Smell of a place (Part 1)

Scene # 1 

A typical weekday starts with a very boring routine. It starts with a trigger, and an angry look at the alarm clock. You try to snooze it for 5 mins and then end up setting 2 minute alarms. Every minute of the early morning sleep is priceless. And then, when finally you decide to wake up, you curse the world on why it created "weekdays".

The struggle from your bed to the washbasin to brush your teeth, is the most agonizing one. Once you have managed to conquer it, you then look at yourself in the mirror, and the look says it all. Suddenly find yourself wishing - "I wish I was a billionaire and didn't have to bother working" (and if it is a monday, the wish is even more desperate and you are as dejected with reality, as a cat who's been drenched with cold water on a winter morning).

By this time, somehow, you have managed to wake yourself up. You decide to make a cup of coffee, your daily stimulant and then with the "I wish it was a weekend" mindset, you step into the shower. The shower brings you to reality and gets you ready for the day (atleast).

You then endure the greatest struggle of the morning. Leaving home and reaching office. If you are a typical "Mumbai-kar", God bless your courage. By the time you manage to squash you way into the local train, you can seriously debate that the number of people in your compartment would be equal (if not more) than the population in  Greek Islands. Crushed, crumpled and wide awake, you reach your office building, an effort that would be unparalleled to a marathon runner, who has just finished a 40 km run.

You are all set and walk into your office. The room are gray, the people are gray, your work is boring and what you end up doing is monotonous. Something you've done over and over again, for every day, in the past few years. There's nothing exciting to achieve, nothing monumental to prove. With a fabulously fake smile you announce your arrival by greeting everybody - "Good Morning" (a smile worthy of you being nominated for the oscars).

You see your popular junior walk in and you suddenly feel like the ring-master at jumbo circus who works hard to train the lion and when the lion performs, it takes all the accolades and you can only stand helplessly and watch your hardwork being credited to someone else.

By the end of the day, you are exhausted , come home and in your mind, you mumble – “one day less for the weekend to arrive”.

Cut to Scene # 2

A weekend morning. You feel fresh and energetic and burst to the washbasin to get ready for an early morning stroll in the park. You are relaxed, charged up and enjoy every step of your morning walk.

You come back, enjoy a leisurely breakfast, watch the world going crazy on TV, in the comfort of your drawing room, and then call up a few friends and decide what’s the plan for the evening. If nothing, you spend the rest of the day relaxing at home. If you are single, you would make yourself a drink, rent a DVD, order a pizza and watch a movie (the married ones are entrusted the weekend groceries and the ones in a relationship, often have to spend their precious weekend time with their partners). No matter if you are single, married or in a relationship, you would certainly prefer this day, rather than slogging yourself to the office on a routine weekday.

By evening, you are in a great mood (completely satisfied with the day), pour yourself another drink and listen to some music, catch up with a few friends online and update your facebook status for the week, before finally heading back to the washbasin, brush your teeth and retire for the day.

Food for Thought :- 

Ever wondered why we go through a completely contrasting mood cycle throughout the week ? Why do we consider the weekends more precious than the weekdays ? If you are the kind of person who endures this routine week after week, year after year, give it a deep thought. Think about it.

What I am about to discuss in the Part 2 of this argument is the "Smell of the place". What might really makes you feel this way. Again, as I said, no guarantee that this might apply to you, but might help you see a different prospective of your routine life.

Give yourself a serious thought and we will discuss about this in the next part. 

to be continued .....