It’s yet another weekend and as always I hardly have anything to be excited about, other than the very usual must-do stuffs. So if you ask me about my hopes for the 48 long hours to come, I really won’t be jumping out of joy and giving you long list of weekend excitements that you would love to hear. It’s just not because I am a boring person who keeps aloof from the fun and happiness around, and stays within a self created world. I am very much like you all, but find myself very much uncomfortable amid crowd and noises. So I make sure not to turn up at places that are jam packed or noisy, but love taking long evening walks, and that too quite alone. Does that sound a bit uninteresting?
Actually it is not, because I love those few minutes or sometimes an hour, when I get plentiful of those enjoyable moments to watch people around, without getting noticed. I love watching different people and their activities and find it so enjoyable as long as they don’t notice me staring at them. And yes, I do know a good number of tactics to watch people without getting visible on their radar, to put it shortly, by remaining incognito. Naturalistic observation power, without being intruding and attention-grabbing, it comes out of practice and will stay within you if you have passion to retain those good observing qualities. I am not saying that I am an expert in it, but I am not too bad either. So whether I go for walks or sit in the coffee shop next to my hostel, finding multitudes of multifarious people is the best free time activity that I would love to indulge in, and that too preferably on weekends when I get more diverse people, when compared to weekdays, and can have a location from where I don’t look obtrusive and conspicuous.
If you ask me the reason why I love doing this, I do have a lot of reasons to say, but the most important ones include the opportunity to learn how different people are- sometimes weird and sometimes wonderful, their notoriously different behavior, relationship interactions, body language, as well as their attitude in public. People are sometimes so different that I often get numerous moments of fun and excitement watching them doing some downright crazy things in public, the kind of stuffs that you can’t even dare to imagine even in those wildest dreams of yours. To tell you one such incident, once I was in a restaurant that’s a bit far from my place, close to a lake. I was there to treat myself with a scrumptious lunch, and took a seat close to the window. There was middle aged man sitting on the opposite side, along with three women. It took me a couple of minutes to realize that one among them was his wife, because he was keen on showering his attention and praise on the other two women, while his wife was quiet all the time. It was more than piteous watching her gloomy face, while her husband was literally on cloud nine with the two other women around.
Here’s another incident! Once I was on my way to the hostel, and saw this couple, both teens, so weirdly indulging in PDA as if they are in their bedroom, with no one around. It was one of the trashiest sights that I have ever seen, and preventing myself from witnessing more embarrassments, I just fled the very next moment.
Telling about the weirdest of those doesn't mean I haven’t had the chances to be a part of some priceless moments. Yes I’ve had, not one but several. But as always, the wider ones just come up so quickly, perhaps to keep reminding that some people can be so stupid and strange in public.
This secret little pastime of mine can literally whisk me away for hours together without getting caught and accused for staring at strangers. Because people are just unpredictable, people watching is such a wondrous pastime that one can have, plus a good and FREE learning experience too! All that you need to do is leave your prejudices behind learn how to observe without staring insultingly.
How long does it take to write?
So how long does it take to write a good blog? He asked me this question out of the blue, and kept looking at me curiously to receive some calculations on the time for writing a post. I wasn’t taken aback but rather found myself laughing crazily on hearing this question, as I am so used to this subject, right from the day I started writing. So I don’t find it new or feel amazed when someone is set to count the time period that I would require to get my creative juices flowing. Because, sometimes all it takes is a few minutes, and sometimes it doesn’t come even after a few hours. There is no hard-and-fast rule or pre-written formula which I use to craft each post, the reason why I gave a big smile as an answer.
But to be frank, I had this unexplainable urge to say something puzzling, a bit complicated answer that leaves away a lot more confusions in the mind of the person who inquisitively asked me this question, but stopped me from doing it as I really didn’t want to another bunch of doubts in his mind, as he just couldn’t take-in the fact that I sometimes don’t blog for days and weeks together. For him, a post of 300+ words is a matter of 10 or 15 minutes, the reason why he felt I was more than lazy to jot down even those very few words that hardly need any time. I was not keen on giving him lecture on the necessity of writing a good stuff than putting up random posts, as per a pre-set time-frame. For all those who wish to count the number of hours or minutes that one’s creativity keeps flowing each day, I am left with nothing other than a pitiful smile, as tracking the time-frame of one’s creativeness and genuine writing is not as easy as calculating the time to bake a good cake or prepare a cup of flavoursome coffee.
Writing a couple of posts each week without fail is not my cup of tea as I just can’t scribble everything that comes in to mind, but needs stirring thoughts that arouse the writer in me and entice me to jot them down one by one. Other than for official purposes, I lack the meticulousness in writing, and I am least worried about this, as I don’t think a good piece of writing has anything to do with being meticulous and time-bound. I neither set deadlines nor write just to put up a post within a given time-frame. But I do know a few people who have set per day word goals, and make sure to sincerely adhere to them. Sometimes I do go their way, and write a fixed number of posts, whereas there are times when I step back for days and weeks, just brooding over random thoughts. Forcing myself write, regardless of what comes out, I am sure I would end up with a messy piece, the reason why I never do it.
Quality writings, I think, often don’t originate within a fixed time frame that we set, but rather, come up out of the blue giving that required spark to help scribble a good piece that people would love to read. So when someone asks me the time required to write a good post, I just smile, as that’s all I wish to say about the reason why good blogs don’t come up steadily each week.
Back to the question that I’ve to answer, if someone is really adamant on knowing how long it takes to write a blog post I would say this - “As long as it takes”.
But to be frank, I had this unexplainable urge to say something puzzling, a bit complicated answer that leaves away a lot more confusions in the mind of the person who inquisitively asked me this question, but stopped me from doing it as I really didn’t want to another bunch of doubts in his mind, as he just couldn’t take-in the fact that I sometimes don’t blog for days and weeks together. For him, a post of 300+ words is a matter of 10 or 15 minutes, the reason why he felt I was more than lazy to jot down even those very few words that hardly need any time. I was not keen on giving him lecture on the necessity of writing a good stuff than putting up random posts, as per a pre-set time-frame. For all those who wish to count the number of hours or minutes that one’s creativity keeps flowing each day, I am left with nothing other than a pitiful smile, as tracking the time-frame of one’s creativeness and genuine writing is not as easy as calculating the time to bake a good cake or prepare a cup of flavoursome coffee.
Writing a couple of posts each week without fail is not my cup of tea as I just can’t scribble everything that comes in to mind, but needs stirring thoughts that arouse the writer in me and entice me to jot them down one by one. Other than for official purposes, I lack the meticulousness in writing, and I am least worried about this, as I don’t think a good piece of writing has anything to do with being meticulous and time-bound. I neither set deadlines nor write just to put up a post within a given time-frame. But I do know a few people who have set per day word goals, and make sure to sincerely adhere to them. Sometimes I do go their way, and write a fixed number of posts, whereas there are times when I step back for days and weeks, just brooding over random thoughts. Forcing myself write, regardless of what comes out, I am sure I would end up with a messy piece, the reason why I never do it.
Quality writings, I think, often don’t originate within a fixed time frame that we set, but rather, come up out of the blue giving that required spark to help scribble a good piece that people would love to read. So when someone asks me the time required to write a good post, I just smile, as that’s all I wish to say about the reason why good blogs don’t come up steadily each week.
Back to the question that I’ve to answer, if someone is really adamant on knowing how long it takes to write a blog post I would say this - “As long as it takes”.
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