This world, My greatest teacher! (1)

Stepping out of the house opens up new avenues to our way of thinking. A sense of responsibility is developed and we are answerable to ourselves for every deed done. There are two ways of looking at this scenario, a few people take it too seriously and accept it as a challenge whereas other type of people get totally drenched into the fun due to this completely changed phase of life.

I would fall into the second category now. I naturally had a feeling of nervousness after dropping into this alien land. Conversion mentality prevented me from calling home when the call would cost merely a buck but equivalent to 42 Indian Rupees, that was partly because I had lost one dollar after dialing wrong STD code!!!How can anyone insert dollars into cart machine when one can see no carts in there? It all reasons down to jittery feeling and a bit of ignorance due to lack of traveling experience.

Conversion mentality takes a lot of time to get overcome at least till you find a source of income for yourself.I laugh at myself for how I used to think when I look back at first 10 days in here. No one would dare to walk for 2 hours to bring grocery ( heavy stuff like rice ) and stubbornly refuse to take a cab or at least enquire about the bus timings.Day and night I would worry about how to meet expenses, fight too hard to find room mates to share the rent with , it was just too much tension and worries.Now the guy is spending , God knows how much, on booze every week!! Not because he is earning too much money, but because he knows how to enjoy life!

Meeting different people and taking good things from them is currently what's there in the process.It will be talked about in the subsequent blogs.

Lesson 1: Things do fall in place, it's only a matter of going through the process while keeping a cool head on your shoulders. Things have got to move on , life can't be stagnant.