At the eve of Diwali - the season of lights, there is a somewhat dimmer appreciation of the good things of life. The stock market sucks, there is no good news coming from any quarter on the business & financial side.
As far as my views go, good news will be scarce in the next few months.
Bad news will run cheap & flow freely.
While all this is happening, I have decided that several things are narcoses to retain sanity.
I will let you on to a small secret, I have been able to do a few things that have help me regain my sanity, which, by the way, had served notice of exit.
All these interventions are in the area of leisure, pleasure, entertainment & general distraction.
For one, I have re-started Golf which was getting some serious step motherly treatment from my new found passion for the Gym.
Books - I have re-discovered the absolute pleasure of reading the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes. I am aware that some serious readers will abject to C & H being classified under books. If I had it my way, I would put it under Life's Philosophy. That apart have been reading Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Set in the dust bowls of America in the great depression. Its awesome reading, highly recommended.
Music - the list is long but some of my recent favorites I have rediscovered are Mark Knofler, Rock -On, songs sung by Amitabh B & so on ...
I have told myself that in my highly inadequate quest for Work - Life balance, the work environment seems to be getting dismal everyday.so I have decided to give some long overdue focus on my life. I am not sure if the argument is right but feels like the right thing to do.
On matters of consumption, I have re-discovered two amazing things. Laphroaig & Marzipan.
Laphroaig is my absolute favorite single malt whisky , possesses a divine bouquet of rich peaty woodsmoke laced with the aroma of the mists of the Islay islands.I could go on ... Check out the site http://www.laphroaig.com/
Marzipan - a delicious chocolate sweet that has a magical blend of Almonds, rosewater, chocolate & years of mid European tradition. It has a taste that needs to be experienced to be believed.
In summary, my recommendation for beating the Financial meltdown, Recession, Credit squeeze or Crisis - whatever you call it - is simply focus on the Life that many of you never had. Perhaps this is a contrarian advise, but what the heck, I think it works.
It has helped me regain my sanity.
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