Writing, Among Other Things
Most people start their day on a positive note, with the hope that the day will be a productive one. But, as the hours of the day pass, they realise that there is just not enough time. In an attempt to get everything done, not much actually gets done and the day ends on a pensive note.
Sounds familiar? If it does, maybe you too are a victim of the clutter syndrome?
What exactly is clutter?
When I started playing Table Tennis, I was surprised by the speed with which I learnt the basics of the game. I became “good enough” in the game in a couple of months, and I regularly began to beat the players who had taught me how to play the game. Just as I had begun to think that I could get really good at this, it became increasingly difficult to become better at the game. Eventually, I reconciled myself to the fact that I will be playing the game only for fun.
I am sure something like that must have happened to you too. However hard you practice, you are not able to become perfect. That is to say that not all practice makes perfect.
Yesterday, while talking to a friend, I couldn’t remember the name of the movie, The Hurt locker. I could visualise the scenes from the movie in my head, but I just couldn’t recall the name. I didn’t try too hard to remember the name, as I had my good friend – my phone – with me. I opened Google on it, and in no time I knew the name that I had been trying to remember.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken – Samuel Johnson
All of us have a habit, or two, that we want to get rid of, but can’t. The bad habit stays with us and soon we accept it as an integral part of our being. Every now and then the realisation dawns upon us that our life would become much better if we got rid of the bad habit. Kicking a bad habit out of our life, however, is easier said than done.
Here is what I think we should do when we are trying to quit a bad habit.
“We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.”
– Peter F. Drucker
Motivation, as a concept, has intrigued experts for ages. The above quote by Drucker succinctly defines all that we know about motivation. New books on the subject, however, keep coming out every year, and each of these books sells quite well because, each one of them claims to take the level of your motivation to a new high. But, does that really happen?
If you are anything like me, it does.
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