...myraid hues

Many a times during conversations with people who are doing a lot of interesting stuff (as far as I am concerned), they let me know that "Life is boring”, Nothing’s happening. Blah-blah blah-blah and... blah-blah.
On the other hand, i, am not even doing half of the things which excite me and still life is interesting beyond words..

Maybe it has to do with the way one looks at any activity. Here i am not making ANY claims of my view point being better.. I am trying to unravel why it is not interesting for many, as it is for me..

Leave aside the things one likes to do and enjoys. I am referring to stuff that have become routines and ones which "i don’t have an interest but have to do anyways". Many a times,one should try and step out of oneself and look at how the task is done, even the ones we don’t so enjoy (for me it’s cleaning). Forget multi-tasking, efficiency and saving time for a moment. Why not do the task by being aware of it (that’s carpe-diem). If you ask me, that’s really tough. For e.g.; if you try observing how you eat, it’s going to be nearly impossible to eat.

To start with, we have memories (good/unhealthy) that flood us when we do a task.. Such as, i've done this before in a particular way, it’s becoming boring or it didn’t work last time.. We might be tired, uninterested and just in a "not feeling like doing it" mode. This leads to procrastination. And then in the urgency to complete it, we will do it half-heartedly and without enjoyment. My better-half wont mince any words to quote examples about me in umpteen such scenarios. And i too plan to write a thesis on procrastination from vast personal experiences. ;)

Anyways, getting back to the topic. Why not do the same deed differently now? I am not asking to bring out the creative hats yet. Doable simple modifications, like change the pattern or mix it up or think of something better. For example, while folding clothes after being dried, i try folding them in squares once and another time in rectangular patterns (don’t try circular, it’s a mess). Anyways, the idea being, try not to let the activity be routinesed (if that’s a word). When one changes s-e-x-u-a-l positions to enjoy the act more, why can't any other monotonous activity be done differently to spice it up !

And then, if we only knew how much of inputs are received by us through our fascinating senses ( visual, auditory, touch, taste and smell) at any given moment. All senses are felt, sent across and the responsive actions are sent by the supercomputer inside (the brain). It all happens in a split second. Everything works in so much synchronization that we hardly even know the speed and subtlety with which we experience them. It’s simply magnificent (don’t you think!!!)

Everything about oneself and the interaction with the environment is delightful. There are millions of ways to view or do anything.

Nevertheless, I am reminded of this quote “We see things not as they are but as we are.” So i guess, more than anything, we need to look through our own self while doing stuff and bring from within the..