On the middle of the road.

A Jog a day – Keeps the doctor away

        According to my observation of the work-life balance, most of the people around me are basically, mechanical. They work a lot, are kinda tensed with issues at office. This is a kind of life style that is prevalent across the professions, states, countries; People have become ambitious- We want to achieve stuff quickly- no matter, in our quest for doing so, we actually decrease our duration of the life. Agreed with the fact that we actually have been successful in achieving our dreams, ambitious etc. quite early – but the question is at what cost?

I have spent some 25 years in this great world. 25 years were good. I -being fit- never ever bothered about health, because I used to run during my college days, I have always been in shape. I have always walked for a kilometer and a half … all this while. I considered my being fit- was a gift by nature and so I could, you know, f**k around with it. 

I work-a-lot, basically like crazy people. In past 6 months I could say I have slept extremely less and worked to a excessive degree. For all these 6 months, I thought of going for a jog, sometimes I went also, but I could never really go out on a diurnal basis. 

Around a month and a half ago, I had some some kind of a depression, well not exactly a depression, but I was kinda broke emotionally. Left with the feeling of worthlessness, guilt etc. I drowned myself in a sea of sorrow. As you all know, each one of us would have had some time in our life when we are not exactly in highest of our spirits…. well, this was mine.

Now, further, for next 2 weeks I could really cry alone all the time, with lots of prayers and wishes to God; Pleadings to God to give me a chance to rectify what I have screwed-up. Please note that in general- I am a agnostic. Only when I am in a kind of problem, I pray..

After these 2 weeks of complete solitude, I decided to come out of my house – bared down to bones, lost a lot of weight, looking nuts(well actually ‘nuts’).. Had some food, but I could never really come completely out of my depression. I kept on thinking about stuff, about things I wanted to change, things that could be changed, about misunderstandings, doubts and all these terms – that you also know. 

Finally, I decided to end my depression and concentrate on my office activities because of the most important need of a life- Need to feed. I started going to office, at times I would find tears appear in my eyes- out of nowhere. Sometimes I felt incompetent to complete my own work, the kinda work that I gained appreciations for in the past, with failures, I again got into my regular life-style. 

Recently, I started having a little lightheadedness, palpitations etc. I figured there was something wrong and I went for a doctor. To my surprise – these were very basic symtoms of hypertension, which eventually leads to blood pressure. I am a kind of person, who likes to take precautions even before we have a clue that something is going to happen. 

Moments back I read this :

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122781230322462025.html

I remembered how jogging had helped me during all these years, during the times of emotional breakdowns or depressions I had and for this time which I had forsaken Jogging. I decided that today onwards I would start Jogging again, again because I dont want any f**king symptoms of hypertension to come again to me. 

Clearly- if I dont do this now, later- it will be too late to do. 

I request all you special readers of the blog. To consider going for a jog, not only when you are in a emotional ups and down, also at times when times are just perfect, because Jogging will let you enjoy a whole new dimension of it. 

I request especially the people who know that how much I consider their importance, and how much I would like them to be happy- more than myself.

Go out and Run. Run for a better tomorrow !