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Archives for December 2021

Life’s Worth – from Nature or Meeting Room?

December 26, 2021 Filed Under: Philosophy

At work, our worth is determined based on what we bring to the table. But, after spending most of our waking hours at work, we think our worth outside work also, depends on what we bring to the table.

We think our worth will be based on how great a relationship we build, on what we make out of a hobby, on what we make out of ourselves. Because if work has taught us anything it is this – ‘we need to constantly contribute value if we are to survive or succeed’. So, naturally that thought extends itself to life as well.

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Ambling

December 17, 2021 Filed Under: Personal

I love ambling. One of my favourite past times as a child was to walk to the nearest nursery. Taking roads that many don’t, avoiding main roads for bylanes was what I loved. It was just thinking on legs. Looking at plants that jutted through rocks on the pavement and wild shrubs that grew on the sides of the roads. I liked nature and silence. And, walking through the bylanes offered both. But, as I grew up, and relocated to other part of the city, I had pretty much stopped exploring my locality. The increasing construction, asphalt, traffic even in bylanes just killed that passion. But, it never quite disappeared.

I started giving walking a try a few years back, but, it came back as a form of ‘exercise’. That was the time I was into technology gadgets. Fitbit and later Apple Watch were my motivators. I thought since I anyways loved walking, these tech accessories would only encourage me. I would strap them on and walk through the nearby police lines and then KBR park. However, I realised that I now didn’t look forward to going on walks. Because, thanks to technology and me buying into the dominant cultural discourse of ‘being healthy’, my focus had shifted to ‘walking as a way to health and as an exercise’ than as just aimless walking of the past that I enjoyed. I pretty much gave up on it.

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