“Sometime reality is too complex.
Stories give it form.” ― Jean-Luc Godard
For almost six months, I was thinking
to pack my excess luggage at home and transport it to my native town. First of
all, I was always busy with my training assignments. Secondly, it was not
urgent for me to transport excess luggage as it can be done at any time. Thirdly,
I did not want to give my luggage to any professional packers and movers who
come to home, pack and transport goods to the destination without any hassles. I
thought I can do for myself along with my two sons who are still pursuing their
engineering education and enjoying summer vacation.
I was free from training programs for
a week. I thought of writing a book - ‘life is beautiful’ Hence, I began
authoring the book. At the time of writing the book, I again thought that
writing book depended on my mood levels whereas transporting goods to my native
place required people, some more energy and time. Since my two sons were
enjoying summer vacation, I thought to give it priority as my two sons and I
can pack the goods and ship them. Hence,
I stopped writing book and started concentrating on transportation of my
excessive luggage.
I found out from my wife about the
excess luggage that we had. She said that it would come to around 7 packages. I
went to local transport office to find out the formalities and the amount
needed and the duration it would take to ship the goods to destination. I searched scrap shops to get a few empty
cartons. Finally, I bought six empty cartons. I enquired the people who could
carry filled in cartons to the local transport office. After planning
everything, my two sons and I fixed a day to start the work.
We all got up early morning on the
scheduled date; slowly collected the items that were surplus and packed five
cartons with goods. We called for a local vehicle to carry the goods to the local
transport office. My elder son and I took the luggage and booked them by paying
the amount. We got the receipt from the transporter and sent it by courier to
my relative to pick up the luggage in my native place. Although it all looked silly to me to do all
these things such as coordinating people with my two sons, it took almost six
months for me to come out of my comfort zone to ship the goods to my native
place. I laughed at myself about the fast changing lifestyle where people don’t
find time to do minor tasks. People have money but don’t find time to do
certain routine tasks. I felt that life has become too hectic.
“Your greatest asset is your earning
ability. Your greatest resource is your time” – Brain Tracy
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