Snooze Button....

Rohit had few activities to be completed as part of his Holiday home work, one among them was to collect pictures of various kinds of Clocks. It should range from olden days Hourglass to modern day clocks. While helping him to collect them, I was explaining about those days Alarm clock what we used to have at home when I was studying in school. During my 10^th and 12^th standard, I used to hate the sound of the alarm, I used to request my mother whether I can sleep for extra 5-10 minutes, as a strict school teacher, her answer was always a clear NO. L So I had no other option than getting up at 4 AM and 5 AM in the morning and start my day so early which used to appear like midnight for me.

Even now I keep alarm for getting up early, but do I get up when the alarm goes ON? NEVER, so what do I do? Technology has improved so much, that I can comfortably press the SNOOZE button and go back to sleep again. Though that moment we all feel happy about having a SNOOZE button, if you really introspect, you will understand that SNOOZE button is a big setback for us.

I am not only talking about the SNOOZE button which we use in the alarm clock, it is used beyond that. Yes, how many of us know that daily exercises are very important for keeping our body fit, but how many of us do it. We always find reasons to procrastinate. We know very well that there are few very important tasks to be completed at work, which if we don’t attend today, they all will come and hit as escalations which we need to solve in fire fight mode. Had we not procrastinated those important (not so urgent) tasks then and there, we would not have to face escalations which takes double the time (or even more) than the actual task itself. In addition to the time wastage, it also contributes to stress.

As I always say, if delaying something to the eleventh hour gives us any benefit (in terms of time/effort/stress/money), then we can still continue to delay every task in our hand to the last minute. Otherwise, why don’t we do it that moment itself? Why procrastinate? I know it is easy to say but tough to follow, but I am going to try this? Will you??

How old are you?

I am not asking you this question. This is the title of a super hit in Malayalam movie. The same story was taken in Tamil (36 vayathinile), which I watched last week. I like watching movies, they are much better time pass comparing to the serials in TV. I am not saying all movies are good, but there are few movies which are really good, they at times teach us good lessons or make us think!!

Coming back to this movie, “Who decides the expiry date of a woman’s dream?” is one-liner of this movie. Yes, it talks about how her dreams are getting suppressed after she gets married and have kids. It also shows how a woman is treated by her family and society. In her college days, she was an inspiration to our friends and what happens later on. Though it is correct that society doesn’t treat the women properly, I have a little different thought.

Why should a woman allow her dream to expire? Yes, society won’t be always welcoming her to achieve her dreams, but she has to fight for it. No point in complaining that she was not allowed to achieve her dream/goal. According to me, she should value her dream/goal first of all. If she doesn’t value it, then how can she expect the society to value it. Few things which I feel everybody (not only for women) should try to follow

1.       First of all, value your own dream/own, then we can worry about whether society values it or not

2.       Spend some quality time every day for achieving the dream/goal

3.      Periodically measure the progress made and re-plan if required.

My answer to that question is, she is the one who decides the expiry date. Yes, she may be forced to do it, but again it is her decision to fight back or surrender her dream. Do you guys agree? I have many dreams. I am confident, if not all, I can achieve many of them, in spite of all the hindrance I get in life.