TIME Vs VETTINESS
This blog i started, to pen down my thoughts when my mind works at full power. Hence the name. But the net seemed to be the wrong platform i chose.
What i want to stress upon is a truth and not an exaggeration. A truth that binds all my peers. Take any engineering student or any other student. Especially those done with college life and waiting to continue with the next level of their career. [Am extremely sorry to target this set of people, but it is this set that appeals to me - those whom i know, i hav interacted with and most importantly i myself -am from this set]. The buzzword of this lot has been "VETTI"--during their coll life and after.
What i had referred to in my previous post [Changing trends in net addiction] was how we make use of the net- that was merely coz we dint know how else to!!! The education today calls for nothing more than last minute studies. [Rather our chosen lot of students do nothing more than that] Am not aiming at describing what could be done to change this scenario. [Maybe that can occupy a later post] What am aiming at is projecting how we use the non-examination days. A majority of the student community does nothing OFFLINE. The online mania is too high with the strike rate at the peak for online games, chatting, online communities and very rarely brwosing other sites. A very select few of this lot use the net for purposeful analysis, or work. [Hats off to this minority]
If this was the scenario with studies on one hand, imagine what the budding proffessionals, idle at home, would do....It becomes "OFFICIALLY VETTI" and become proud of it too. [Note i was one too!!!] But its not that they are really VETTI. [Note that i henceforth use "they" and not "we" as i feel i realised few facts that i shall explain a bit later] The young minds i was referring to find a solution to boredom in chatting, browsing, playing. But they dont realise that this is not THE SOLUTION. This only agrevates the VETTINESS. [i prefer the usage of this word to its English counterpart as it as more depth in its current usage]
What one needs to do when they have free time at their exposure is not being VETTI but making use of the available time. Only then can one realise what TIME is. Wait....Do i sound like some Shri Shri Ramya Devi??? Let it be. But what am about to share is true experience. I have just came out of VETTINESS--not really voluntarily---a CALL perhaps?? an INNER CALL?? Nah!...It was an eye opener from someone too dear in my life. Only then i could realise that was sort of a revelation that made me think how else i could use time. [I obviously cant keep sticking around on the net for three months of the so called free time i have got with me].
The initial step i could think of was reducing the online hours. But then how else am i goin to keep in touch with my friends??--those who would be flying off in different directions very shortly....Theres always time. They are people who will understand and appreciate when am goin to make use of time.
Next what do i do when am not online--READ...i was not a voracious reader for long. Was very much used to the word STUDY [ofcourse on the night before exams].But the word READ, i always thought was a pleasure i hav never enjoyed to the full extent. I knew reading is sure to get me off my addiction [very obvious tht i needed such a strong anti addiction drug!!!] And it did help. I sat down happily reading all those i was not for years now.
So how long am i goin to keep reading??? When i thought of that i could then think of other small hobbies of mine--hobbies as in those we had before browsing the internet.[ All other hobbies people had seems to hav lost ground--let me get my old ones back] I went back to my fav ones--drawing, stitching, cooking and my more recent photography. These might seem kiddish..but these relax my mind, divert my energy, and get a positive outcome rather than plain mockery of others that i do while chatting. [This was what i called a realisation i had!!!]. Also when i spoke to people i had content to share. i could discuss about my recipes, my styles, my beliefs and more of such things.
There were so many nice programmes on television [am seriously refering to the good ones] that i missed by simple being online. The legendary movies, the talk shows, the prime discussions. [I know there are people who do watch them simultaneously, inspite of being online...but i knew i cunt do that with my tv being in another room] And now these find room in my daily routine and not ORKUT and YAHOO.
I had wished for one particular thing in life...dint get it...and like GHAZINI i plan to try again...for that i know i need to put in a mamooth effort...and for that I NEED THIS PRECIOUS TIME. [let me see how sincerely i adhere to my plan this time. i pray i do]
And above all i had time to THINK, to RELAX, to REJUVENATE myself--my body and soul. I could visualise how three months could fly off rather than wondering how much VETTI i would be. But still i decided i would add on to my routine a small fraction of the bugging hobby--browsing. That would be partly for gaining resources and more so for MY FRIENDS. I do value them and the time i spend with them. [Thats why i dont want to brand that quality time as VETTINESS].. So i stil shall come online, to jot down what i do usefully, to share my opipnions with others, to communicate with people, and more so to let people know how i define the word VETTI.
