….and hence there was yet another insignificant addition to the blogging community, ME! The idea of starting a blog and sharing all the “brilliant” stuff with everyone that I come up with on a regular basis has been lingering in my mind for quite some time. Well, for quite a long time really. Though I’m not really sure whether it was my fear or shyness or a blend of both that had been keeping me from doing it.
“A fear of what, you moron?” someone might ask, to which I would simply reply “I DON’T KNOW!” with a strikingly familiar expression of perplexity fused with cluelessness. You know what expression I am referring to; the one beholden on the face of someone who has run into the choice of stepping out of his comfort zone. Let’s call it the loser face for convenience. For me, this had turn into somewhat of my life’s story, and eventually it transcended to become more of a loser psyche.
Earlier whenever I was asked by someone as to why I would not be willing to try something new or do what I felt like I wanted to do at some point of time, I would just say with this blunt shamelessness that I didn’t know why and that I was too busy to try and figure it out. Though even then, I would have a slight sense of guilt from the realization of me being weak and timid. But then as time passed, I became so used to all of these charades that I no longer had any sort of guilt. Seemed like even my own guilty conscience, that had been trying to give me a push all along, had finally grown sick and tired of me. Until today of course.
“Hooray, you started a blog, so what?”. I understand if it mightn’t really seem like anything of much value, and to be honest it isn’t either, but for someone who has been shunning every opportunity that he has had in the past to break out of his comfort zone because of some absurd apprehensions or something else, even this ordinary step could be a stepping stone to something more. And I am not saying this just for myself, but generally for anyone who are struggling like me.
Breaking out of the shell is a tough task only up to the point that it hasn’t been tried. And if I have learnt anything from my experiences, then you don’t even have to be strong in order to do that, but only a little tough, resilient and relentless. After all, everything starts with a baby step, doesn’t it?
Break free, and who knows, you might actually like what you find outside of your shell.
The Artificially Intelligent 