The Extremists - A different set of people

 

Now who do I call extremist?

It's those who do everything in extreme. What do I mean by that?

For example, when exams are near students tend to complete the whole syllabus in one day. So, it's like putting extreme efforts in 1 single day rather than studying on a consistent basis. So, are they extremists? Nope.

I call those extremists who tend to do everything in extreme manner.

Again, another example - I generally tend to immerse myself into anything that I’m engaged in. So, if I’m into sports I become very competitive and look for only winning. If I’m into studying I stretch it to longer hours without food and water.

Now it's not only in things that I’m engaged into. It's also in human emotions. So, if I’m sad I’m very sad, if I’m happy I’m very happy, and if I’m excited again very excited.

So, this is what I call being extreme into things and becoming an extremist.

Let's dive into the topic and understand its pros and cons.

Becoming an extremist is a choice and on occasion which demands so, it's a right attitude. It shows hardworking and never give up spirit. It makes you do such things and take such risks that one could not have imagined. It brings a lot of improvement. Nothing feels more important than the task in hand.

But when someone becomes an extremist, I feel they tend to ignore a larger part of life and become more focused on few things only which they consider to be of most relevance. This makes them a bit isolated from all the events happening around them and they start enjoying that. They feel it's okay to be like that. They feel it's okay to ignore food, water, friends, family, socialising, experiencing adventures, etc for their work which could be anything depending upon the profession. And this is backed by the achievements they get following their "extreme" routine.

All this makes it tougher for their well-wishers to explain to them the importance to have a balanced lifestyle. But then like I believe the time teaches you everything, They will sooner or later start feeling exhausted and will want to enjoy their life and find people to do that. But then no one will come forward to help them and make them feel special because someone would have definitely ask you for the same in the past and you declined their offer. This is how you will repent not enjoying your life, making it boring and this is what you get by over-prioritising things and ignoring other important and for you not so "relevant" things. This is only one aspect of it.

Another aspect is health issues.

Not consuming your food or water adequately for one day or changing the timings is fine. But continuing the same for a longer period of time will have a disastrous impact in the future. There are various bacteria and viruses that exist within our body and doesn't develop into a full-grown disease if we take proper care of our health. But then lack of awareness and care for our health makes us sick and we tend to blame our schedule, family, genes, environment, time, destiny, and whatnot.

We don't introspect and continue the same pattern for years making it more and more difficult for us. Life expectancy is going down and we believe that in today's time it's happening to all of us. If this is the truth then why do the Japanese have so high an expectancy of 80 and above and Indians are dying at 60. We have stopped introspection. So please start doing it.

I will explain more about introspection, the importance of health, becoming mentally strong, and other very interesting topics in the upcoming blogs and I will discuss them in detail. Also, I write poems on various genres and will start sharing the same very soon.

So, I believe that I have explained about extremists from my point of view and my personal experience. I have not concluded whether it is right or wrong because why judge anyone. Everybody has a choice in their life and liberty to follow it but not at the cost of their life. So, keeping this in mind take your decision whether to continue being the same or bring certain changes.

Till then smile and live your life to the fullest. Stop over prioritising and give due importance to every event in your life or else you will have numerous certificates and awards but not a single happy memory to think about, not a single person to listen to you when you want to say your heart out, and there will be no nostalgic feeling in your life. Enjoy and enjoy !!!!!

Thank you so much - Tushar Agarwal