Have you ever wondered how Romeo and Juliet could fall so
much in love? Same for Heer and Ranjha, Sassi and Punnu, and other folklore of love. These stories of unbridled love ending in tragedies instead of
the divine union have common undercurrents. Their romances were not acceptable
to society, particularly their families.
Now think of a situation where these guys didn’t have any
resistance or interference from their parents or society. Do you think their
love would have kindled to the limits of madness? They would have probably got
married and then daily life issues that every married couple faces would have
been theirs too. It would not even have been a story worth mentioning.
Recent experiments show that increased parental
interferences and pressures lead to couples acknowledging the greater number of
negative traits in their partner apart from becoming more critical but with a
caveat, they actually fell more in love. When they are forced to ignore each
other, it makes their feelings stronger and more intense. When parents weakened
their interference, the feelings waned away.
So, how much should the parents interfere? Probably to a
point where the Psychological reactance of their wards does not rise too much.
At the time the lockdown was imposed, videos were
floating around the internet where people had filled their homes with
truckloads of grocery and food items. People worried that the food items may
just vanish from stores and that it was better to have as much as they can now.
The thought of future scarcity forced them to accumulate as much as they could.
In a similar event in Miami, US the state banned all cleaning products with
phosphate. As a result, people hoarded such products through smuggling and
getting them from other states themselves.
These 2 scenarios can be explained by the fact that if
something becomes less available, we have an increased desire to have it as our
freedom to have the thing becomes limited.
Another example is Censorship. Currently, a controversy
storm is brewing over the movie called “The Kerala Story”. It got banned in a
few states and as a result, it got the publicity it needed. It grossed good
sales at the Box office. The same goes for the movie named Pathaan which was
boycotted on social media. It ended up grossing a lot of money. Anything that
gets forbidden kindles the desire to have it.
Coca-Cola in 1985 launched its New Coke disbanding the
running formulations. They claimed it was better in taste and had a new
packing. The change resulted in a national storm in the U.S. Old Coke lovers
associations were formed which were willing to resort to legal, legislative,
and petition methods to get their loved product back. One of the vociferous
proponents, on two occasions, had himself rated the taste of New Coke better than
old Coke when samples, without showing which one is which, were given to him.
Coca-Cola did its research but overlooked the important principle of scarcity
and the ruckus that the taking away of old Coke would create. The US had Coke
as a part of its tradition. Taking away something made them like it much more
and fight to bring it back.
Homework for life
Acting against laziness makes you happy. Today was the
birthday of a senior from another office. Had the intention in the morning to
go and wish in the office. Procrastinated it to the point where I thought of
not going. Started looking for excuses. All negative chatter began such as I am
an introvert, it doesn’t matter if you wish, what if the senior thought of it
as cheesy, what if it is not the actual birthday blah blah blah… If while
leaving home in the morning for the office, I had the intention then I should
fulfill it. I have avoided socializing on far too many occasions in life by
now. It was time to own up. I walked out of the office. Went to the office of
the senior on a different floor. Wished her and nothing that I had thought
actually existed. Act on what you feel is right. Laziness kills many good
things in life.
Exercise
Strength: Stretching Day.
Felt a little uneasy with the shoulder so decided to take
it easy and open up the body instead.
Did Foam roll on the posterior chain. Rocking Frog
stretches. New twist lunges.
Rehab: McGill Big 3 (1 set each). Lock Big 3 (1 set each).
Cardio: Running (Zone 2-3 Training)
35 mins for the Day.
35 mins completed for the week. (Last week 91
mins.)
Target 180 mins for the week.
Anything I like to share/ Habit Tracker
Clean for 123 days.
Pic of the Day
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