Non-Conformist? Moi? A few days into a vacation with little to do, and you realise how relaxing boredom can be, as well as how boring relaxing can be.
But then, a vacation is a good time to learn too. The petty things you tend to ignore while you are busy with other issues, suddenly become a prominent feature of the day. Those trivial human actions and words are pondered over, repeated, and over-analysed till you suddenly realise (for the umpteenth time) how foolish some humans are, how others take you for granted, how society has been bogging you down with their painful traditions, how you are expected to abide by them, or else...!
I simply loathe those silly things I'm expected to do or say. And I'm sure many other people do too. Yet, yet, there has been little or no attempt to actually change the way things are done. Someone asks me, "How are you?" I flash my front teeth, and say, "Fine, thanks. And you?" Why don't people just say how they really are? "Terrible. I just got fired from the job I loved, my feet are swollen, and I feel claustrophobic in this crowd of people with repulsive BO."
Another common practice I can't stand is when people discuss you like you were a commodity in the marriage market. Dress well, be respectful, talk nicely, be good. Career, independence, ambitions, desires, goals, all hit for a Ganguly six (oh boy, do I love his shots!).
But then, I live my life, and I have to learn to control it as much as I can- shape my own destiny, as some would say, which is a contradictory statement. One of the definitions of destiny is- A predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control. So you can't control it, right?