Monthly Archives: September 2022

Resting Is Not Relaxing

General, Knowledge, Story Teller 7 Comments

Hello my fabulous readers. A very good day to all.  Today, I am here with yet another story. So here goes my disclaimer first, because this is the most important before starting any story. So, here it goes.

This story is totally my imagination and has nothing to do with the real life characters or any dead person, not even animals. I have not stolen this story at all. So please do not sue me for this. and blah blah.  Well actually, this is not a story. This is just an example to make you understand something about resting and relaxing.

You know, this boy wanted to go on a vacation. He asked his girlfriend to come along with him. Girlfriend was super excited for this vacation as she never saw that place. Boy on the other hand was very tired from his daily routine and he wanted a break. So after a long wait, the journey started. The girl was excited as she was spending quality time with her boyfriend. After the hotel check-in, the boy went to the shack, ordered his favorite hard drink and sat there quietly. The girl, on the other hand, was roaming all around the beach and was least interested in food and drinks. Thinking, the boyfriend must be tired due to the long journey, she preferred to leave him alone.

The boy drank like a madman. The sun set and he left for his room. He dose off. The girl was a little upset with his behaviour. “Drinking is not bad. But why does he drink so much that he doesn’t have any control on himself”. Since she was more excited about the place, she forgot to eat at the right time and hence she was more hungry now. She went to the shack, order her food. But she was feeling lonely and didn’t enjoy her food at all. Thinking that he must be very tired, she made up her mind and went to sleep.

Next day, she woke up early. But he refused to get up. She again went to the beach, had coffee with the beautiful sunrise and came back to room after a few hours. He was awake. She said the breakfast was ready but he refused to eat and went back to sleep. She had her breakfast alone. Now she is bored, because she has already seen this place and wanted to explore more places. But all she got was rejection because he wanted to rest. Just rest and nothing else. She, on the other hand, took all the information from the receptionist and went to explore other places. She was scared, yet she dared to roam alone.

So as usual, after a few days, the vacation got over. They headed back home. The girl was quiet  but was happy because she did what she wanted. The daily routine started. The girl was very active in her work but the boy was still tired. But how come? The girl did lots of activity during her vacation, the girl should be tired. and the boy just rested there, so he must have overcome his tiredness. But no, The girl was very active. and the boy was very tired. But why ??

Because, resting is not relaxing. Doing nothing increases tiredness. It adds fuel to your mental health and makes you more tired and urges you not to do any work. This also adds anxiety, mood-swings and anger. So if you want to relax, you have to do some activity of your choice. If you are on vacation, then you have to check out nearby places. Else, you will be tired after reaching home. Physical exercise is a must in order to rest your mind. Sitting on a couch, and watching a sunset or movie for the whole day is not relaxation. This will end up, making you a “Couch Potato” and suffer from TATT syndrome.

Doing our favourite activity like swimming, cycling or dancing, whatever activity, boosts our mind and makes our mind sharp. Also, It helps to improve sleep. Doing nothing makes us feel bad for everything. and we start over thinking. Rest occurs while we are asleep, relaxation occurs while we are awake, and involves us engaging in activities that we enjoy.

So next time, while going out, don’t just sit and rest. Give your mind different varieties of fruits, not over-thoughts. Explore the places, no matter how many times you have seen that place. If not then play games with your companions. 

Hope you enjoy reading my post. Next time, enjoy your vacation. and don’t make a desultory attempt.

Picture Talk – A Birthday Dish

General, Picture Talk 13 Comments

Hey! Hello my readers. I have seen many blogs who do picture talk. So basically they write about what they feel and understand by just looking at pictures. Some picture talks were awesome. I never thought that this picture would give you such a message. While some picture talks were ok types. So, I’m trying my best and this is my first time that I am doing a picture talk.

Firstly, here is my picture.

Here are my views on this picture:
First of all, this picture reminds me of my childhood days. Yes, this was the way we used to celebrate birthdays. No parents, no return gifts, no fancy party, even no fancy dresses, just a few unhealthy items and one drink. That time our all time favourite drink was Rasna. Rasna is a mango drink and was very reasonable at that time. In cake, we all loved only Black Forest and Monginis was the one which was our favourite.

We kids never forget our friend’s birthday. We were more excited when we got to know that there are two birthday parties. We celebrated birthdays obviously by cutting cakes and then solo dances and then somewhat like club dance. The host’s parents never interrupted any party. The max time was 9pm. We all were obedient kids those days. We never asked for a return gift as for us, the food was only the return gift. The birthday food consists of a small piece of cake, potato wafers, potato samosa or potato vada, not more than 2 hard-chewable chocolates. That’s it. I don’t remember much, But we kids never asked for more pieces of cakes or chocolate or any other item. The Birthday party of those days!!!

Now my actual views because I am blogger and I have to give you all a lecture.
Whether it be a birthday party, or any small get together, this platter says “five fingers are not the same, yet stay together”. The combination of cake and potato chips are very unhealthy yet we enjoy balancing the taste. Without wafers, the sweet taste of cake becomes somewhat of a nightmare, after some time. So in life, You need to change yourself, in order to look attractive and presentable. We need to keep on changing our hairstyle or dressing sense because being in the same avatar for a long time becomes boring.

Then comes the drink. The drink is again sweet in taste, But now our throat is full of small particles and we want it to get removed. Also, the drink removes the existing taste from the mouth. Same way, sometimes it is necessary to remove the stuff from our house or from our life, in order to welcome the new good things in our house or life. Even though the old things are good, but change is necessary. Change is good. The cherries in cake, some kids don’t like this and they remove it. So, what’s the use of life if we don’t have some problems in it? The hard chewable chocolates are like the people from our very first peoples, whom we can’t ignore and still like them. These people are very difficult to understand but have a sweet nature by heart.

Conclusion (because the lecture should end)
Enjoy the birthday dish with a spoon, or with your hands. All will be together in your stomach, in your life. The next morning, you have to flush in order to eat some other food. So discard old items and buy new ones. Life and death are part and parcel of our lives. We have to accept the one whom we lost and accept the new people in our life.

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