Déjà-vu

After a long time, the writing bug hits me again!

Due to the known vagaries of life (obviously something called work proved to be the first and the only influencing factor), I was not able to write much in the last month. That was the technical part of me saying that. The logical part of me says, “You probably did not have any good idea or thought to write about!”

Now that I finished my 6 months in the professional world today, I feel I have added another view to my decision making process. We all err and we all retract back. And to retract we must know that we have erred (which is usually not the case). Even if we do come to know we have erred but the time to change has become improbable (rather than impossible), retracting back is not an option at all. Saying this, it’s very hard to imagine a situation where some ideas which were very fascinating initially can turn out to be a farce as it is not up to your expectations. One can say, we got know that it’s not good for us early, so do something about it. Others say everything happens for a reason and it was already in writing that we’d probably have taken that step anyway (remember it was one’s own decision initially!). So continue with it or just admit that we are incompetent losers.

This begs for a question: Do we always set goals in life with a rider that if certain short-term goals are not satisfied or the path its taking is not conforming to the goals we set before, we’ll annul the step we first took in achieving that goal and look for other alternatives? The other choices are: changing your goals altogether (so that the path we are moving now is in line with the goal), continuing with that path (whatever it may be) and seeing what happens or doing a bit of both. The first option is the least heartening of the choices. It’s not easy to take a decision like that and this kind of decision is usually a forced decision by many other factors (family, financial matters etc) rather than the one factor we are speaking of now. The second choice is a choice for the “Easy come easy go” kind. They follow the path with the phrase “Let’s see what happens”. The third option is a mixture of both. This is usually influenced by the fact that some cannot adhere to the first step fully as their mental make-up does not suit this kind of decision making and hence jump to the second step.

In my personal opinion, I would stop as soon as I found out I was not heading in the direction I initially set out for and find alternatives to go in that direction. In this thinking process, if I have to modify my goal so that it’s more achievable realistically speaking (after this folly has been committed), YES by all means. The changes which are effected will always be in the short-term goals and not on the long-term goals. This is what i intend to do if i do face this dilemma. Saying this, I have to say that it brings out a strong sense of déjà-vu whenever I touch upon this topic. Come to think of it, everyone will feel the same as soon as they dig deep into their thoughts.

Until next time,
Cheers and ciao