Whenever
I write blog posts from my android phone, the experience has only been
harrowing to say the least. The punctuations don’t turn out right, the
capitalization was all over the place, spelling errors etc.My woes were endless. Fixing of all these glitches
turned out to be more time consuming than writing the post itself. As it turned
out, I was using the Swype keyboard on android. I was making gestures on the
touch screen, which were magically interpreted as words. Swype also accepted keystrokes
like a normal touch keyboard, but so much I had gotten used to using gestures
that I almost forgot that it was a normal keyboard too.
So
much was the trouble using the keyboard that I was contemplating to either stop
writing posts using my mobile or using an iPhone. So much for Blogging on the move!!!!
As
always, I was lured towards the Apple. Started finding reasons why android
sucked big time and why my new hobby (which is barely 10 posts old) has to be
done only from an iPhone. But my geeky wisdom kept telling me that getting rid
of my Android was not the best decision. The marketing geniuses at Apple too
didn’t make things easier for me be pricing the iPhone a good 10K rupees higher
than the international prices.
The
dilemma existed for close to a week. Ultimately, I came to a sensible
conclusion that a lot of people including myself could do a lot more with 40000
rupees than buy a new phone.
I don’t burn cash, well... I don’t have an iPhone.
I
had decided at last, the next task was to work my way around the typing woes on
my phone.
The
solution was simple; I just reverted back to the Stock Touch Keyboard. My troubles came to an end. Swype keyboard is
a wonderful concept. It worked great, accurate but it was limited to typing
short messages, chat. Blogging, emails were entirely a different beast to deal
with. The guy's at Google had built a good robust keyboard. Now I’m happy. I can blog happily from my phone and moreover didn’t burn 40K in
cash. And I can wait for the iPhone 5 later this year ;-)
Quite
often, you are stuck in a situation similar to the one above. Life does not go as
per plan. Something which you do everyday is often a pain in the neck. There’s an overwhelming urge to despise what
you do, find more negatives against nagging troubles and make THE BIG Change. The mind
too convinces itself that complete overhaul is the one stop fix to
all your woes. You’ll be tempted to start
over, do something new.
Most
times, all it takes is a small change to fix what’s troubling you. A break, a
holiday, few minutes in solitude, calming music, friends etc.. The list of the
small changes you can make is endless. Not all the changes work for everyone,
but there’s at least once change that will work for you.
Figuring
out what works is by trial and experience. You can always seek a counsel. Bottom-line,
the more you are open to making the small change, the more chances it will work. The
key is “Willingness to experiment” with what works and what does not work.
Go
for it, make the small change. Its the easiest way to fix nagging troubles. Most often, things fall in place.
Enjoy the evening,
- Kaushik
Good post overall..
ReplyDeleteIn my experience, such a change normally isn't made by oneself. One has to be compelled to make the change, often by a powerful external force (or circumstance).
Law of physics.. Matter moves out of inertia by force.
I misread your post the first time.
ReplyDeleteI am in conditional agreement. Peripheral changes do provide temporary relief. As most problems sprout from our own behaviour, for a sustained relief, I have found that a more fundamental change is essential, which is almost always necessitated by an external force.
yes, but for one to reach a state of mind that a fundamental change is needed, one needs to get rid of all the nagging problems first. Only then I feel the mind can put in things in perspective and figure out the larger picture. A good counsel can help in this, but most people do not have access to a wise person :)
DeleteMost people recognise the need for the fundamental change. But don't acknowledge. Wise persons are around, but our eyes see them when we intensely feel the need for the change.
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