Everything in this post is my personal sentiment

This is after a long time, I am writing for QOTW in the ecoTrain community, the reason being, I want to express my thoughts on this question. Each one of us has a different thought process, so if my feelings hurts anyone, then excuse me for that. My expressions are purely personal to me, I would be happy, if it inspires you any way. If you want to participate then please see this post.

When it comes to action, the very first thing I ask myself is that, what can I do at the best ! Being a common man in a country, where, apart from expressing my feelings on various issues in social media, can I do anything extra ? Does anyone care ? The blatant answer is NO. It's just to express our feelings, we express in social media. Here are few examples of my expressions :

https://twitter.com/sanjeevmbbsr/status/1466311687640735748

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During the last world cup hockey (held at Bhubaneswar - my city), my municipal corporation spent millions of rupees to procure cycles (at an approx cost of 25000/-) and make pathways to only end up at scrapyard being sold at Rs 40 per kg. Should they have thought about EVehicles then, it would have been a profitable model. But who cares ? I can only express my feelings because I pay the tax. Now let's see few more.

https://twitter.com/sanjeevmbbsr/status/1463371841125289991

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https://twitter.com/sanjeevmbbsr/status/1461589376303919106

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I still do not understand how the government is justifying the theory of crypto landing in wrong hands. Is the government able to stop terrorism landing in wrong hands then ? The very own company in which I work has a product which supports crypt now. Every investment / withdrawal I have done is backed by my KYC - I will pay tax for anything that I earn, but who cares !!

https://twitter.com/sanjeevmbbsr/status/1461590380462239745

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Everything in this country happens in the name of democracy. And there is little I can do about it, apart from expressing myself. The place where I live in, has barely got a significant population earning a lakh per month. But the land price is more than tier 1 cities. There would be many govt officials whose assets are worth way more than their income. Can't the govt find out and punish, if it really wants to go after them ?

The more I think, it makes me more stressed. So I just express (because I think, I should) and leave it there. But there are actually many things I can do, which I am doing as well. Some of these are : stay healthy with regular exercise, grow your own food, Engage with trees, take care of your family, especially elderly parents, help where you can, spend time with close friends and find out the hobby that relieves your stress and spend some time there.

Stay healthy with regular exercise

I have a very weird experience with my health conditions. I was diagnosed with a small cyst in the liver - it was found out during a free health check up ( because my company offered). Then I got panicked and contacted one of the best liver consultant of India who is a Padma Shree awardee. He treated me for two years, to only find out that the numbers grew. Earlier, I have posted about it here. After doing a CE CT, I insisted an answer to only hear that, its genetic and not curable. Since then I have stopped bothering about it and trying to be fit with regular exercise - something which I can.

Engage with trees

You all see regular posts from me about my engagement - trees are our best friend. Whether you grow your own food, or do some gardening or do some community plantation, you should spend some time with trees and try to befriend them. Even if you cannot do any work, visit some local gardens and enjoy the time there. That is how, it will start and who knows, you may start planting the first tree. I have an idea to do a start up - sell containers with saplings that would give some vegetable. e.g. ladies finger. A person can take the package and just water it keeping in his balcony. I am sure, the kids in that home will enjoy the growth of the plant and will be interested to eat that vegetable. Once the plant matures, the owner can come and exchange it and take a new one. If one person takes two of these containers and keeps in his balcony, imagine, how much interest we will create in our next generation to grow their own food. That would definitely reduce the number of cancer cases - growing own food natural or organic way and not using chemicals / hormones.

Take care of your family, especially elderly parents

I have been doing a job in IT sector since two decades and was in Bangalore. My son had severe health complications and we were spending more time in hospital than home. The doctor was very friendly to us and he told me to leave the place because my son was getting severe because of the allergic climate. Without any second thought, I sent my resignation to my boss - he insisted to not resign and instead work from home - since then I have been working from home. People were earlier telling me that I am enjoying, but now after they worked from home due to Covid , they think, it must be very hard for me spending all these years WFH. But isn't it better than visiting hospital most of the time ? I actually have been enjoying the time with my family - some discipline is needed but I am also able to spend time with my parents. If you have elderly parents, then please take care of every small thing they ask. Remember, old people need very little , but that little too much. They gave us everything that we wanted, its our turn to give them as much as possible. It's a privilege to have them with us - their very presence makes us feel young.

Help where you can

A word of caution here - there are many people who would ask for help - you need to learn to say NO to give anyone money. I have given monetary help to many, none of them comes back. So I have stopped giving money to anyone. Instead, I offer food or clothes, if someone needs. There are some really needy people who would even struggle for a single lunch in a day - if you come across such people help them by offering them food.

Spend time with close friends

They are jewels - they are the ones, who will come for you when nobody else would care. We all are busy with lot of responsibilities but we need to dedicate some time for this most valuable relation. You must be seeing some posts with my friends. There are certain things, about which, you even cannot share with your family. But you can always relax on your friend's shoulder. So go and connect with them, find out and spend some time with them.

Find out the hobby that relieves your stress

It could be gardening, it could be some sports, it could be writing or even watching some entertainment programs. I am addicted to sports - I went back to play football to injure myself again. But I am not giving up - yesterday I ordered some more accessories for protection - planning to get back as soon as they arrive. The discussion after the play is super fun - some personal problems gets solved as well. And I don't like watching TV, instead writing on #HIVE makes me feel better. So of late, I am trying to make a post every day. In week ends, I watch an English movie on Netflix or prime video.

These are some of the activities that I can do and makes me happy. I am not after money and I understand the old saying - Health is wealth. And today mental health is very important - we need to act on that.

I have planned to return to my native place permanently as soon as I can - I feel relaxed here with less aspirations. I see people earning less but happier than us. Hopefully, it should happen in next few years with an early retirement. If #HIVE reaches 10$, then it will be much faster😀

I know, I cannot change the world but I also know, I have every rights to make myself happy leading a simple living.