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able plan.</p><p id="0906">The recent turn of events in my life is what forced me to look at life from a different vantage point. I wanted to see if I will be able to make some foundational changes that would help me.</p><p id="78d5">After doing what I am really good at: thinking and analysing, I was able to come up with a few points that I think when incorporated, I should be able to start seeing changes.</p><h2 id="46bf">1. You may not have the fortune of knowing what you might be good at or what your passion is, but that is no excuse to not take action in some of the areas where you might at least have a rudimentary interest.</h2><p id="d21d">From what I can recollect, I can fondly remember myself as a person who always wrote in a notebook about certain incidents and experiences right from my childhood. These weren’t literary artifacts, but in hindsight, it at least gives me the insight that I may have an inclination for writing and how I should carve out time every day to hone this craft.</p><h2 id="b9b4">2. The yardstick for determining whether a job or hobby is for you is by analysing it at a deeper level.</h2><p id="a8e2">For example, you may be drawn to a particular job because of the glamour associated with it, but the actual line of work may involve arduous work which may not necessarily be appealing to you.</p><p id="3566">I would suggest cultivating a high-quality bullshit filter that will help in the deeper analysis so that you will be able to cut straight through the shallow reasons and see if the deeper reasons are valid or for that matter if it even exists.</p><h2 id="4d0d">3. Quit on a good day, and not on a bad one.</h2><p id="2448">Inspiration for this thought is from a video that I saw about an American gymnast, Nastia Liukin, whose mother wouldn’t let her quit when she is having a bad day.</p><p id="8105">Whenever Nastia approached her mom about quitting on a bad training day, her mother would assure her that she will support her decision to quit, but when she is having a good day. We all embark on achieving different goals, but most of the time we end up leaving it halfway because of a bad day. A bad day that might have killed our motivation and r

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eason for doing it.</p><p id="00d9" type="7">Hence, quit on a good day.</p><h2 id="5920">4. Every emotion and situation you would go through in life is impermanent.</h2><p id="483a">I wouldn’t necessarily classify this point as anything radically new, but I feel it is more of a reinforcement of what I had learnt from Vipassana. Nothing has the power to stay in your life beyond a certain period.</p><p id="1037">In times of sadness and anger, we end up sabotaging ourselves with negative self-talk and even extend it to our relationships.</p><p id="4ffe">The same applies to when we are going through a victorious phase in life. I am not saying don’t commemorate or bask in the glory of your victories, but it’ll soon fade and you should be in a position to handle any incident that might happen contrary to it.</p><h2 id="bea8">5. Turn 360 degrees on everything for a short duration.</h2><p id="e0a0">If you listen to only melodies, try rock or metal. If non-fiction lines your book stand, try few fictional books. If you have always travelled in a group, there is no better time for a solo trip.</p><p id="59c6">I recommend this as a way of shocking the brain from the routine it is used to. When the brain is exposed to new stimuli, it is forced to work, and it provides insights.</p><h2 id="a0da">6. Be ridiculously honest to yourself about what you want.</h2><p id="f5fd">Lock yourself in a room, cull all distractions, and open a book and write what you wholeheartedly want from life. You probably just want to grow vegetables in a mountainous region, smoke pot, and live a peaceful life.</p><p id="c51b" type="7">Whatever it is, write it down.</p><p id="06b5">You may be holding on to people or goals because of your nature to conformance to society or because you are doing it for other’s happiness. This path may give you some happiness, but you’ll know deep down you are not being honest to yourself.</p><p id="3c7b">I am excited about giving these points a chance in my life and observe what I am able to get out of it.</p><p id="0bb8"><b>This is my way of taking a step back in life by pausing and hitting the reset button.</b></p><p id="094c"><i>Thank you for reading!</i></p></article></body>

Pause & Reset

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Childhood friends are getting married, peers are leapfrogging in their careers, close friends are pursuing their higher education in different countries, and few acquaintances seem to be in the right path of honing their craft of interest.

