Musings

Its amazing how everything and everyone around us transform every single minute. The world isn't the same it was a fraction of second ago. So is human mind or at least mine. I usually ponder over a multitude of things ranging from small ideas that made large differences, different people's take on life, possible inspiration behind a piece of beautiful poetry, the source of energy in a lead guitarist in a rock band,  the struggle that a young guy went through to carve his life.... Like I said a Multitude of things. Here goes a glimpse one such musing.

A couple of months ago, a professor I adore said,"Never regret over lost time and money". I did not really understand what he meant by that. However, since I hold him in high regard, I simply accepted and tried to follow this principle since then. But somewhere back in my head, it beats me. How can one not regret over lost time?
Money, I get it and I do not usually cry over spending unnecessarily. I have this theory that in a couple of years I will be earning more than I need and might not have the time or desire to spend money on myself. So, I neither put more thought into savings nor calculate much before spending.
But Lost Time? Regretting over it is not uncommon for procrastinators like me. I start with blaming the web for wasting my time and then end up cursing myself for doing useless things which are not priorities at the moment. Obviously, I have misused time. So, how can I not regret it? But after few hours of contemplating over this notion (Yes,Grad life gave me all the lone time in the world), I think I see the point. It might not exactly be the reason behind my professor's advice though.
If I look back, every moment I spent has been well spent. I might have worked for more than necessary time on an assignment, mastered how not to study a research paper, read a book, enjoyed a comic strip, chatted for hours with a friend, glanced at wiki pages or watched a series of YouTube videos. But I have always been doing something and gaining some experience, good or bad. That is what was supposed to happen and it did. What I can do is look further. Because,my next act  is just a product of my current state of mind and learning from the past. (A Machine learning course might be influencing my thought process now :P ). So, if I keep on thinking about what I should not have done, I will definitely lose the focus on what should be done next. So, it makes sense not to regret over spent time because its more wasted time and there is no point in it. We should just learn from it and let it go.

Okay. I did not plan course of this post when I started it. So, pardon the incoherent thought process. My brain cannot think linearly!