don't 'achieve' either. I'm stuck in this boat which rocks between the 'achievement' and 'mundane,have to do stuff' waves. it's terribly annoying to sit helplessly in this boat. In fact, it's even more annoying to sit with a surfboard and ready to surf either wave, ( though I have to admit the achievement wave looks tantalizingly attractive and dangerous).
Fulfilling this ambitious mind of mine, is possible only by following a regimen, or rather a series of regimens. My ENTP personality ( for all those Myers and Briggs lovers ) combined with a little bit of ADD and a dash of laziness makes it even more harder to follow a regimen. However hard it is, I've started making some decent inroads into this boring world of routine. Gosh, every moment is painful, but when I envision that end result, the pain does fade away a little.
Routine sucks. Spontaneity, sudden changes, spur of the moment actions are those that keep me going. However these days, I'm realizing that the concept of a regimen or routine is very much required in order to achieve those dreams, which, until now were deemed just dreams. Achieving mastery, yes that's the right phrase to use. Achieving mastery over any art needs a regimen. It's no wonder that kids are always told to study at the same time everyday and go to bed at the same time everyday. I've viewed succumbing to a routine as akin to giving up freedom. I don't clearly understand why I'm so averse to routine but that's just the way I am. So how do I change that and get into a regimen and why would I want to do that.
Ambition, is probably the main reason. There's always an incredible urge to 'achieve'. My dad must have passed on this gene to me. It's so hard to sit and just do mundane stuff. It seems ironical but I don't 'achieve' either. I'm stuck in this boat which rocks between the 'achievement' and 'mundane,have to do stuff' waves. it's terribly annoying to sit helplessly in this boat. In fact, it's even more annoying to sit with a surfboard and ready to surf either wave, ( though I have to admit the achievement wave looks tantalizingly attractive and dangerous).
Fulfilling this ambitious mind of mine, is possible only by following a regimen, or rather a series of regimens. My ENTP personality ( for all those Myers and Briggs lovers ) combined with a little bit of ADD and a dash of laziness makes it even more harder to follow a regimen. However hard it is, I've started making some decent inroads into this boring world of routine. Gosh, every moment is painful, but when I envision that end result, the pain does fade away a little.
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