Living Life!

Not very often a movie comes which portrays exactly what you believe “is the way of life”. Well, the movie which I’m talking about is ZNMD and my belief, which it portrays, is living the life.

We all got life (You know this). But how many of us live our lives (Are you sure you know this one?)?

I have always believed in two things: Don’t regret anything and live your life completely. I have already written a piece on my first belief, so I won’t spend much time there. This post’s topic is the second one.

We hear/read from many self-proclaimed gurus who tell you “How to live your life” and as I hate all of them, I’m not going to tell you how you should live your life. Actually, no one has a right to teach you what you should do and what you should not. It’s completely your take. I just want to write about what I feel and what I do to make this second belief a reality.

If I’m very particular about one thing in life then it’s living it on my own terms. I don’t set too many rules that may spoil this party called life. Yeah, we need to follow certain pre-defined paths, but no one’s stopping you to make few amendments which may make those paths a little more enjoyable. Classrooms and libraries are necessary to complete your BE/MBA, but so are corridors and canteens. And believe me, few years down the line, you’ll cherish corridors and canteens only. And if you are working, official calls/mails are necessary to grow professionally, but so are personal mails and calls from family/friends.

I always feel lucky because of the people I have in my life and it’s important to put people who matter to you on the highest priority. I never miss a chance to spend time with them. Because I know I'll not remember how fantastic my project was but I'll definitely recall those little moments spent with the ones I love.

Over planning is also something which I avoid. I don’t want to regret missing out things today because I was working on my future. Of course future is important, but not at the cost of present. I meet many people who say “No, we didn’t do that as we were busy doing that other thing. But now, we regret it”. My worst nightmare is to say this exact thing to anyone else! And the best compliment I have ever got is when one of my friends told me once “I’m jealous of the way you live life”. I could only say “Thanks” and thought that “it’s not about these compliments, it’s about my life”.

These are the things which we already know and we don’t need anyone else to remind us. But do we really follow what we already know?

I have made a promise to my life that I’ll live you. And I’ll do anything to keep that promise.

PS: Not the ZNMD effect, but embarking upon one of the best trips of my life tomorrow.