Aren’t we humans accustomed to problem-solving right from childhood? The degree of the problem keeps on intensifying and our ability to comprehend proliferates. At least in the ideal world.
My first day at work, for my very first technical job wasn’t that bad. I had put on a polo T-shirt and a khaki pant with formal shoes, so as to look as professional as I could. I didn’t have a ride then, so my friend had given me a ride until the office. I submitted all the paperwork and the HR showed me around and introduced me to different people and showed my desk. The company, being very young in its tenure, was still underdeveloped. Everything was new to me: the people, the place, the culture and of course the work. It wasn’t a typical first day as my friends had described to me. There was no induction program or anything or sort. I didn’t even get my laptop for a week. None the less, I knew that there will be a lot of learning and big challenges coming my way. It was a big shift for me from college life to professional life. Getting up on time, dressing up, leaving on time, reaching on time, sleeping on time, all those good habits from college life were up and asking me questions like “what happened bro, why you suddenly so different?” Somehow, I used to make it to the office.
For the first few days, it was just getting to know what the tasks are and getting trained on a few things. You start to get a handle on a few things you need to do. Ones you know what you are supposed to do, then it is a cakewalk until you finally get to work on bigger issues. The biggest challenge as you may be guessing, but it wasn’t the lack of experience or knowledge but understanding the people. You can learn the company’s processes, systems, understand their methodology by a few hours of training. But understanding or interpreting people will take ages. My job included lots of interaction with people at all levels. At the workplace, work does not add stress but it’s the people you deal with. Let’s go back in time and take a quick look at how our education has taught us to deal with ourselves or with people in general. Well, there are no such golden memories. Academics have only developed us to analyze and resolve a problem methodically. This is not applicable to interpersonal problems as there is no one way to do it.
I feel that for any business to succeed or expand it very important to have a healthy work environment and ethics. Coming in with a shitty mood every day and complaining about every tiny thing is not good work ethics. I think the vicious, deceiving and ever-expanding loop of problems I mentioned are the sole cause of how we feel what we feel. Below I tried to visualize it.
Your journey on the roller coaster of problems starts at the center of the loop as soon as you are ejaculated. You struggle to reach the wonder-wall. But if you are reading this you probably have won and congratulations. You open your eyes to this world and gradually you are able to see, walk and talk. These are the early loops of small problems in your life. But as you are growing up, you seem to also develop a knack to face and resolve these problems. These loops can also be directly related to your happiness and sadness. The top of the loops being the happiest time when you are done solving or coping up with that problem and you use that enthu, that motivation as an acceleration to move on to the bigger loop with a sense of achievement and positivity. The bottom of the loops are the actual lows when you still in the same loop and tangled. You seem to be stuck in the loop no matter what you do. You feel exhausted and demotivated and there is little positivity left to accelerate yourself through these devil’s loop and one might enter a dangerous phase called ‘depression’. We all have been there, and we might go there again, it might be more intense than before. Just remember one thing that this is not permanent. And nothing is more important than you. Learn to take care of own self. Talk with your friends, family, strangers or whoever you can to just know that you are not alone. Grab all the helping hands you can and offer your hand when you can. Go out, read good books, play, cook, exercise or any hobby that gives a little sense of achievement or just makes you feel like you. Eat healthily, plan your day, and try to adopt a healthy lifestyle. These things might not be related to your problem but if you take care of chaos and the return on these investments is the addition of a lot of positivity and motivation. Easier said than done. But at least we can try? Could be a good starting point?
If you could imagine a flow of the river through its origin until it offers it help to the ocean, it is never streamlined. It has to cut through the hardest rocks, through the loneliest jungles and through the ups and downs. In its messy journey, it creates some of the most beautiful waterfalls and carves artistic landscapes. It never stops! It teaches us to just keep moving and flowing through our everyday shit. So, wake up, feel good and get back to facing a new challenge! Smile! Just be sure to enjoy the roller coaster ride 🙂
Take it easy! Peace and have a happy new year!
Born-wise 