#comingbacktoreality

[ameliaawulandari]

Hari senin waktunya coming back to reality, waktunya semangat lagi menghadapi semua kerjaan dan rintangan di weekdays! Semangat! <3

[akanekuroda]

And it's over... #comingbacktoreality

[kiranvittal]

Drawn with the wind

Many of us go thru vacation withdrawal symptoms. And these may act out in different phases. Not necessarily in the same running sequence as mentioned below, but a mix and match of all. And at several junctures they may overlap as well. I just keyed in some thoughts on the same. Here it goes :  

Phase 1: Desiring Reality

After spending a sizeable number of days in a land far far away, taxing the body with the mountain loads of hiking, the body inclines to desire reality. Away from all the coziness of the comfy couch , drink of one’s choice at the favorite adda or be it the #GharKaKahna ,  the indolent human body hankers for homely heavenly comforts. The sight which once was a deterring force , now the same sight attracts the eye. The sight of the office desk ! The entity which made us ran away from, is what we seek now. Reality !! May be it’s the addiction to reality that makes us desire it. And , if the vacation is packed with bountiful events , and if the spawning rate of the events is grander than assimilation, it more likely constructs the longing for reality ahead to the grand finale itself.  

With opting reality, comes the ancillary reality activities: unpacking, running the laundry machine for straight days, streamlining homely artifacts by adding holiday remembrances in a particular order, and in case of OCD, in “the particular order”. And exchanging gifts with the near and dear ones. With no much mutilation to the zeal and gusto yet. Not yet !

It’s now we are with the reality we desired for. We relish this as much we relished the vacation.

Phase 2: Nostalgia and bargain

After tasting reality for mouthful of days, then comes the phase where one starts bargaining with reality by reminiscing nostalgic moments of the trip. Sharing pics with friends and family where they go #AurDikhao #AurDikhao, and if the friend/family is with some sense of humor, hear some funny and jealous remarks from them for the fun time you had. Brag about the adventures/misadventures one had during the vacation. And have a jolly good laugh on the experiences had during the trip. And from thereon it goes further to start seeing commonalities or drawing parallels with vacation experiences and trivial life events. Such as cloud patterns , one may be sipping a cup of drink of their choice and all of a sudden cloud patterns looks familiar to what was seen before. And resemblances in random faces with acquaintance made during the trip. And find more  such instances to bargain with reality. The sweeter bargain is generated when one changes the redundant DP to a newfangled one which resonates the just concluded trip. 

Phase 3: Facing reality

The desire of experiencing reality, all of a sudden now becomes a game to face. One is face to face with reality. Time to bring on shield for reality, as it might bite bad. Be it in settling accounts , paying bills or filing IT returns. #GearUp. This is the acceptance phase. You are in reality. No wonderland anymore. Neither the momentum of nostalgic moments can push one forward. This is where, as my good friends terms it,  #ChaarDinKiChandini expires. And one comes to acceptance that there is no new meaning to pre or the post-vacation life. #ItsTheSameShit. But that’s not where the it ends. Picture abhi bhi baaki hai mere dost.

Phase 4: Hope and Plan

Once when all the battery is drained, when all the fizz is discharged, it’s the hope, hope of another vacation, hope of another rollicking trip boosts the morale. It’s the desire again to be drawn to a land far far away with the wind, from a withdrawn felling to end up drawn with the wind is where the buzz lies. And as Buzz says ‘To infinity and beyond’.

Phir ke chali hain thandi hawayein kya tum miloge hum se, jahan le ke jaayein

dil bhi kahin hai pahadon mein thoda sa kahin hai kinaaron mein..

ab rehna kis ko yahan..

[voodooclee]

What a long strange trip its been… Took a hit of some prime lsd lost my mind found myself within myself.. Still trippin . Fucking beautiful .. Tonight was beautiful. Never done acid alone.. Perfect everything was perfect for this moment in time. Who am i where are we who cares we are. And we are love if we want to be. Its so fucking simple if we want it to be. Take risks, make mistakes but always do it with love, we can change the world with love. I cried at the thought of someone like you and i suffering.. For what ? From what? Why is it so hard what are we fighting? Who are we fighting? We are  fuck..  i am a musician i ll show you through my music …. My passion my vibe i  hope will reach you one day like the art you see on these cyber walls a little scream of someones passionate soul in which you find comfort in Love is all ,love is new Love is all, love is you