Nikhil was driving home and listening FM Radio, suddenly the FM radio went off for few seconds. He thought, I should have an iPod. Then suddenly he realized that he had not used iPod from last 6 months. And then, more things, Handy cam in last 2 years, Digital Camera in last 2 months, DVD player in last 1 month and many more.
Then he thought, he bought that Handy cam just out of impulse, and have used it twice only in last 4 years. So, what's wrong and where?
When he looks at himself or to his friends, he can see it everywhere. They are not happy with what they have but all are stressed and not happy for the things they don't have. Its like you have a Santro, but you want City; You have a City, but you want Skoda. Just after buying a new phone, we need another one. Better laptop, bigger TV, faster car, bigger house, more money, and I means, these examples are endless.
The point is, does it actually worth?
Do we ever think if we actually need those things before we want them?
After this, he was forced to think what I need and what I don't. May be I didn't need this Handy cam or the iPod or that DVD player.
When he see his father back at home. He has a simple BPL colour TV, he doesn't need 32" Sony LCD wall mount. He has a cell phone worth Rs 2,500. Whenever he ask him to change the phone, he always says, "It’s a phone; I need this just for calls, he is much happier in life than him with those limited resources and simple gadgets.
The very basic reason why he is happy with so little is that he doesn't want things in life to make it luxurious, but he wants only those things which are making his life easier.
It's a very fine line between these two, but after looking at his father's life style closely, he got the point. He needs a cell phone but not the iPhone. He needs a TV but not the 32" plasma. He needs a car but not an expensive one.
Initially he had lot of questions like, I am earning good; still I am not happy...why? I have all luxuries; still I am stressed.... ......why? I had a great weekend, still I am feeling tired...... why?
He met lot of people, he thought over it again and again, he still doesn't know if he got the answers, but certainly figured out few things. He realize that one thing which is keeping him stressed is the "stay connected" syndrome. He realized that, at home also he is logged in on messengers, checking mails, using social networks, and on the top of that, the windows mobile is not letting me disconnected. On the weekend itself, trying to avoid unwanted calls and that is keeping his mind always full of stress.
He realized that he was spending far lesser money than what he earn; even then he is always worried about money and more money.
He realized that he is saving enough money he would ever need, whenever needed. Still he is stressed about job and salary and spend.
May be, many people will call this approach "not progressive attitude",
Ultimately it's a single life, a day gone is a day gone. If I am not happy tonight, then shall never be happy tomorrow morning.
He finally realized that meeting friends, spending quality time with your loved one's; spending time with own self is the most important thing.
If on Sunday any one is alone (but he don't want to stay alone) and you don't have anybody to talk with, then all that luxuries life, all that money is wasted.
May be cutting down your requirements, re-calculating your future goal in the light of today's happiness is a worthwhile thing to do.
May be selling off your Santro and buying Honda City on EMIs is not a good idea. He believe putting his happiness ahead of money is the choice one need to make.
He thought, a lot can be said and done but what we need the most is re-evaluation of the value of happiness and time we are giving to our life and people associated with it.
Think about it……
