Heard this banal comment or a boring adage - "Fight or Flight response". I have felt that to be my story for today.. over some self thoughts and a conversation with a dear friend. I have gone back and forth to evaluate my own responses to circumstances without making much headway. Drawing a common conclusion, but from my own experiences this time - that it is sometimes so much easier to run away from work to be done or responsibilities to be fulfilled.. and then you start finding comfort in everything else that can keep you away from that important or priority task..
I had a meeting with project supervisor today.. which I wont say went particularly well.. I had read quite a lot last week and then it all seemed futile once he started talking.. I just wanted to keep it simple, instead I heard it from him - "Nish, Keep it simple mate!". Had another interesting discussion with a friend - both of us on two differing schools of thought - 'Change of place can lead to change in mindset' presented by my respectable friend and my own version 'Change has to come from within.. not from outside'. I dont know which one is right, if either one. However, my argument is that often you do have to return to the same place or even if you dont, you still have the same circumstances i.e. the same problems and same issues and same challenges. A break can help every now and then, but its the self-discipline and mental toughness that can help achieve it much quicker and arguably more lasting than a temporary rescue.
All said and done, I am hoping to find the required will level and rigor to fight the desires to find solace in guilt or unproductive things or run away.. I am hoping I can move on to have a mindset set by the lines put forward by Dr. Robert Schuller "Tough times don't last tough people do.." I wanna be tough.. and I hoping my friend will be too!
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