Finally, I begin to blog

Inspired by my brother's blogpost on the movie "The Bucketlist", I set aside my long list of "work to-dos" today to set up my blog. Certainly blogging is not on my bucketlist but it has been one of those things, I have been wanting to do for a very long time but possibly was not yearning so badly that I put that on my 'task list' someday.  

I haven't given a thought to putting together my bucketlist as yet but there have been a lot of smaller things and wishes and urges on my mind which I itch to try or do or bring in my routine/practice. Most of them don't make it beyond my mental wishlist because of

• lack of time/ bad time management
• absence of inspirer/ driving force
• laziness
• not being super passionate about the wish
• inability to prioritize
• and not being determined enough to seek others' cooperation.

(the list can be much longer but today I am determined to put more time and energy to make things happen than complain about them).

Learning from the story of 'the Bucketlist', I said to myself - "why not start with a wishlist, to begin with?". A list of small personal to dos/desires/wishes/urges/quest which are always pushed on the farthest little corner of mind and heart that even their loudest scream to come alive is ignored by me all the time.

I decided to start small. Not pushing myself hard to recall all those quiet wishes in few minutes and not penning down on a piece of paper (which knowing myself, I will definitely lose in hours). I choose to write here the first 5 things that come to mind, share concrete plan to achieve each, embark on each plan, share about my success/failure (hope not) here on all 5 and then only post the next list of 5. 

Here I go -

• Start blogging
• Get back to photography
• Read few lines of essence of the Gita everyday and revisit what I read
• Set aside few minutes for meditation
• Start working out/doing yoga

I have taken a baby step towards the first one. I am excited and inspired to blog regularly. For the rest, sharing about them here is going to be the key driving force.