ok...
believe it or not..all u ppl have to accept..
we are all missing ipl .... :(
the best thing that has ever happened to indian cricket...is on a temporary halt..
and the halt seems so long...2 days already yet
while i was watchin tv the other day i spent literally 15 min only surfing channels from 1 to 84 and back...the loop running into atleast 10 times...
only to realise that watching tv wasnt so tough sometime ago...
if it was anytime during the match....u wud watch the match...
if it was anytime without a match ... u wud watch a news channel that talks abt the match..
else u wud just browse arnd channels until u found something related to the match...
...that was the algo that was followed when the ipl was on...
now its only the else part that i have to do aimlessly...
it surprises me how our mind can get addicted to so many things in so less time...suprisingly so for someone so lazy like me...
ok the amplitude of my addiction might not be as high as drugs or cigarettes...but i do really feel uneasy when i stop wat i get used to ...
wic is then followed by extreme action to get over the addiction...
some past addictions would be..
1. gaming... those who know me will know my 'sthiti' when i was into DOTA...or even Ogame... but DOTA was clear winner... i hv gotten into crowded trains just to get home early to play dota...i hv literally had dreams abt tactics to win a game...i hv shelled money from my own wallet to get better speed on the internet...and have also fought with friends..:p
the extreme step: well some determination from my side...and viruses affecting those files of mine...
2.phone... this has not really been on the out to most ppl...but i have been a terrible addict to the phone as well... if i was home and i was not really busy.. i was on the fone...i wud call old friends.. new friends... make new friends on teh fone..or just call for the heck of it... {ps not that i am a person with a lotta things to say... but i wud still call...}
well part of the blame wud goto my mom for having worked in mtnl ..until one day even that dint help..when a 4.5k bill turned up..
the extreme step:well mostly i was yelled outta it...:p .... but other than that i wud try and keep myself with friends and stay with them...to keep myself from geting away from home...
and now i hardly goto the landline ever..
there are many more that i wud like to write abt but lets just end it at this...coz thats not the basic point...
well...neither is this...but the basic point being how the hell does one get into a addiction..
thats not it...heres the bigger question...
how the hell do such things always happen when something more important must be given attention to at the same time....like an EXAM!!
Well ... there are many friends of mine whoc an tell u abt this...that the maximum frequency of dota games was during Exam time...and even more if it were the Main Exams...
our term wud be dry on dota till some time before the prelims...then it would start...then would come the prelims when it would become regular..PL its was a daily activity...EXAM time...well we called it a stress buster at home...but who cares..we were on it all day...and study when we got time outta it...
sunday ipl final...
monday SP paper...for wic i must say i was 20 % prepared by sunday morning and 40% before the paper...thats way below my average preparation...
generally i am 60-70% prepared for engg papers..
i have my strong points and weak points sorted out before the paper...so i can prioritise while attempting..
for this paper that i wrote...i was only familiar with the topics...and qeustions...
so when i got the question paper i attemted questions of not those whose answers i knew well...but those whose questions sounded familiar...
end of the day i think i hv just gotten through...fingers crossed!!
but its not that it was bound to happen... i had a good idea of the subject since i had gone for its class..i had a good recapitulation at my friends place 2 days ago...
i had a plan on how to go abt it on sunday...but then ipl final...i just cant resist..see the match end to end...+the presentation...+i check the news to see wat ppl had to say abt the match...yea and i also saw the closing ceremony...which thanx to the same friend to whose place i had gone for a revision, i missed half of it...only to learn something that saved me in the paper..:d
at the end of it all... i dont even regret wat i have done... somehow deep inside i feel it was worth it... wic if someone who cared abt me heard wud knock some sense into my head for having said that...
We spend so much time in our life prioritizing our stuff...some activities get a higher priority just because of our partiality towards them... which then happen more often.. then they become regular...then they become a habit... and then they become a necessity wic we all call ADDICTION!!
so WHERE do we draw the line??
or WHEN do we know its time to draw the line??
and HOW to draw the line??
and trust me when u r into it...some one really needs to thoroughly justify and convince you WHY to draw the line??
lets see wat ppl who read this wud have to say abt this...until then readers take care...and remember this...
" any form of addiction is bad"
-my papa (in between a game of dota...)
and by the way...EURO 2008 starts sometime mid june...;-)
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8 comments:
Happens dude, happens. Don't worry you'll be fine. [:P]
your father is right you know, any kind of addiction is bad.
This said, addiction also gives the implication that you are dedicating more time to your "addiction" rather than something else that is more important.
and the ability to prioritize (for yourself) will come only if u move out of yourself and see the situation. circumspection is the word. and some amount of foresight. Everything is a choice, and no one can tell you which choice is the right one FOR YOU...except yourself, because only you will suffer/enjoy the consequences of your choice.
Well, on a serious note, we all are under-determined when we say we have set priorities. If you are completely sure of not regretting anytime, you are fine. Else, as the elders say "There will come a time when youll look bak and think....#!*(#^!(..."
1) Where: Obviously, in your mind
2) When : When the thought crosses ur mind for the first time that theres something else more important.
3) How : Force yourself out of it, be harsh on yourself which none of us usually are.
4) Why : You know better, it was YOU who just thought that something else was more important, nobody had to tell it to you. Be honest with yourself, not anyone else.
but ppl...dont u think these are after thoughts...
u dont know u are in an addiction phase...until something happens or someone tells u...mostly when something happens...
all analysis ..if ...but.. also..
is wat can be thought abt in a later stage..
if u observe...at the point when u have to make ur decision...wat u r addicted to is the only choice...
its only afterwards u realise what u cud have done...
and as nik said to move out and see...but sometimes u r so into it that its impossible to move out...and i think thats when someone outside whom u trust needs to show u the options... watsay...
Thats untrue in most cases, a part of you always knows it. If it doesn't, then you have not prioritized at all!
Do you really have to be told that you should be studying and not watching the match? More often than not, its not the case that it doesn't occur to your mind, it does but you just become used to ignoring it.
"Thats untrue in most cases, a part of you always knows it. If it doesn't, then you have not prioritized at all!"
agreed on what 'loser' said. you always know. i think we are using the word addiction too loosely in this case particularly.
what you are doing is a choice. addiction would hardly render itself to after thought or reflection.
the fact that you choose to watch the match despite the exams and u dont have regret doesnt make it an addiction. all the more reason in fact to call it- merely a bad choice.
like i said...everything is a choice, you bear the consequences of that choice.
Addiction is that intense desire where something turns to NEED for survival.
you'd be in an awful sad state now if that were the case.
what is the ipl again? :P
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