TV shows, their addictiveness

Exactly, that’s what the topic is, a TV show and its addictiveness. This happens with me almost always: Once I start watching a TV show, I just don’t stop. Let it be 24 hours on a go, I just don’t. That is mainly one reason why I limit myself to watching a new TV show. Now, I don’t want y’all to think that I’m some nerdy guy stuck up on TV shows, but this is what always happens with me. That is one of the main reasons that I haven’t started a new series in about 6 months.

I cut my ties with the world until I finish the last possible episode of the show. I enter a whole new world; a virtual world. One where you imagine things, more like inception; you can be whomever you want, do whatever you want.

TV shows have their own world of creativity. I admire the writers and try to watch the show from their perspective. What I think is, creating a TV show is an art. It sure as hell does require a lot of brains.

So, how does the addiction start?

Lets say that you start watching a TV show. It’s about 10pm and you have some time to go to bed. You decide to watch the first episode. You love it! You’re supposed to wake up at like 7 am the next day, but since you loved the TV show, you decide to give the second episode a shot. That’s when you’re doomed. That’s when the addiction starts. You’re instantly hooked: You love the town the show is set in, you love the main character’s witty banter, and more importantly, you’re not sure how you lived your life before this show was a part of it.

So, if you’re among the ones who are addicted to a tv show or are in the process of it and want to stop at once, here’s a tip:

http://www.rd.com/health/17-ways-to-beat-your-television-addiction/

Cricket in India, its popularity and effects and a personal experience

In India, Cricket is considered as a religion. But, blinded by the limelight of cricket, other sports are being sidelined. They aren’t given serious attention by the sporting authorities, the government and the people. The problem starts at the grass root level where sporting talents other than cricket are not given enough recognition and encouragement.

Growing up, I always dreamt of being a soccer player. I represented my club internationally. Thus, my hobby had turned into my passion and I began to take soccer seriously, as a career. I was faced with a quandary, to choose academics or soccer. I wanted to go for soccer, but after having realized that the chances of having an efficacious career in soccer in India were less, I chose academics. There were two main causes for my decision.

The first was the lack of facilities, recognition and infrastructure for soccer. For instance, the number of world-class cricket grounds in India is far more than the soccer grounds though soccer is the second most popular sport in India. The second reason was the lack of scope and low income. There is a great income disparity between cricketers and other sportspersons. Sunil Chetri, the captain of the Indian soccer team is paid about 1/10^th the amount paid to the captain of the Indian Cricket team. 

The Soccer trials, A question about life

Before coming to tech, I had researched everything about the soccer at this place. I emailed the club a dozen times to ask them about the trials and everything.

Thus, I started to practice harder. I wanted this so bad; I literally put hands on every paper or book I could find about soccer to understand more about the technical aspects of the game.  

It was the day of the trials. I was excited, nervous. We started playing some short games. The way soccer is played in the states is way different than India. The speed of the game is fast, you cannot hold the ball longer and its all about passing. I somehow knew I wasn’t going to make the team, but what I told myself was, “You’ll never know unless you try”. I tried the best I could, but ended up having one of the worst games of my life. I didn’t make the team. That made me think.

On the way back to the dorm, I thought real hard. I walked alone, sat isolated in the dark and thought. I thought about what went wrong, what should I have done to correct it.

In the end, I asked myself a question: What is it that you want in life? You know you’re not going to make a career in soccer, but what is it that you really want? And after hours of thinking, I concluded. All I want in life is to be happy. I want to make the most of every opportunity that I get and try my best to succeed because somewhere like 60 years down the road, when I’ll be in a hospital, waiting for my final breath, I don’t want to regret any of the choices I made and wonder what would’ve happed if I ‘d chosen something else instead of what I did choose.

I just want you, to ask yourself the same question, “What is it that you want out of your life?” Trust me, it’ll help you.

I’d just like to end this post with one of my favorite quotes:

“ Laugh your heart out,

   Dance in the rain.

   Cherish the moment,

   Ignore the pain.

   Live, laugh, love,

   Forgive and forget,

   Life’s too short to be living with regrets.”