I am Bound! I am Habituated

I would be wrong if I said that experiences have brought us only good. We believe that bad experiences in life hurt us, but make us stronger for future. True in many instances. But what about the good experiences. They might have made us happy and satisfied at times. But more often than not, we end up picking up habits that keep us comfortable and in a shell.

Whether good or bad, experiences bring with them a set of fears and habits that become a part of our lives. With time they slip into our unconscious mind and more or less, control the way we do things. There might not be anything utterly wrong with these habits, They might have worked for us in the past; not once but number of times. But now we are bound in a very tiny world where the waters are always calm, the weather is always pleasant.

We become unaware of a wider world where a lot more can be achieved. The very habits that we love the most curb our actual potential to achieve a far greater level of success. Of course, we have to step out of our comfort shell and try new things. There would be higher risks and more mistakes. But then, a person who has not made mistakes has not made anything else either.

Believe me, screwing up things once in a while, isn’t that bad or entertainment less.

The big question is how to go about it. First and foremost is definitely to segregate the hollow habits. It might look tough from the outside, but just a peak within you, and they start to unravel themselves. Empty vessels make more noise. It is easy to spot them. However it is not easy to throw them out of your system. Ask someone who has quit smoking or drinking. Those habits will admit ample impediments to stop you from finding new and better ways. But it is possible.

All you have to do is take conscious decisions. Make sure that you do things differently. There are thousands of ways to go about things and you have the capability to do it in all those ways. So why hold yourself back and stick to the habits that no more pay rich dividends.

Experimentation is the mantra to a happy and successful life. Because problems may remain same, but the situations always change.