As I was reading the book, 'Who moved my cheese?", I started to introspect midway which character among the 4 characters was I? Whom do I resonate more with? Sniff? Scurry? Hem? or Haw?
Since the book was all about change and adapting to change and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, it was hard for me to get to a conclusion of who I was.
I took sometime to think about it. But the first thing I did was, finish reading the book entirely, keeping away the thoughts of finding my identity.
I did finish the book pretty quick. Quicker than my normal pace of reading. It was fun. The characters, the story, the lessons of the story, the discussion at the end, and the thought it provoked was really fun. I felt good at the end of story. But also was constantly wanting to know who among 4 I was.
As I reached the last word in the last page, something stricked me. I finished reading an e-book at one go, which itself is a huge accomplishment. That answered my question - I am a Haw.
I never read an entire ebook before. I had my own reasons behind not reading ebooks.
I love the touch and feel of a physical book and I absolutely love collecting the copy of every book I read. I am way too comfortable with turning pages and carrying my copy wherever I go.
I always had a feeling that reading online is no fun and I will eventually zone out as I read, which has happened a couple of times. And hence i never try reading online.
Also I grew up reading books holding in my hands, feeling the texture of the paper with my fingertips, inhaling the smell of the book and turning the page one by one. Absolutely love the feeling!
With time, ebooks started replacing physical copies. It was a change! It was that change with I refused to adapt. I stuck on to physical books by giving excuses like I don't like reading online, or I am more of a turn the page type for a long long time. I was reluctant to change. I didn't want to explore the maze and taste the new cheese.
But my cheese section was in danger, which I didn't foresee. And during this time of "quarantine" I was introduced to my vacant cheese section.
I whined for a while about not having access to any stores, not being in Bangalore to go buy the book, and for the e-commerce sites not delivering any books currently.
Vrusha finally yelled at me to freaking buy the ebook and start reading. I bought the book(of course with the same drama of not an ebook person blah blah blah).
Saturday night(tonight) finally I download kindle and start reading the book.
Though I was hesitant, it lasted only for a minute. I got immersed in the book just like any other time and got carried away in the story completely. While I was reading I just had to tap on the word if i didn't know the meaning, and the definition would pop out. If i had to mark important/catchy lines, I could use different colours to highlight. Also it let me know how much of the book was pending as i read. I used them all very well. Awesome right?
And at the end when I actually finished reading the whole book is when I sighed, ebooks are not that bad even 🙂
And that brings me to the conclusion that I am a Haw, because though initially I was pulled back by my own beliefs, I managed to push myself out of my comfort zone and started exploring the new way of reading and absolutely loved it. Which is in simple terms - I found the light at the end of the tunnel. I did adapt to the change and liked it better. I also learnt that the quicker you adapt to change, the better it is.
Though this is a very simple/silly example I still found out which character I belonged to. At this moment nothing better than this will help me understand and relate the story better. Hence the ebook 🙂
The new cheese is surely fun!
Now this brings me back to thinking, Who moved my cheese? 😛
Is it the CORONA, is it Vrusha or is it me?
Let me do my thinking and get back soon.
Love! 