"...time hi nahi mila..."
Simran : Did you do book your routine medical check-up?
Raj : Nahi yaar, time hi nahi mila...
Simran : Did you research about that health/life insurance policy you need to buy?
Raj : Kahaan yaar, itna time kiske paas hai...
Simran : What about that course to upskill?
Raj : Course wourse ke liye time nahi hai...
Simran : What about visiting the bank to foreclose that loan?
Raj : Maybe next month, abhi ye sab ke liye time nahi hai...
Simran : Did you take the kid's watch to the repair shop?
Raj : Let's just order a new one online, market jaane ka time nahi hai...
Simran : What about joining that gym you've been talking about?
Raj : Kaam itna hai aajkal, gym jaane ka time kiske pass hai?
Simran : How many books did you read in 2022?
Raj : Office aur ghar ke kaam se fursat mile tab na...
Simran : Car servicing was due last month, send it this weekend!
Raj : Ye weekend bilkul time nahi hai...
Simran : Last day to pay school fees is tomorrow!
Raj : Okay, kal I will pay, aaj time nahi hai...
Simran : Did you call your brother to wish him for his birthday?
Raj : Subah se time hi nahi mila aaj...
Simran : Were you able to crack the Wordle today? I get to learn so many new words by playing it daily!
Raj : Haven't played it for past 3 days, time hi nahi mila...
Simran : Did you read that story posted by Jimish yesterday?
Raj : That dude writes very lengthy stories, itne lambe posts padhne ka mere pass time nahi hai...
Simran : Btw, the latest season of Game Of Thrones dropped. Lets watch an episode daily?
Raj : It was mind blowing! I binged the whole season yesterday night 🤟
For those not well versed with Hindi, all of Raj's responses indicate he does not get the time to complete those tasks. Perhaps we all have given such a response atleast once in the recent past. Was it really about lack of time? Maybe we could have done that task had we prioritized it over other trivial tasks (like infinitely scrolling on social media for example). I guess it almost always is about prioritization and not time.
Social media addiction often makes us lose sight of our productivity & goals. Monitoring screen (& apps) time is definitely a good start to realize the extent of the rot. Enable and start tracking it right away if you don't.
"Time nahi mila" is the biggest & most frequent lie we so often tell ourselves (& others) without realizing it. I wanted to write about this since the last 14 days, but till this moment, time hi nahi mila....
So true Jimish. We get stuck in the vicious cycle and look outside for solutions. If you look inside, the answer is right there.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. And awareness is step one :)
DeleteIndeed, earlier parents use to scold for spending time on television and now social media replace it in even as a bigger addiction . Unknowingly people waste so much valueable time on it then prioritising self care ,family ,ther hobbies and responsibilities.
ReplyDeleteYeah.. luckily awareness has started to kicking on now.
DeleteProcrastination, I understand from therapists happens because of an inherent fear. We put off things because we don't want to confront either the outcome or the process. Definately there is a reason behind why you don't want to do certain things but don't want to admit it.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! It's either the fear or we subconsciously feel it's not yet important for our attention.
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