Wikipedia defines ‘nerd’ as “A person, typically described as being overly intellectual & obsessive … who may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, obscure, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical or relating to topics of fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities..” I see myself as a nerd more in terms of the obessessive interest I have displayed in certain activities. One such activity which has my undivided attention mostly to the chargin of my family and friends is my obsession with Apple.
Life is unfair
Recently, I’ve been overlooked for a promotion at work. A lesser experienced & knowledgeable (in my opinion) colleague of mine was chosen. And, the worst part was that I had to report to him in some capacity. I’ve been huffing and puffing from that day complaining to whoever listens to me. But, today something changed in me, like the balance of some scale just shifted, I said to myself, “life is unfair, so what about it? What can I do now? How long will I feel bad? Let’s just let it go”. I immediately felt relieved. My rational mind had been telling me to quit moaning a long time back. But, my emotions never abated. What changed then now? Did my emotions run their course? Did they just washout from my body?
Daffodils
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Everything’s Conditional
I was reading ‘Antarmukham’ by Yandamoori Veerendranath last week and a few lines from the book really disturbed me and had me thinking:
“Every relationship is based on the policy of ‘give & take’. And, once we stop giving & (only) start taking, the other party in the relationship feel the brunt and will eventually lose love on you. They might still be in that relationship with you, but it would either be out of gratitude, responsibility or need. Such a relationship which starts in love, changes to responsibility and finally becomes a burden is not ‘love’ but an illusion”.
Isn’t it true of any relationship? Does it mean that a relationship will hold good only till we are capable of ‘giving’ in that relation? What if we end up in a situation where we cannot give anything in return but only take? Would love become gratitude or responsibility?
Taxonomy – How to name your files?
There’s no denying that we’ll use paper less and see most of the data in terms of ‘files’ in the digital realm. But, how do we store these files? Can we find them easily when needed? What is the best way to save them? Best place to save them? Recently I had to find my most updated resume but was not able to locate it because I had multiple resumes in multiple folders (one in documents folder, few in resumes folder). It resulted in unnecessary tension. So, I felt a need to name and file the data properly, easy enough to come up in searches. Some rules I’ve felt will be useful for anyone who’s faced the similar problem.