I know that a lot of people i know, those who had been with me in all the VETTINESS i did, would be surprised as to what went wrong with me... but its just that something went RIGHT with me...[just hoping that i dont fall back...just wishing that i stay focussed]
******I MEANT EVERY WORD OF IT******
What i want to stress upon is a truth and not an exaggeration. A truth that binds all my peers. Take any engineering student or any other student. Especially those done with college life and waiting to continue with the next level of their career. [Am extremely sorry to target this set of people, but it is this set that appeals to me - those whom i know, i hav interacted with and most importantly i myself -am from this set]. The buzzword of this lot has been "VETTI"--during their coll life and after.
What i had referred to in my previous post [Changing trends in net addiction] was how we make use of the net- that was merely coz we dint know how else to!!! The education today calls for nothing more than last minute studies. [Rather our chosen lot of students do nothing more than that] Am not aiming at describing what could be done to change this scenario. [Maybe that can occupy a later post] What am aiming at is projecting how we use the non-examination days. A majority of the student community does nothing OFFLINE. The online mania is too high with the strike rate at the peak for online games, chatting, online communities and very rarely brwosing other sites. A very select few of this lot use the net for purposeful analysis, or work. [Hats off to this minority]
If this was the scenario with studies on one hand, imagine what the budding proffessionals, idle at home, would do....It becomes "OFFICIALLY VETTI" and become proud of it too. [Note i was one too!!!] But its not that they are really VETTI. [Note that i henceforth use "they" and not "we" as i feel i realised few facts that i shall explain a bit later] The young minds i was referring to find a solution to boredom in chatting, browsing, playing. But they dont realise that this is not THE SOLUTION. This only agrevates the VETTINESS. [i prefer the usage of this word to its English counterpart as it as more depth in its current usage]
What one needs to do when they have free time at their exposure is not being VETTI but making use of the available time. Only then can one realise what TIME is. Wait....Do i sound like some Shri Shri Ramya Devi??? Let it be. But what am about to share is true experience. I have just came out of VETTINESS--not really voluntarily---a CALL perhaps?? an INNER CALL?? Nah!...It was an eye opener from someone too dear in my life. Only then i could realise that was sort of a revelation that made me think how else i could use time. [I obviously cant keep sticking around on the net for three months of the so called free time i have got with me].
The initial step i could think of was reducing the online hours. But then how else am i goin to keep in touch with my friends??--those who would be flying off in different directions very shortly....Theres always time. They are people who will understand and appreciate when am goin to make use of time.
Next what do i do when am not online--READ...i was not a voracious reader for long. Was very much used to the word STUDY [ofcourse on the night before exams].But the word READ, i always thought was a pleasure i hav never enjoyed to the full extent. I knew reading is sure to get me off my addiction [very obvious tht i needed such a strong anti addiction drug!!!] And it did help. I sat down happily reading all those i was not for years now.
So how long am i goin to keep reading??? When i thought of that i could then think of other small hobbies of mine--hobbies as in those we had before browsing the internet.[ All other hobbies people had seems to hav lost ground--let me get my old ones back] I went back to my fav ones--drawing, stitching, cooking and my more recent photography. These might seem kiddish..but these relax my mind, divert my energy, and get a positive outcome rather than plain mockery of others that i do while chatting. [This was what i called a realisation i had!!!]. Also when i spoke to people i had content to share. i could discuss about my recipes, my styles, my beliefs and more of such things.
There were so many nice programmes on television [am seriously refering to the good ones] that i missed by simple being online. The legendary movies, the talk shows, the prime discussions. [I know there are people who do watch them simultaneously, inspite of being online...but i knew i cunt do that with my tv being in another room] And now these find room in my daily routine and not ORKUT and YAHOO.
I had wished for one particular thing in life...dint get it...and like GHAZINI i plan to try again...for that i know i need to put in a mamooth effort...and for that I NEED THIS PRECIOUS TIME. [let me see how sincerely i adhere to my plan this time. i pray i do]
And above all i had time to THINK, to RELAX, to REJUVENATE myself--my body and soul. I could visualise how three months could fly off rather than wondering how much VETTI i would be. But still i decided i would add on to my routine a small fraction of the bugging hobby--browsing. That would be partly for gaining resources and more so for MY FRIENDS. I do value them and the time i spend with them. [Thats why i dont want to brand that quality time as VETTINESS].. So i stil shall come online, to jot down what i do usefully, to share my opipnions with others, to communicate with people, and more so to let people know how i define the word VETTI.
I know that a lot of people i know, those who had been with me in all the VETTINESS i did, would be surprised as to what went wrong with me... but its just that something went RIGHT with me...[just hoping that i dont fall back...just wishing that i stay focussed]
******I MEANT EVERY WORD OF IT******
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