Object Relationship!!!

 Ok, before everyone assumes, I'm not talking about objecting to any relationship :D

I was reading an interesting book that spoke about habits and how we can take cues from our environment to make a habit sustainable. One of the things the author mentions is to stop thinking about your environment as filled with objects and start thinking about it as filled with relationships. This is mainly to use them as cues to stack habits and make them stick. Example, keep the guitar in the middle of the room to pick it up when you enter, leave a book on the pillow when you make the bed for u to pick it up at night.

I was thinking a bit more literally and see if we can actually make it a beautiful experience. Like washing the utensils which is probably the most hated job at any house. Imagine you are giving a bath to your kid when they were small with a loofa and loads of bubbly soap. If you can relate that experience to dishwashing, you might actually enjoy that and even crave it once in a while. With kids growing up, it might remind you of the beautiful times of childhood. And for dirty dishes, it could be like cleaning their potty which I actually enjoyed 😂

Similarly, walking on the cross trainer could take me to the exhausting but most fulfilling trek of Kumara Parvata. The drained legs did not impact the spirit that was lit by the lightning and thunder. Running could remind me of playing cricket in Beagles. 

Reading could remind us of listening to stories from our grandparents. Imagine your grandad telling this story from his past travel experience 100 yrs ago.

Holding a guitar could be like your loved ones sitting on your lap and you are holding them tight 😍. And playing an instrument could remind you of your favorite songs. Even though it might sound horrible, for you it could be beautiful.

Isn't it a super way of looking at objects or chores and making it interesting and more fun? Our brain is a super tool and imagination can impact our lives very differently. As John Lenon said, Imagine:

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Imagine all the people
Livin' for today
Ah
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one 😇