In the midst of all these developments around me, I am still at a novel stage of figuring out what I should be doing with my life. Some have given this state of mind the tag of a quarter-life crisis, but I believe I have been in this state for the past 6 years with the intensity increasing with time.

I am not sure how many people are in a similar situation, but I am certain I have no idea what I should be doing with my life. There was a lot of scepticism when I decided to pen my thoughts on this topic because at some level I felt defeated and ashamed for being in this position of not having unmined what I should be doing.

Post my pondering, I decided to be honest with myself and acknowledge the state I am in. This way, I would be able to at least get a brain dump which would possibly pave way for thinking in a strategic angle I have been missing all this while.

Additionally, I also promised myself -when I am done spewing my brain out, I would make the bold move of publishing it in its raw state here on medium.

I don’t write this to mark my exit from the pursuit of determining what I am passionate about or what my purpose in life is. I write this to mark a shift in thinking I’m trying to cultivate; that would probably help me propel forward in my endeavours.

Probably, I have already stumbled on it and it is just that I don’t have the right faculties in my brain to recognize it to carry out an actionable plan.

The recent turn of events in my life is what forced me to look at life from a different vantage point. I wanted to see if I will be able to make some foundational changes that would help me.

After doing what I am really good at: thinking and analysing, I was able to come up with a few points that I think when incorporated, I should be able to start seeing changes.

1. You may not have the fortune of knowing what you might be good at or what your passion is, but that is no excuse to not take action in some of the areas where you might at least have a rudimentary interest.

From what I can recollect, I can fondly remember myself as a person who always wrote in a notebook about certain incidents and experiences right from my childhood. These weren’t literary artifacts, but in hindsight, it at least gives me the insight that I may have an inclination for writing and how I should carve out time every day to hone this craft.

2. The yardstick for determining whether a job or hobby is for you is by analysing it at a deeper level.

For example, you may be drawn to a particular job because of the glamour associated with it, but the actual line of work may involve arduous work which may not necessarily be appealing to you.

I would suggest cultivating a high-quality bullshit filter that will help in the deeper analysis so that you will be able to cut straight through the shallow reasons and see if the deeper reasons are valid or for that matter if it even exists.

3. Quit on a good day, and not on a bad one.

Inspiration for this thought is from a video that I saw about an American gymnast, Nastia Liukin, whose mother wouldn’t let her quit when she is having a bad day.

Whenever Nastia approached her mom about quitting on a bad training day, her mother would assure her that she will support her decision to quit, but when she is having a good day. We all embark on achieving different goals, but most of the time we end up leaving it halfway because of a bad day. A bad day that might have killed our motivation and reason for doing it.

Hence, quit on a good day.

4. Every emotion and situation you would go through in life is impermanent.

I wouldn’t necessarily classify this point as anything radically new, but I feel it is more of a reinforcement of what I had learnt from Vipassana. Nothing has the power to stay in your life beyond a certain period.

In times of sadness and anger, we end up sabotaging ourselves with negative self-talk and even extend it to our relationships.

The same applies to when we are going through a victorious phase in life. I am not saying don’t commemorate or bask in the glory of your victories, but it’ll soon fade and you should be in a position to handle any incident that might happen contrary to it.

5. Turn 360 degrees on everything for a short duration.

If you listen to only melodies, try rock or metal. If non-fiction lines your book stand, try few fictional books. If you have always travelled in a group, there is no better time for a solo trip.

I recommend this as a way of shocking the brain from the routine it is used to. When the brain is exposed to new stimuli, it is forced to work, and it provides insights.

6. Be ridiculously honest to yourself about what you want.

Lock yourself in a room, cull all distractions, and open a book and write what you wholeheartedly want from life. You probably just want to grow vegetables in a mountainous region, smoke pot, and live a peaceful life.

Whatever it is, write it down.

You may be holding on to people or goals because of your nature to conformance to society or because you are doing it for other’s happiness. This path may give you some happiness, but you’ll know deep down you are not being honest to yourself.

I am excited about giving these points a chance in my life and observe what I am able to get out of it.

This is my way of taking a step back in life by pausing and hitting the reset button.

Thank you for reading!