Why I’m learning to ‘experience everything’ with a pinch of salt

Sometimes, experiencing downtime is a bigger endeavour

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“You know, I’d rather work on fixing my constants than test out new variables when life is unsorted from all angles.” A statement that my friend made while we were discussing new ideas and frontiers to move towards in our lives. Seated in a cafe, we both were catching up after close to three months, and sharing the significant updates on personal and professional fronts.

I mentioned to her about a new job prospect that would take me to another city, and even though it sounded pretty terrific on paper, the reality was that I was not in the mindset to consider it. Having spent over a week speculating it, I had finally decided to let it go.

I realised that the decision I am presently living with, of being on a break, was turning murkier in light of this new opportunity.

Why was that?

Primarily because the idea of experiencing everything has been conflated with being busy.

If you are not doing something tangible that shows results externally, is considered time wasted. Our lives are hounded by capitalistic overtones of hustling and achieving, to a point that we no…