One thought, too many

Looking at the stack of books piled up on the study shelf, I am left to wonder, gosh! How much of the things I have read do I ACTUALLY remember? Curbing the existential anxiety, I guess the best way to remember what you have read is to show a keen interest in what you are reading. In the moment, how in tune are you with the words that you gleen over. Is the author making sense? Are you able to connect with the printed ink? Are you circling around some lines more often trying to relate it with previous readings Otherwise, why read that stuff in the first place. The above line is both a lesson in rigid thinking and hyper-practical. I am a habitual reader and a habitual forgetter. Forgetting things all the time gives me used to give me a sour sense of remorse. And then one day, over a conversation with a friend, he suggests, why don't you instead think of it as "You learn something new every time, every day". he then goes to add, "Fine! You may not rememb...

is the most important thing is the best that can happen Is what every self-help article will ever suggest you to do. I do not wish to be a whistleblower of sorts when I say this. But that's just my gut instinct. They why is it so tough? It is because in the age we live in instant gratification is given top most priority. Our brains shun the repetitiveness of things, claiming "what's the point!" That's where the 'Why, I started this' question becomes important. 4 years ago, on a cozy Sunday afternoon, I had decided to go to the gym and do something about my body. On the way, I remember getting bombarded by my inner voice "Dude, you don't know anything, what will you even do there" "You will injure yourself" "Treadmill? what if it's already taken?" Funny enough, none of those things happened, except for the treadmill being taken. But, I still worked out. Rusty form, no idea what I was doin...