My First Raw-kinda writing, I Guess
Series: Welcome to My Brainrot - 1
Now that I have you here, how about we explore the possibilities coming out of a semi-toxic combination of overthinking and an imagination that runs in all directions.
When I was a kid, my thoughts ran like a superfast train.
Station to Station, topics varying every stop every station, like every passing station name was something to be thought about, talked about, and experienced - all at once.
The magic so tempting you’d bow to every possibility and make it run as fast as possible.
Such is the mind of an explorer, a wanderer, a curious engine running on rocket fuel.
But soon came the realisation, the brain train is more than capable,
Running multiple trains in parallel - a piece of cake
And so the tracks split and my mind became the super-conductor (geddit? electrical signals travelling in brain with superconductor? Geddit? Now?)
The love for running the trains of thoughts and ideas,
managing and creating a new network of tracks,
just pure uncontrolled expansion became a habit.
And then came a point that every unchecked enterprise reaches.
A habit without any check or maintenance for nurturing became an addiction,
The addiction became a spiral,
a spiral became burden,
and burden lead to an eventual wear-off
causing burnout and shutdown.
Such has been my journey with growth in life.
All my life I have wanted is challenges, and I have been blessed with them without brakes.
While the thrill of chasing them and asking for more became an obsession,
it also became my reason for my crash landings.
I have recently learned to check in and let the brain train rest for a few min at stops,
and leave overnight for regular maintenance.
My struggles have been a lesson that my brain still finds boring to learn,
but I’m learning limitations and boundaries and how to say NO.
I love that I have a functional brain, but NO, let me breathe.
I have not written in last 1 year and have been an avid consumer of instagram reels. This is the best that came out of a brain rot. So hope this is not as rotten as my brain is right now. Peace. :)
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Satyajeet Jadhav
10 months ago
Thank you for writing this! Reading this felt like i am not alone.
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