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Sunday 28 July 2019

Observations 1

I really have none.  I don't know whether this was caused by some recently acquired self absorption or the fact that I rarely see any other people, like those leading vastly different lives anymore. All I notice is my strong panic every morning,  and especially on Mondays. And it apparently shows on my face because everyone in the world recognises it. My mother comments on it,  my cab mates adjust their seats to ensure I have more space,  and my colleagues do too.  But they are mostly panicked themselves so I think being near each other calms us down.

Also even though I am not doing a great job of observing people,  I do understand that this would be another great way of stress management. In general when something bad happens to me I assume that it will make my memoirs more interesting. Now I have to consciously imagine that life is a movie and everyone is a character whose motivations and behaviour I must observe.  So my boss is not yelling at me,  he is a boss,  yelling at his employee, and I must notice how he is executing the yelling scene.

My instructor/director has also spoken about how stressed out actors are though,  because of their job insecurity. That makes them adopt tricks like yoga to stress manage. And I saw a video of a YouTuber who claimed to be stressed every morning as well. So it's possible that doing anything for a living seems to automatically be a stress creator.

The only working person who I see never being stressed about his work is my brother in law. Maybe I  spend some time observing him.

Sunday 21 July 2019

Theatre classes: the announcement

I joined a theatre workshop and to no one's surprise,  I love it. 

The instructor has told us to write  daily log of stuff that happens to us,  and how we responded in the moment. So that basically means that this space is going to become active again!