True Self

Everyone of us has been wishing we are someone else, or rather, wish that if there is time travel, we would go back in time to learn something else and embark on another career which is different from what we are doing now. I guess this is normal thinking.

Well, i think this is not healthy mentally, however, one just can't help it, especially when things are not going your way in life. Also, If you live your life as someone else, you would never have the chance to do what you want to do! You have to live up to the expectation of other people.

Finally, when you finally wake up to your own senses, ……. You’re aged! Your excuse for not able to achieve your own dreams is …… “I’m too old for that!”

So, live for your own true self, now!

time changes a person

Let me be serious. Whenever a friend or an acquaintance asks me, "Suppiah, what is your vision or goal in your life?, I will cringe when I think of the stakes of answering this question. Frankly, I'm not able to answer this simple question properly. Maybe I have not thought of that in depth or I give my own life a damn..I used to dream of being a sportsman, I like to play hockey when I was young and when I was in the school but that was years ago...later in life, I like to be a top car salesman because I like cars. Somehow, the path drifts and now I'm just a normal project engineer.

Well, coming back to reality, I guess my answer now will be I wish to take care of my family well enough so that they do not have to suffer too much. Pretty ambitionless arh?

As kids, we wish to grow up faster so that we can escape from the clutches of our parents. So we dream but such dream changes as we grow up and we experience different things. The dream of being a sportsman changes when I studied in uni and now I'm not even sure if this is what I want in life, just that the salary of this job is enough for me to feed my family well which is the most comforting.

So time changes a person...

Use our time productively

We got to use our time productively. How many months in a life time could you afford to waste and lose. Do you wish to lament in your older years about what you should have done or missed chances of your younger years?

To make use of your time productively, read inspirational books that teach new knowledge, listen to audios, attend seminars or classes, or do anything that will propel you forward to your goal. Aim to be more efficient than you can ever be. Brainstorming, or even just discussing, with people who are well-versed in the field of your interest can be very helpful.

If you feel you are too tied up, smile and don't get stressed out over things you have no control of. If you guess that something undesirable will happen in the future, think of ways to solve the problem rather than worry about it. As the saying goes, "Focus on the solution, and not on the problem."