A lot of "hardcore research" and alternate procrastination based off phd comics brought me around to deabting another reason why I search for more outlets.
The basic question being whether or not it is possible to actually have "single minded devotion".
I argue that it is pretty much out of the question - and I shall buttress my claims using the single phrase "mad scientist" :P
What I am trying to drive at is the fact that there needs to be a foil to every lunge - a shadow to show us the glory of light. Can we really appreciate the heights of joy without feeling the pangs of sorrow?
Similarly, every task is easier done not shared but forgotten. It is similar to the drink of gatorade after an exhausting football game, the sinking into the couch to watch the idiot box or that complete feeling of release in the hot bath tub at the end of a long day. So, the greater the stress the greater the distraction needed to forget it and hence allow us to tackle it better.
So, it is forever the game of poker, where each hand in turn needs to beat the other for a fun game - and the game would be life... if you missed it in all my metaphors!
2 comments:
this reminds me of a lesson in my 10th grade Hindi text-book called 'Himmat Aur Zindagi' by Ramdhari Sinh Dinkar. Truly in that spirit :)...the fact that you have worked hard for something makes you feel that you deserve the 'distraction' and as you seem to suggest strongly, isnt for deserving these 'distractions' we are motivated to work sometimes? [:)]
always ... always....
i remember from back when in school that i always counted down to the first day of the holidays on the day the exams ended... it is soooo much easier than counting down the exams themselves [:P]
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