Go Nuts!
Yes! I am aware of NNN* campaigns and this is not a war cry against the most virtuous campaign on the planet. Then what is this?
I will begin with a bit of context. One of my friends and colleagues is into painting and art. May is her birthday month and every May, she picks a theme and do art around it for 30 days. Inking May she calls it. She finished her 10th season of inking may this year. This year it was doing art on excel spreadsheets in honour of the two years of her job in data.
It is a weird ritual - weird fascinating happy ritual. So I decided to write 30 thoughts for 30 days in November - and is hereby naming it “Nutty November”!
Even my reaction was the same as yours “weird name”.
But I am a big believer of weirdness. And that is the war cry for - to regain your weirdness. Your weirdness make you you. But you should not just be weird, you should go nuts in some areas of your life to be you. I can jot down a list of things which I find myself gone nuts in, but has become the most satisfying and meaningful things in life.
Let me take a shot:
I install Instagram once a week and catch up - then uninstalls. If I find any app is taking up my time - sorry, it is uninstalled. Extreme approach - nuts! This made me a more focused, more peaceful person and gave back a lot of time to live.
Every 8-10 months I revisit my belongings. If I have not used in that time period, time to say good bye. Let it be wardrobe, or electronics or best books. Only art is exception. Declutter vigorously - nuts! This make me only carry what I really want - easy to move around, keeps the consumerism away from creeping in.
I mail to famous authors or ping them when I have a genuine doubt or thought as if they are gonna reply to me. Nuts! Some reply - but more importantly I am taking the chances.
I walk aimlessly. I just get out of home and start taking every random turn I see and just keep on walking until I am tired. Then I check map and walk back. Whackadoodle - nuts! This gives me lot of energy back. A pretty house or street I may find. A lot of random faces I come across. Keeps my mind fresh.
I don’t put status. My DP is my status. Whoever is relevant in that time period will connect with me in chat or call - and will see that picture of something that is happening latest in my life as DP. Doesn’t make sense - nuts! This keeps things private to a right level I think.
If I want to travel, I don’t wait. I pack my bag with minimal things, pick a spot and go. No planning if not with a group of friends. Impulsive - nuts! Every trip found it’s way of giving me bliss and quietness I seek.
You get the idea.
I only wish I go more nuts.
In one way or the other, we are all weird by now. It’s just a matter finding the right weirdness and going nuts on it.
And I wish the world go more nuts - people breaking into tangents from the crowds. To go nuts in the right way, you need to have your own journey of search, discovery and belief I think. But that tunnel (not at the end of that tunnel) is the fascinating beauty of life I believe.
May you all go nuts! (in the right way, of course)
#NuttyNovemberSeries
*No Nut November campaign
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Thanks to Payal Maloo and Amal for reading the edit and giving suggestions on this writing.