Since I made a promise to myself getting out my boring self.. I took the first step of getting out of it... First step is all about having some moment for yourself.. It's always healthy and recommended to have hour or two for yourself every week.. Something that I skipped for several years....
So yesterday I got out of work early and decided to take a walk.. Normally the train station (Waterloo) is just opposite to the building.. but I since decided put my thinking cap, I walked to embankment tube station which is about 1 km across the Thames..
The evening was a typical London end of the winter evening.. Which was bit gloomy, windy, chilly and hint of a drift.. So I came out of the building wrap the scarf around my neck to take cover from chilly breeze and put on the hoody to refuge from the drift.. Then hook up my iPhone started listening to one of my favorite play list (I'm not gonna tell it.. you'll really laugh at it)..
Usually I'm off around 8-8.30 pm from office, since today was an exception, When I came out roads were buzzing with office crowd, some running to catch the train or doing some late shopping for dinner.. and there were few people who were brave enough for wear running short and go for a jog..
Witnessing all that, I crossed the Imax theater roundabout and started to walk towards the waterloo bridge and just admired the sunset over London eye and all sorts of boats on Thames..
After admiring the view and cooling down my boiler like mind with cool breeze I went towards the embankment with few slices of yummy pepperoni pizza and a Budweiser.. There I laid rest my aching legs and screaming back on nice but cold wooden benches..
One thing I love about London no one pays attention to what you do.. There are no people staring at you.. there are no people who disturb your thoughts talking about weather and other BS.. The Londoners likes to mind their own business.. Imagine yourself in gallface with a pizza and a Budweiser.. People around 200m radius will talk about you and might say you are a loner and goof, including the people in passing cars..
Nevertheless I let my mind wonder itself where ever it wants.. It's like letting your dog out the leash.. you can see it run around all over the place chasing everything.. barking.. trying to catch air, flies, leaves..
well my mind was more or less like behaved like a puppy that evening.. it just played and ran around my career, studies, family, pathetically dry love life.. Then it started sorts things out itself.. It started to see which needs to have more priority and which doesn't.. and it made me see things differently.. it showed me things I was putting back really should come up in the priority list.. above all it showed me work is not the life.. you have only one life.. and you should live it.. and the life is not all about the air you breath but the moments you live.. I decided to change some of the ways and start to live life differently..
The evening was a typical London end of the winter evening.. Which was bit gloomy, windy, chilly and hint of a drift.. So I came out of the building wrap the scarf around my neck to take cover from chilly breeze and put on the hoody to refuge from the drift.. Then hook up my iPhone started listening to one of my favorite play list (I'm not gonna tell it.. you'll really laugh at it)..
Usually I'm off around 8-8.30 pm from office, since today was an exception, When I came out roads were buzzing with office crowd, some running to catch the train or doing some late shopping for dinner.. and there were few people who were brave enough for wear running short and go for a jog..
Witnessing all that, I crossed the Imax theater roundabout and started to walk towards the waterloo bridge and just admired the sunset over London eye and all sorts of boats on Thames..
After admiring the view and cooling down my boiler like mind with cool breeze I went towards the embankment with few slices of yummy pepperoni pizza and a Budweiser.. There I laid rest my aching legs and screaming back on nice but cold wooden benches..
One thing I love about London no one pays attention to what you do.. There are no people staring at you.. there are no people who disturb your thoughts talking about weather and other BS.. The Londoners likes to mind their own business.. Imagine yourself in gallface with a pizza and a Budweiser.. People around 200m radius will talk about you and might say you are a loner and goof, including the people in passing cars..
Nevertheless I let my mind wonder itself where ever it wants.. It's like letting your dog out the leash.. you can see it run around all over the place chasing everything.. barking.. trying to catch air, flies, leaves..
well my mind was more or less like behaved like a puppy that evening.. it just played and ran around my career, studies, family, pathetically dry love life.. Then it started sorts things out itself.. It started to see which needs to have more priority and which doesn't.. and it made me see things differently.. it showed me things I was putting back really should come up in the priority list.. above all it showed me work is not the life.. you have only one life.. and you should live it.. and the life is not all about the air you breath but the moments you live.. I decided to change some of the ways and start to live life differently..
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