How Much Time Was Wasted?

“Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. Don’t waste this breath, if your heart isn’t crazy, since "the rest of your life" won’t last forever.”
― Omar Khayyám, Quatrains - Ballades

One of the foremost truths of our life is that most of our days are spent procrastinating and I would be lying if I said that I haven't been there, there have been many days that I have wasted for no reason at all and truthfully If I start gathering them all together it would appear to be a huge pile of wasted days and will cover a major portion of my life, that was spent doing nothing valuable, it would also be a lie if I said that I wasn't aware in all those moments that the time is sliding through the window and I being a mere spectator did nothing about it.

I've read numerous self-help books and have listened to many extraordinary thinkers & speakers who went on talking about the importance of time and how can we utilize it in the best way possible, everyone had a story, everyone had a problem to solve, and everyone had their own solutions too; and I was fascinated with the fact that just by following all these small steps I can bring such a major change in my life but still there was something that felt like missing, something that was stopping me from following all those steps, what's that I wondered and there came an answer; "I think you lack the motivation!"

and there I was searching for motivational videos on YouTube, and there it was more of my time being wasted, If you're still here I believe you can relate a bit, but nothing did actually change, I was still in the same place I was before and I was still wasting my time the same way for no reason at all, at this point every effort I made from reading various book to listening to all those speakers, everything seemed like a total waste of time, and at this very point my mind again wondered, "maybe motivation wasn't the real issue and maybe there is something else that needs to be fixed !"

and again, there came an answer, "I think it's the lack of passion or a clearly defined goal that is stopping me from taking any action"

and for sure this answer appeared to be more logical than the previous one, so I moved out again on YouTube searching for a video that could help me discover my passion, and again there came a long list of relevant videos, but none could really help me much, but I surely did come up with a solution for myself, "try different things and see what works for you" yup, that's the best solution I could come up with, and I don't think that anyone can tell you your passion and there is no way that you'd just believe it and start working towards it, I wish it was that easy!

Lucky are those who find their calling at the earliest but for the rest of us there isn't must choice left except to try and try until we hit that stop where it seems nice to stay and work your way up, few are the lucky ones that reach their stop earlier than the rest and there is also a major group of people who just adjusts with whatever stop they could get their feet on, and then come people like me who can't just accept whatever life offers, even though on a silver platter if it isn't of our liking, and for people like me there isn't a definite stop, we build and spend everything on the journey itself in the hope that someday our stop will come and someday we would also get off this bus of struggle and that very day my friend will be the day when we rest.

Have a great life,

- Reshu Kumar.

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