Everything Compounds

 

Lockdown has been transformational, everyone I know has changed in some dimensions, whether its  fitness or wellness, the habits that have been formed and removed the entire addition and subtraction has been a positive-sum.

Over the past few months I've become more meditative, read books on various topics, been exposed to a different set of minds and was able to create a blog. Overall the the journey has been excellent, the days that I have meditated multiple times a day and those experiences have been blissful .

If someone asked  me what was the biggest lesson\change of the lockdown Id say it was the realization of compound effect.

Compound the effect is when small changes everyday end up in huge sum results that were unexpected when the deed was initiated. You can get a glimpse of it by this eg. Suppose your lazy and want to lose weight , but consistency kills you, you cant stick to the process , you want to progress fast but you the work is too much, well, this can be fixed by setting a rule, lets say you decide and pledge to do 1 push up every day. Now that seems simple, can be done in a second, no warmup no gym equipment, absolutely nothing, now when you actually get down to do a push up naturally you're inclined to do 1 more, gradually in the coming days you add squats, jogging, and skipping to the list as well.

Before you know you're into fitness, the little effort in the job, makes you reluctant to skip it, and the job satisfaction you get makes you feel good, this way you get best of both worlds.

You can apply this to anything possible, any habit you want to add, the routine you want to build. Plus point where it gets easier with the time you can progress at a given art without even knowing it.

Applying the same principle I've decided to to write every day, I want to be known as a good writer, one who can mesmerize the reader and leave them wanting more, I don't have a formal training in writing but I'm sure I’ll get better.

1 reason the compound effect is amazing and my favourite because, the results you get multiply over time, supposedly the return on investment is far superior to the principle, from time, I've realized the effect in action everything I do comes I perspective to it.

I understand how an apple a day keeps the doctor away, or how a junk food a day can help you redeem your health insurance, 1 episode more leads to 7 hours of time wasted/week with a character hangover and irresistible love for the show.

Compound effect is everywhere right from brushing your teeth to practice makes you perfect. This reminds me of a story of Picasso, he was chilling at a park when a lady came upto him and asked him to draw a portrait of her( those days they didn’t have a smartphone ) Picasso picked up a piece of paper and pencil, drew the lady a beautiful painting, merely in 5 mins.

Lady was utterly impressed, but that turned in to shock when Picasso asked for 5000$ for it! She cried “ but you only spent 5 mins to make it!!” to which he replied “ it took me 25 years to make it in 5 mins”!

That’s the magic of compound effect!