Learning new things

Once this elephant started dancing the need to learn increased substantially .

First thing I started doing was walking around my locality and i was surprised at what is saw around me . There where temple's , parks , Old Buildings , Biker Gang , Great Eateries . Which i did not realize existed in my one decade of staying here . :)

Then I started speaking to people whom i used to Ignore or avoid earlier . I was even more surprised at the information they where giving me .

Then I started using my camera to click pictures , initially indiscriminately and as i started improving, very selectively.

One evening i was putting all this down and realized i was learning at a faster pace than i believe possible .My Hunger to learn was getting fired up .

Now let put down things which i learned which are important:

• Listening
  Home Painting
  Creating brochures
  golf
  walking
  enjoying nature
  geocaching
  Etc
  
  

Now learning has become a part of thinking & living

Making an Elephant Dance

One gets used to routines after 10 years of working .

You get comfort in little rituals , eg. Smoke with friends in the afternoon, Driving in a set route to home ,Con-calls , etc.

What happens when all this changes in an instant ?

The first few days where spent by me with a sense of elation and apprehension. Elation because i felt free to dream . Apprehension because next few years are not going to be like the last few years .

Time which used to fly, started slowing down. I started wondering how to consume each hour . Then came revelation "don't attempt to consume time" . Instead start doing all those things which u wanted to do but used to postpone with valid ( mostly bullshit ) excuses.
Things is I started doing

• Go for a walk in the afternoon to cubbon park
• Play with Kids
• Attempt to teach Kids
• Go for a walk in Bangalore and start observing buildings and people
• Bought a DSR ( canon 500d) and started learning Photography
• Took a basics of French class
• Took a class in Stock market investing
• Joined a Club
• Re Started meeting friends and family
• Travelled to China and was amazed at what i saw , may be i was blind the last half a dozen times i went there .

Slowly this elephant awoke from its slumber started dancing . In the process realized that things that i thought where not important in Life have become very important and vice versa.

Now I wonder, how did i live that life ?
:-)

Introducing me

Was working for last 15 years , but became jobless for last 6 months.

This was something i have fantasized for last 3 years , as the excitement was getting over , life getting mechanical , etc. basically a midlife crisis was happening in my mind.

Last six months have been a mind and life saver , Following are things i will elaborate more in my future posts.

• making an elephant dance
• learning new things
• getting to observe people
• Seeing bangalore finally
• Enjoying the little pleasures in life
• Answering awkward questions
• Making money to do the above
• Resisting temptation of going back to work
• Dreaming of becoming Richard Branson