life is fast these days......everyone wants everything fast , soon....everyone loves speed.......doesn't it feel exhilarating when you driving your car fast.......zooming on the express way...zip zap zoom....
even our daily chores need to be finished fast.....u have ur shower in 5 mins...breakfast in another ten min.....and u out of house....running to catch your train......most women are working ladies..they have to finish their kitchen chores and rush as well......well this is mumbai...the city does that to u..very nicely shown in song jame raho in taare zameen par..
am a bit lucky in that sense my daily routine does not require me to be fast......coz as much as i love speed in evry form and find it enjoyable....i feel it makes us robots......we forget to enjoy what we are doing at that time and place...coz mentally we are already in the next place where we have to be....and figuring it out how we are going to reach there asap...and wen we reach the place two we r in place 3......and it goes on and on......
well my daily routine involves helping mom in kitchen before going to clinic.....and it has come down to kneading the dough for chapatis and making them......my mom is up at the crack of dawn so by the time i get up around 8ish she has already finished most of work in kitchen like chopping vegetables and other stuff....and we have come down to an understanding that i will make the dough and rotis as i enjoy both the works and i really dont like my mom finishing all the work before i am even up......but i cant get up at 7 yaar...come on...i hope u guys understand that....so i have requested her to not do these two works and keep it for me.......
now why am i writing all this in a post titled speed.........simple enough...those who know my mom will endorse the fact that she is a very efficient lady.......she does everything very quickly in minimum time......she quotes फुन्दरनी जे रीते चाले ऐ रीते पग चालवा जोइये....(your legs should move as fast as a top spins)....in short very fast.....and i am one female who needs to do stuff at my pace which is quite slow as compared to hers :) and at times once in a while as a challenge to myself or when situation demands i work like her.......but cant do it always and i m not that slow come on...i knead the dough in ten min as opposed to her 5.........but i like kneading dough...its actually therapeutic...very relaxing to move your fingers in the flour and knead it applying gentle pressure here and there....today i was making rotis fast...but i was like it was so mechanical....i was not enjoying it.....it was like rushing to meet a deadline.......my mom enjoys working fast but i dont guess our definitions of enjoyment r a bit different :)
same thing comes up when i am driving......i get no particular thrill from driving fast or overtaking.....i know u must be thinking i am weird but thats me and i dont think thats bad.....coz if i drive fast i have a bigger responsibility on me of other people in car with me...and when i drive my family is there with me mostly and i feel if i make a mistake they will be hurt.......that makes me drive slower more cautiously.......i know everyone doesnt think like this...maybe this is some sort of phobia i have to work on....but i actually stop enjoying and again become mechanical when i drive...so much so that if i drive for an hour or so i start having a headache......
so summarizing this post....i wanna say...speed in everything is good.......but not always....and also it tends to wear you out...mostly mentally and emotionally......so go a bit slow at times....take pleasure in the smallest things u do....stand under the shower for half an hour feeling water against your skin as if there is nothing more important waiting........
enjoy the moment......take your time...nobody ain't going anywhere so soon :)
even our daily chores need to be finished fast.....u have ur shower in 5 mins...breakfast in another ten min.....and u out of house....running to catch your train......most women are working ladies..they have to finish their kitchen chores and rush as well......well this is mumbai...the city does that to u..very nicely shown in song jame raho in taare zameen par..
am a bit lucky in that sense my daily routine does not require me to be fast......coz as much as i love speed in evry form and find it enjoyable....i feel it makes us robots......we forget to enjoy what we are doing at that time and place...coz mentally we are already in the next place where we have to be....and figuring it out how we are going to reach there asap...and wen we reach the place two we r in place 3......and it goes on and on......
well my daily routine involves helping mom in kitchen before going to clinic.....and it has come down to kneading the dough for chapatis and making them......my mom is up at the crack of dawn so by the time i get up around 8ish she has already finished most of work in kitchen like chopping vegetables and other stuff....and we have come down to an understanding that i will make the dough and rotis as i enjoy both the works and i really dont like my mom finishing all the work before i am even up......but i cant get up at 7 yaar...come on...i hope u guys understand that....so i have requested her to not do these two works and keep it for me.......
now why am i writing all this in a post titled speed.........simple enough...those who know my mom will endorse the fact that she is a very efficient lady.......she does everything very quickly in minimum time......she quotes फुन्दरनी जे रीते चाले ऐ रीते पग चालवा जोइये....(your legs should move as fast as a top spins)....in short very fast.....and i am one female who needs to do stuff at my pace which is quite slow as compared to hers :) and at times once in a while as a challenge to myself or when situation demands i work like her.......but cant do it always and i m not that slow come on...i knead the dough in ten min as opposed to her 5.........but i like kneading dough...its actually therapeutic...very relaxing to move your fingers in the flour and knead it applying gentle pressure here and there....today i was making rotis fast...but i was like it was so mechanical....i was not enjoying it.....it was like rushing to meet a deadline.......my mom enjoys working fast but i dont guess our definitions of enjoyment r a bit different :)
same thing comes up when i am driving......i get no particular thrill from driving fast or overtaking.....i know u must be thinking i am weird but thats me and i dont think thats bad.....coz if i drive fast i have a bigger responsibility on me of other people in car with me...and when i drive my family is there with me mostly and i feel if i make a mistake they will be hurt.......that makes me drive slower more cautiously.......i know everyone doesnt think like this...maybe this is some sort of phobia i have to work on....but i actually stop enjoying and again become mechanical when i drive...so much so that if i drive for an hour or so i start having a headache......
so summarizing this post....i wanna say...speed in everything is good.......but not always....and also it tends to wear you out...mostly mentally and emotionally......so go a bit slow at times....take pleasure in the smallest things u do....stand under the shower for half an hour feeling water against your skin as if there is nothing more important waiting........
enjoy the moment......take your time...nobody ain't going anywhere so soon :)
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