2. Time-waste.

Disclaimer: This blog is nothing but a time-waste; hence treat this disclaimer as a caveat :-)

There was this guy Aman, who would do nothing in life. He would just let the day pass and was very much satisfied with what was going on in life.

He had a very close friend Vikas, who would work hard, study and had high aspirations of earning money, power, esteem et al.

Vikas would always tell Aman – “Dude, you are just wasting your time. Do something, become something, set targets in your life like I did and plan for a great life ahead”.

Aman would just stay quiet, listen but never react. He never felt the need to react. He would smile and say – Ok.

Aman’s life was just a routine with daily chores and nothing else. On the other hand Vikas had already initiated the struggle by studying hard, scoring first-rate grades and excelling in all the things that he did. He would slog hard to achieve the impossible. He put in a lot of efforts as he always believed – Success is not a cup of tea. He didn’t even find the time to drink tea peacefully as the ambitions of having a seven course meal were riding on his back and making him run to the fastest that was possibly impossible.

Nothing much to quote about Aman’s life as it was still like the Sun’s routine. Here, Vikas, in his definition was leading ahead day by day. On each accomplishment, small or big, he would come to Aman and flaunt about it. At the end, he would add a comment – “Dude, you are just wasting your time and blah blah”.

Vikas turned out to be a software engineer and then a financial analyst. He had already invested a lot of time, money and efforts by now. He got an exceptional job. Still, he felt – something was missing as this is not the place yet where no one has reached. There were thousands, if not millions, of his age at the same stage. He always thought he would have earned enough esteem by the time he would finish his studies and get into a white-collar industry. When he realized that there are thousands in the race, he strived towards going ahead of all to earn the esteem he would crave for. Meanwhile, he also focused on earning Money as that was also one of the factors he would crave for with an aspiration to lead a luxurious life.

Aman was following the Sun. His parents asked him to get married. He did so.

Vikas’s parents were also persuading him to get married and settle down. Vikas was upfront in answering them by saying – First I shall settle down and then get married.

Besides money, Vikas earned a lot of things like – pressures, deadlines, stress, and exploitation. On each step, he failed to grab the carrots he was offered. He always thought that the carrot is not far-off. Still, he made a lot of money but now the pressure and stress had started hating money as money was always ahead of them. Hence, they decided to play a game and put money behind in the race. They generated some disease in Vikas’s body and as a result of which doctor’s started eating up a lot of Vikas’s money that he would always save for the future luxuries. Deterioration of health wasn’t acceptable as Body was the medium of earning Money, Power, Esteem and beyond.

Aman and Vikas would hardly talk but whenever they would, Vikas was still the same and so was Aman.

By now, Vikas had already passed the marriage age and also the charm. He was still running for the seven course meal while Aman was blissfully relishing the 3-meal-a-day routine.

Aman was simply wasting his time and Vikas, his life.