Monday, April 20, 2009

"Home Alone !! "

Dear Friends
I have completed close to 100 days at CBE living in a two bed room house all alone. Thought it is time I muse a little bit about this Home Alone experience. The impulsive title for this posting from my heart was "Get out !!" but I got connected with a positive expression of the same point reminded about the title of a Hollywood Movie.....Sounds much better, isn't it ?
Well, to introduce a little bit, this is the first time in my life I am being alone. There was a period I was in Delhi for close to 1 1/2 years but again I was in the safe hands of my elder sister who gets nervous even if I am late to home by few minutes....!!!
I know there are lot of bacheolers staying away from family but many of them either living in group OR safely cuddle themselves in a Mansion. I do not deny the bliss of the "co-operative living" or the "irresponsible living " respectively.
But....from my limited experience in these 100 days, I feel there are tremendous opportunities for putting our lives in proper track in many dimensions, becoming better time manager and mature as a better personality. As an individual, I always have a tendancy to get into mood outs and for the first time in my life, I discovered that I have to do few basic tasks about myself how much ever the depression is looming !!! I think I came out of the depression spell much quicker getting deeper into the physical activities that every house demands.
I cook, wash the vessels, wash the clothes, clean up the floors, arrange things as home, bring drinking water from ground floor....and perhaps if you are smiling reading this, YES Gentleman and Gentlewomen, I never have done all these activities for such a long time. I really enjoy every little bit of HOME ALONE life that I have strong hesitation to take some external help which is very much available here too.
Above being self reliant and getting out of mood swings, I also have been immensely enjoying the luxury of "wierd" living whenever I wanted to....like reaching office at 5.30 AM on couple of days, reaching home at 12 Midnight, experimenting with food stuff which is not normally done considering the majority's choice at home, impuslively going to a night show cinema....and going for long strolls at unusual times......!! I am not talking about a carefree life but a life that I can stretch the way I want to if I feel a need.
Incidentally, I read in an article in the magazine "Frozen Thoughts" about the personality getting shaped up by living alone in a different geographic territory for a brief while.
I dont know how long this phase of life is going to keep moving for me.....But I only know this !! Just in case it ends, I am not the one who is going to regret for it......For, I have involved myself with this phase - the sound of the silence and the power of solitutude - immensely.
Suren

2 comments:

  1. Suren,

    I too had this experience when I was working in my first(earlier) orgn - for about 4 months in Kancheepuram.

    It still lies in front of my eyes... But at that time I dont know cooking.

    This line I like and also enjoyed very much:

    "I am not talking about a carefree life but a life that I can stretch the way I want to if I feel a need."

    Thanks,

    Ganesh P

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  2. weren't u in Sweden before u went to CBE? or was it after CBE phase?

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