Avinash Chandra.

Life & Perspective

The dream life has its worries too

A successful, famous, self-made man who is an entrepreneur, investor, author, and lifestyle guru. Worth millions.

What's keeping him from living his dream life?

1. He got out of a 5 year old relationship recently. At 45, he is worried about going out and restarting the dating game despite a strong desire to have a dependable partner and raise a family. A large part of his worry is that - thanks to his fame and money - he is likely to be manipulated into a relationship rather than finding true companionship that he craves for.

2. He hates admin tasks and promptly delegates anything that can be delegated. Yet there are things that can't be delegated for the type of life and business he has created for himself, like regular paper work with a host of lawyers who work on protecting his business, investments, reputation, and intellectual property. He dislikes this activity but can't avoid it.

3. He can afford a game of golf on, say, a Wednesday afternoon. But it's hard to find like-minded people to play with because they are all busy working on Wed afternoons.

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This is a real and raw life snippet of a real person.

I won't make any value judgement.

All I know is:

Regardless of whoever we are, whatever we have, and wherever we are in our journey - each one of us has worries, pains, and desires that are very personal and that we must deal with.

That's life.

Rather, that's the beauty of life.

कभी किसी को मुकम्मल जहाँ नहीं मिलता
कहीं ज़मीन तो कहीं आसमान नहीं मिलता

#lifelessons

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