After 2 whole hectic weeks; I have finally found time for myself. Not that I am spared some time but I have realized that you really don’t feel tired if you are pursuing your hobby.
So this topic came about during a Chit-Chat with a friend on Gtalk .We were discussing our alternative job profiles had our company not bestowed us with our precious ones. Interesting profiles came up during the conversation : umm like health-food chef ; gym instructor ; movie reviewer ; travel writing ; newspaper researcher ; kindergarten teacher ; marbles collector ; digital artist ; Driver! :P ;….sound sophisticated…no that’s not mine.…that’s my friends’ list… we made a good time by discussing these profiles and had great fun..
On a serious note...Returning on my way home…I tried to figure out “my” alternative life…Delhi Traffic snarls and soon I forgot about it; when just a few days back another friend of mine raised the same topic.. “To be or not to be”
Almost every one of us is kind of settled with our jobs; you pass out from your college with dreams in your eyes; looking forward to the excitement and joy of new life; and you start earning; following a monotonous routine to prove your potential every now and then. It’s a rat race there. It’s cut-throat. And in the pursuit of “happiness” you get deviated from your real pursuit of happiness.
Almost all of us had faced this “We will see it later” syndrome. Every one of us had a distinct hobby or liking towards certain things in our life.
“Somebody wanted to paint” ; we will do it later…first let get our bread earning ; “Somebody wanted to learn to dance ; somebody wanted to travel ; somebody wanted to write ; somebody wanted to go to war ; somebody wanted to try agriculture ; I wanted to be a radio jockey L” and we all postponed the things ; the “Hobbies” in pursuit of a real job. Now we have the real job other cycle of life has begun and your hobbies have again taken a backseat.
Well, I am not exactly critical of our jobs or our routine as such but just wondered how many of us are really experiencing the “joy” in our lives?
We do everything to be happy ; we take up jobs so that we can have good money and live a happy contented life…but we really never find time to enjoy our “happy contented “ life.
As children we become happy when we get to do the thing which we like to do…but with time we kill our hobbies; our likings… because they don’t gel well with the social norms. We want to be called sane and we safely take-up the more tried and tested professions…live a mechanical life…because we want to be happy. But who is defining our happiness. If you are following the social norms to be happy then are you following your pursuit of happiness??
Seeking happiness by killing the desires in you to be happy… Such an irony!!
How many of us are actually happy with our professions? How many of us are actually living the life which we wanted to live? Well there are a fortunate few…
For the general lot…In the quest to be happy the real purpose has been killed.
Before you get sad and serious let me iterate though my alternative life....Umm...i wanted to be writer for few days....want to do a course in interior decor; a course in history/sociology ; a course in event mgmnt; want to plan some weddings; want to host some big shows ; want to air my voice on radio in nights ; want to do a course in mass comm and be a part of handling the production of news telecasts ; also want to read news on Tv some day ; ummm......want to join army/ navy / air force for some time ...want to fly a plane...want to be a great counsellor...an expert at giving advice..Thats it :)
This is my wishlist..which i hope to complete in near future...:)
6 comments:
I m sure that u can do your event management stuff on at least one marriage ceremony :)
You write nicely :)
hey..gud luch with your wishlist.. :-)
What you say is a absolutely right...work does excites u for initial years of your life but rarely remains a passion as we move on....
it's very important to have these alternatives in your life--things dat u do just for urself..not for money..status.. or reputation. The joy that you get out of the little things in life actually makes success superficial.. :-)
Hey !!
Good topic....
We should definatly have hobbies becasue hobbies are not our time pass... there are Life for us... Many of us are blessed ....who can pursue their hobbies as job... but many of us are sure following a monotonous life.... But I really like people when they have attribute of all.. if you are not well .. people will try to diagnose it till you nod yes.... So it is the kind of hobby every man has in himself.... be it a doctor, or anything.... evry body is a bit of doctor, singer actor, everything to nothing....
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Very well said dear..
Indeed life puts u thru thick n thin at every stage. Ppl who follow their passion also face many biting realities which at times can kill their instinct.
I will give u an example.
Years ago, I watched a serial on National TV. A young boy rebelliously started painting to make a living which was his passion but was unable to make a mark. His dad was against his choice of career but did not oppose and in the end he had to help his son's family meet both ends. Donot remember the serial's name.
When Radio station revolution arrived here, I was wondering it's such a creative profession where you weave your own story n tell everyone from rooftop everyday, but the same thing turns bitter for you as it never allows you to be yourself evenif you don't feel well or good from within. You r forced to wear masks.
An example of this is, here there is an RJ gurl who left one station with proper notice n rejected the offer to stay back n decided to move to another station. She was attacked by previous station's legal notice cum threat at 2.30 in the right before the morning when she was going to have her first show on new station. I thot abt her state of mind before that show when I came to know abt this incident later but it made me think that profession too was killing.
It made me realize that whatever you r doing in life is because god has made you comfortable with it n if not he will take care of u in other ways.
I have perceived that keeping hobbies alive is a gr8 thing.
You can get back to them anytime with same passion, for that u need to take small brk whenever you can adjust n belive me I have done it.
I did join salsa for 2 months in twice a week pattern n continued till another 8 months. I joined NGO for a reason for 2-3 weeks n ended up spending time with the events for a year. I still feel so good abt both the things only because I have not seen the ugly times in both activities whereas ppl who joined it for long time had quitted due to many ugly reasons.
This is the way I love to look at life.
Very well said!! That those who follow thier passion pass their own testing times and if u make your hobby your profession...your hobby also faces death coz profession is ultimately profession where you have to abide by certain rules and norms...
But still that should not deter us from pursuing hobbies... :)
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