“So, you are telling me that writing is easy?” I was surprised at Inuke.
“Yeah!! It is so easy dude.”
“Ok, tell me if it is that easy how come you are struggling to write? I don't see your posts daily, in fact, the last post was about a week ago.” I know he is bullshitting me. Just wanted to know why all of a sudden.
“That is not my fault.”
“Zzzztttt.. No No. If you are going to blame me for having a demanding job and being sick. That won't fly. It is a silly excuse.” I interrupted inuke .
“Aye, it is a real excuse. You are dealing with a shitty demanding job. Which takes most of your time and I think its the job that is making you sick.”
“Oh!! Come on you depressing prick. This job is what keeps us going otherwise we would have been broke and broken. You see that paycheck. Yeah, Imagine life without that. Imagine not being able to afford rent and food. So have some respect for the job.” I gave inuke the reality check. I guess he needed it.
“I mean no disrespect. But aren't you overselling? You are going overboard with this job. You've been working for how many years now. 12-13yrs.?? And what have you achieved so far? You are still living paycheck to paycheck. Every month you get your salary, pay rent, pay bills, and make a pathetic excuse for saving. And starts the countdown to paycheck with 10 days to go. Is this how you are supposed to live?” inuke gave me that reality check.
“Well if you put it that way… I mean.”
“Dude, I am not asking you to quit your day job. I am just asking you to set boundaries. It is very important that…”
A notification on my phone interrupted inuke. The message says ‘Let us connect at 2230Hrs. Need to fix the bug. The client is not happy.’
“This is what I am talking about. Bro. Where is the me time, we time, us time?” inuke asked.
“You very well know that I need to respond otherwise it will spill over tomorrow. My today is gone, I do not want this to ruin tomorrow either.”
“Exactly, your today is gone. And all you did was you woke up, wnet to the office and spend the day working, And now you are preparing to spend your night working.” inuke kept me from replying to the message.
“What do you want me to do? Not reply.” I asked inuke for an alternative.
“Dude you gotta learn to say No. Just reply No. Say, you have some personal stuff to take care of. Just Say NO!! UpperCase N followed by uppercase O. Its simple.” inuke replied.
“You think, spelling it was the problem. I am not sure if I should be replying with NO. I mean I am the one responsible for this project. And if things are not on track I will have to face terrible things.”
“Dude!! You are already facing lot of shit. You are too dumb to understand. I tell you what. You reply with a NO and I am going to show you how easy it is to write.”
“And what if you fail?”
“I will not bother you. But if I succeed. You will have to onboard with me on all the idea.”
“Given that you anyway makes me do things your way. I dont I have anything to lose. Its a Bet.”
I replied with ‘Sorry will not be able to make it.”
“How you feeling?” inuke was checking on me.
“Anxious. I don’t think its a good Idea.” I replied.
“Trust me, This is something thats going to change your life. Start saying No and start living for yourself.”
TLDR; I made a bet with inuke. And Inukes gonna show me how to write.
Hello Folks,
Thanks for your visiting my blog.
And this is true. I am trying to reinvent myself. And declined to attend a meeting after the office hr. This is so not me. But that's what reinventing means I guess. To be honest, I am anxious and not able to process this properly. But on the other hand, I am looking forward to doing the same thing again tomorrow. LOL!!!
As for the writing I am looking for to Monday on how inukes going to go.
And before I go let me give big hugs to IndiaUnited and BeAwesome community.