THERE’S A SHADE BETWEEN RED AND GREEN

Yes, I am a big believer in planning for the future and having things figured out but No, I am not a fan of the societal pressures of downloading your life’s blueprint like there’s a website we are all unconsciously subscribed to. But then maybe there is and in that case I guess some are already making maximum use of their subscription. Personally, I’m as lost as a needle in a sea. ( if that metaphor makes any sense).

Funny how this so called pressure never bothered so many people and we all lived by the phrases “let the wind guide you” and “follow the tides” until our ships hit the iceberg and we were all strong armed into sitting in one place and trying not to go crazy. For an introvert like me this lockdown was just another star on my crown of laziness, while for hyper active and extroverted people it was and still is a thorn in their
flesh.

It was all routine for me, wake up, drag my feet around, stuff my face with food and sleep off while trying so hard to complete an episode of the Korean series Doctors. This worked out peachy until I woke up to the world where most of my friends were either C.E.Os or had laid the foundation for their dreams either by taking online classes and some even authored books. Trust me it felt amazing, seeing all these
people taking control of their life and finally drifting in acceptance to social medias motivational words of “ don’t let this lockdown pass without changing your way of thinking” and “ if you don’t make it now you will never have such an opportunity”. Maybe those sentences were meant to paddle us through a
sea of opportunities where we could let down our nets and grab what was ours, but for me they were weighty.

One moment I’ll sit down to put everything into perspective and slowly I’ll drift into the realm of writing an exaggerated and better ending to the movie I had just watched. I guess it was my inability to board the ship of go-getters that slowly planted the seed of jealousy and maybe a little doubt as to what the future truly held for people like me who wore un prescribed myopic lenses.

Don’t worry I’m not going to tell you there’s still time to figure things out cause it turns out the world has been thrown in a fast forward mode and we are basically marionettes and as scary as it seemed when this year started, it is true that this decade is “THE DECADE”. Personally, this pinch in the side is what moved the hand to the keypad into starting this blog alongside one of my best friends after years of pep talks and shying away from the pen. Gradually, I’ve come to realise that no one has it all mapped out and as much as social media has made us believe that some people were born with their blueprint in hand, no one really does. Of course,
many have an image of what they want to be and are eager to take steps towards it which is all shades of great. However, my fellow myopic birds, let go of the pressure, be tenacious, ease out of the enforced status quo and quietly find your path at your comfortable pace until you can fly free. So although we are all on an unannounced traffic red sign remember there’s a shade of yellow before we all GO