Goodshit: I am busy doing nothing; The Art of Chilling and Peace-ing out!

Alright, the dream has manifested. The goal I set for myself is complete. After releasing Blue Book on my birthday i.e 6^th October this year and Gold Book on 11.11.11, that makes it 5 books I’ve released in 3 years.

What now, now what?

Before I start off on another project or take on another business initiative, I thought to myself a very simple fact but a completely life changing truth.

"See since the time we are born, as soon as we learn to walk or mumble our first few words, we are put into a pre-school, then we go to junior school, then high school, then college, then a post graduation college, then we either do a string of jobs or if we are smart, we do business for ourselves. Let’s not forget that most of us get married, have kids and before we know it, our kids become the proverbial hamsters in this cycle of life." -Ankush Modawal

I realized that society and peer pressure makes ‘sitting idle’ or ‘doing nothing’ such an unwanted situation for most of us that it is nearly impossible to go against the normal conditioning or overcome the feeling of guilt that comes from being just a human ‘being’ and not a human doing!

If a person is without a job or is not doing any work or is ‘unemployed,’ he or she is looked down upon. As if that person ceases to be a normal human being and suddenly becomes a radioactive piece of shit!

I thought this fact to myself and realized that I have been working, writing, studying and grinding towards my dream for so long that I hardly had time to do anything for myself or others. I too was guilty of being a hamster, but not guilty of being an unproductive one.

So, finally, I made a decision very recently that I would do absolutely nothing except for chillin’ out and rejuvenating myself for the next level of success, wealth and abundance.

Only one problem, after years of working and writing, my lifestyle was crazily different to what I would plan to live for the near future. Also, let’s keep in mind the fact that since I have been working for so long, chillin’ out for whole days and weeks was an absolutely new experience for me.

Anyway, I had made up my mind that I would give my mind, body and soul a complete detox before I would start working or writing again.

“It’s only fair to give yourself a break, but at the same time, a break does not include anything that would break you!” –Ankush Modawal

I am not the type of a guy who likes gossip, neither the type of person who likes to be around negative people, situations or conditioning nor the type who would put my emotional, physical or spiritual strength in jeopardy over anything or anyone for long.

“Like the old saying goes, an idle mind is a Devil’s workshop. Damn, it’s not only his workshop, it’s a place where he eat, sleeps and shits too!” –Ankush Modawal

So how do I keep myself busy while doing nothing? How do I rejuvenate, replenish and recharge my energies? How do I stay focused while not focusing on my work? Here’s how!

The first thing is to realize that you do deserve this sweet ass of a time! Not only do you deserve it, you have earned it. Once you remove any signs of guilt from within your body, only then would you be able to truly cherish and ravish the moments that are yet to come. Your family, friends or other well meaning strangers might try to tell you to stop being idle, but ignore them. If you feel what you are doing in your heart is right, do it.

#1: Sleep

Do you realize how fucked up our fucked up sleep patterns have become? We have so much work to do that we have to take our cell phones to the loo so that we can reply to the texts that are pending while we are shitting? Hell, I know I did! Do yourself a favor and tell everyone you know that you are on a break. The world won’t end if you don’t pick up a call or reply to your texts immediately. Sleep like you used to when you were a baby.

#2: Read

Read the books you’ve been wanting for so long to read. Not the drama novels, crappy news or mindless magazines. I mean real stuff! The kind of things that would help you develop yourself and into an awesome personality!

If your home got hit by a giant meteorite and everything was destroyed, or if aliens abducted and brainwashed you or if you were stranded on a deserted island, read the following 4 books and in a very short time, you will become healthy, wealthy and happy!

a. The law of attraction: The basics of the teachings of Abraham by Esther and Jerry Hicks

Only two words for this, POWERFUL STUFF!

b. You can heal your life by Louise Hay

Find out how certain type of thought patterns manifest as diseases in the body.

c. Black Books (Part One and II) by Ankush Modawal (Yours Truly!) I recommend this books for anyone trying to find the answers behind life. The Black Books will really blow your mind away!

d. Gold Book; Golden rules of the rich and famous for manifesting money by Ankush Modawal (Yours Truly, yet again!)

This book if for anyone who wants to understand the energy behind money and wants to manifest more wealth within their lives. The hardest thing about getting money is to realize that it's easy.

I sound like a Hedonist right now telling you to read my books myself, but this brings me conveniently to my next point.

#3: Write

I started writing because it was really therapeutic, that’s why I have blatantly mentioned my books in the above list. Writing is something that transformed my life completely and how I got to know myself. It became my profession because it became my passion first.

All my books have helped countless people really figure out what life is all about and how to really be able to live the life of their dreams.

Also, there are things you feel that you cannot express to others because either people don’t give a damn, don’t exist or are not there for you.

So, what started as my emotional catharsis, ravings and rants, became my full time profession. Now people pay me to write my thoughts. That’s the power of dreams baby!

#4: Breathe

What the Hell is this, you might say? I don’t have to breathe, my body does it for me! But know this that when you breathe consciously, you become conscious of life itself. For a few minutes in a day, breathe deliberately. Like the saying goes, “Take a breather.”

#5: Clean

It is said that we all are one with everything. That includes our environment as well so when we clean our surroundings, we are clearing our own limiting beliefs thus enabling ourselves to create a haven in which we can completely and totally relax. Keep things to a minimum and surround yourself with the best quality things you can.

#6: Solitude

Switch off your cell phone. Sit in a room alone in silence. Do absolutely nothing except for just sitting or lying down. THINK and most importantly, LISTEN!

“In the daily hustle bustle of life, the scream of our ego becomes so loud that we cannot hear the whisper of our intuition.” –Ankush Modawal

If you are the type of person who doesn’t like being alone in your own company, you might have long standing issues which need to be sorted out.

We live in a time when most of the people of society are spiritually divorced from their own self. Life has never moved so fast but we all must slow down and realize that life’s not the destination, it’s the journey.

And if you realized something, there is still a lot to do even when you want to do nothing and replenish, recharge and rejuvenate yourself! What do you do to chill out?