MIDLIFE CRISIS
It was a dark and wobbly place. It was 8pm on 26th of December 2010. The year had brought in a few surprises and life was moving from the “unsteady nomad” to the stable “gruhasta”. I had played a backfoot shot in my career to become the smart-chap-in- office-who-does-some mediocre-stuff. My pay had progressed rather slowly compared to my batchmates and my value-to-organization-index in my career was struggling to shoot up from the ocean floor.
Personally, I had used my parent’s goodwill to secure a job & a rented accommodation in Pune. I failed to uplift Rush from the jobless misery she was in for a good 8months of the year. I had gained 6+ kgs in 8months; climbing 4-5 flight of stairs made me gasp for air. I saw people around with me dreams, hopes, plans and celebration of life; while I struggled with the idea of whether all of this was even necessary. Any creature with spine would have removed all mirrors from his home; I was however was in my full glory – low pressure job, owned car, good food 4 times a day, long drives to places on weekends and just enough money to encourage all this.
Having spent the last 48 hrs (with daashing)was like an icing on the cake that was 2010, I was sitting on the last seat of Shivneri Volvo with Rush and contemplating on where I was going in life. Besides career, money, goals and stuff, the first thing that was pestering me for long was my deteriorating health. I had lost stamina, gained weight and despite the transition to a low pressure job I kept falling sick occasionally. 5 days hence, there was to be a new beginning of another year and a clean chance to make things right! This was my chance to get in shape and in health. ‘Rejuvenating Life’; that’s what I would call 2011. To turnaround my health from doldrums to glory I made a good plan of healthy food, daily workouts and fewer intoxicants.
2011 started with a very good inspiration for me. Kiran & aadi ran the full marathon (42k) in less than 6 hours; only reinforcing the idea that you need not be born with a fitness streak; you can breed it! I started the walk (3.5km) and jog(1.5km) habit for 3-4days a week. My routine had gathered great momentum for 50days until the ‘herpes’ spanner jammed the wheel and I was down for couple of weeks!
On the weekend of the Mumbai marathon, I had a small marathon of myself… I went without sleep for 42hrs. (My own 42h) During the night-out I had with daashing, we planned a trip to S’pore, Malaysia around August and also created a ‘Facebook event’ for it. Our stay in Spore was to be at KeKru’s. (Truly, nothing good happens after 2a.m).
During the marathon, I struggled to keep myself awake by clicking random pics around the Fort area and drinking gallons of coffee while the runners were out there burning their bodies in Mumbai heat by the Arabian sea. We saw Shilpa Shetty, Nita Ambani, Shaan and few more celebrities. It was truly enthusing to watch the runners of all ages perform such wonderful feats.
Another memorable trip was to Bhimashankar on the weekend of 22nd where we drove off early morning at 7 and were back completely exhausted and baked; thanks to the afternoon sun and non-tainted car windows.
2010 was the most interesting year by far! Pressures of job, unsettling tensions of a newly married phase in life (between spouses and between family), transition to a new job & new city, balancing between being hyper-spending and hypo-spending. Wonderful trips to Diveagar (on valentines day), Matheran (with Chinz & Barda), Tarapur (with dashing), Giju’s wedding (in Blore), Sinhagad (with Aadi) made the year very exciting! The Highlight was COORG and the stay at ClubMahindra.
There were mixed feelings while leaving my friends & family and settling in a new city. The biggest heartbreak was to see the Pune realty market going up north and the residential offerings going down south!
I am still struggling to spend some time with my hobbies – blogging and studying astrology. Sometimes I wonder whether I have a direction in life; and if at all I do have it, could it have been better!
Let’s hope I am able to make something good from this life!
In my entire existence, I have always been this person who keeps looking around and comparing everyone (& everything) to me; only to realize that I am not good enough. At 30 doing the same thing has been endowed with a brilliant term … MID-LIFE CRISIS.
Personally, I had used my parent’s goodwill to secure a job & a rented accommodation in Pune. I failed to uplift Rush from the jobless misery she was in for a good 8months of the year. I had gained 6+ kgs in 8months; climbing 4-5 flight of stairs made me gasp for air. I saw people around with me dreams, hopes, plans and celebration of life; while I struggled with the idea of whether all of this was even necessary. Any creature with spine would have removed all mirrors from his home; I was however was in my full glory – low pressure job, owned car, good food 4 times a day, long drives to places on weekends and just enough money to encourage all this.
Having spent the last 48 hrs (with daashing)was like an icing on the cake that was 2010, I was sitting on the last seat of Shivneri Volvo with Rush and contemplating on where I was going in life. Besides career, money, goals and stuff, the first thing that was pestering me for long was my deteriorating health. I had lost stamina, gained weight and despite the transition to a low pressure job I kept falling sick occasionally. 5 days hence, there was to be a new beginning of another year and a clean chance to make things right! This was my chance to get in shape and in health. ‘Rejuvenating Life’; that’s what I would call 2011. To turnaround my health from doldrums to glory I made a good plan of healthy food, daily workouts and fewer intoxicants.
2011 started with a very good inspiration for me. Kiran & aadi ran the full marathon (42k) in less than 6 hours; only reinforcing the idea that you need not be born with a fitness streak; you can breed it! I started the walk (3.5km) and jog(1.5km) habit for 3-4days a week. My routine had gathered great momentum for 50days until the ‘herpes’ spanner jammed the wheel and I was down for couple of weeks!
On the weekend of the Mumbai marathon, I had a small marathon of myself… I went without sleep for 42hrs. (My own 42h) During the night-out I had with daashing, we planned a trip to S’pore, Malaysia around August and also created a ‘Facebook event’ for it. Our stay in Spore was to be at KeKru’s. (Truly, nothing good happens after 2a.m).
During the marathon, I struggled to keep myself awake by clicking random pics around the Fort area and drinking gallons of coffee while the runners were out there burning their bodies in Mumbai heat by the Arabian sea. We saw Shilpa Shetty, Nita Ambani, Shaan and few more celebrities. It was truly enthusing to watch the runners of all ages perform such wonderful feats.
Another memorable trip was to Bhimashankar on the weekend of 22nd where we drove off early morning at 7 and were back completely exhausted and baked; thanks to the afternoon sun and non-tainted car windows.
2010 was the most interesting year by far! Pressures of job, unsettling tensions of a newly married phase in life (between spouses and between family), transition to a new job & new city, balancing between being hyper-spending and hypo-spending. Wonderful trips to Diveagar (on valentines day), Matheran (with Chinz & Barda), Tarapur (with dashing), Giju’s wedding (in Blore), Sinhagad (with Aadi) made the year very exciting! The Highlight was COORG and the stay at ClubMahindra.
There were mixed feelings while leaving my friends & family and settling in a new city. The biggest heartbreak was to see the Pune realty market going up north and the residential offerings going down south!
I am still struggling to spend some time with my hobbies – blogging and studying astrology. Sometimes I wonder whether I have a direction in life; and if at all I do have it, could it have been better!
Let’s hope I am able to make something good from this life!
In my entire existence, I have always been this person who keeps looking around and comparing everyone (& everything) to me; only to realize that I am not good enough. At 30 doing the same thing has been endowed with a brilliant term … MID-LIFE CRISIS.
