" Sound of Life"

These days lot of people are doing work for various social causes- be it child education, women upliftment, health etc. I want to do some work in an area which to my mind is the biggest concern for our and coming generations. Living a stress free life!!

We all live in a world which is so full of stress, that we hardly take time off it.  It is not about a person or a certain profession or a particular level. All of us go thru it in various forms. The stress can be of deadlines, chasing targets , meeting expectations or sheer performance. Stress is the sole factor that is eating us all up. People are in a continuous race, which they don’t even know when will it end? And what is that they win at the end of it. 

Before we realize and take steps to correct it- its already too late. The life will be gone , the life for which we are working so hard will be gone . 

We all are aware and well informed of the medical troubles stress can cause. Stress is that one thing that unknowingly creeps in your mind and body and eats you up even before you realize.

When we start our careers or new life we perform at very high levels and trust me it doesn’t even hurt at that time. But as time passes, with the demands and pressures our body also ages and it starts hurting then.

I have seen people age in front of me, I have seen people losing their smile , I have seen people losing a link to their own self and family – and trust me it all hurts.

It really concerns me when I see people struggling to LIVE. Their health , family , and biggest of all themselves bearing the toll of this.

Not that I am not a part of this, I had my share of tough lessons and thus I started to make conscious attempts to take an action. I have yet not perfected the art , but as they say acknowledging is the first step , I have taken the first step.

Long back when I was preparing for my CAT entrance exam , I remember I had asked my teacher what needs to be done as part of last day preparations. And to my surprise he said - " nothing" Alternatively he said enjoy your day with friends watch Govinda movies , chit chat , sleep well and don’t touch books at all. I was unable to understand that suggestion fully then , but now I do.

Our mind is an amazing thing- it can do wonders. But stress , anxiety are like rusting agents who not only rusts our mind but also our body.

I am not a certified professional in helping people to live stress free life. I don’t carry a degree , but I carry experience and intend around it. I carry my almost a decade long experience of observing people and their concerns closely

This attempt of mine is solely , because I strongly feel living a stress free life is an important routine and a must for all of us.

With this blog of mine , I will just help you with certain suggestion which I am sure will benefit a great deal. I am not trying to turn the world around in a day , neither I am preaching a path of “ Sanyaas” I am also by no means suggesting to stop working. But I think anyone will vouch for the fact , a relaxed mind will perform much better than a burnt out mind.

I am just suggesting to strike a balance- to understand the worth of things in your life.

We as a generation need to learn – “ to let it go” The attempt to reach the top, the attempt to have it all perfect, the attempt to have it all , the attempt to be the best at everything we do…all these attempts and much more are eating us up. We are loosing the essence of real life.

-          Acknowledge and agree that you need to reduce stress in your life.

-          Once a week –  take an evening off- leave office early. Spend the evening with family/friends/with yourself. Do not carry your smartphones with you during this time. ( Control the urge of looking into it even for surfing the internet)  

-          Do not sleep with your phone- keep it in the other room

-          No matter how strong is the urge, DO NOT look at your phone in the first one hour of your waking up

-          Identify that ONE thing that relaxes you ( read makes you happy)  – tea/coffee, listening to music , talking to friends/ dancing , writing. Make time for it ( atleast thrice a week for about 60 mins)

-          Practice to switch off your mind. Donot carry your office to do list to home.

This is not all , these are just starters.

In my coming blog I will share more pointers . 

Till then - Live Life !!