Monday, June 26, 2006

I need a break :)

Ever thought what a vacation does to a person ? Till now I was under the impression that it just gives you time to explore the world miles away from you. That it does little else than letting you see exotic locations (based on your budget that is ) so when your friend tries to make a comment or 2 about it , you can jump in and say you are damn sure that you have better knowledge about the place , since you'd been there last summer. People were saying a lot of things about relaxing mentally during their vacation but that seemed utterly meaningless since I didn't know how much more relaxed can a person be than his/her normal life. That anyone would have a clear mind in whatever situation s/he might be. Which should be the ideal situation otherwise the person won't be able to make the right decisions ever in his/her life.

Recently I have come to realise how much of an effect a few days totally cut off from your routine can have on the way you see things. Going somewhere totally cut off from your regular life, somewhere you won't be bothered about getting up and going to office, somewhere you won't be worried as to what'll people think of what you wear, will clean your mind of the things that you take for granted or are assumed in your day to day life. So much that once you are back everything will seem so different from what you'd left it. That you'll be able to see everything in a new light. But (yeah there are buts at every point in our lives!!!) this new perspective will soon be overshadowed by your routine and again things fall right back where you'd left them. But that little window where you can see things a little different leaves a lot of room for making the right decisions before the cobwebs settle again. So it wouldn't hurt taking a little vacation before major taking any major decision that might change your life. Just a little thought :)