Environmental Challenges

My aunt handing me all the gifts she hasn’t been able to give me over the past 10 years… and some for my parents

Do you feel like there is an energy about a place that makes you want to be a different person?

Whether it was the weather, the lifestyle, the people, or some combination of the above, Seattle inspired me to want to be a healthier more active person.

Delhi has been much the opposite.

Being in Delhi with my family is like being on a reality tv show where you compete to see who can move the least and eat the most. I’m not sure what it is. Maybe it’s some primal return to vacation mode. Or a fear of inhaling pollution every time I step outside of my room. Maybe it’s the traffic that makes it hard to travel from place to place. Whatever the reason is, this is not the lifestyle that makes me happy.

Admittedly working nights has also contributed to my stagnant lifestyle. My plan was to work from 6pm-2am and wake up at 12pm. This would give me time to explore the city during the day. Between my grocery schedule, my scheduled travel, and my sheer unwillingness to go places, I”m to able to maintain that time breakdown.

The silver lining is that I’m learning how much routine means to me. If I’m required to be up, create a schedule and stick to it, I’m much healthier. A portion of me thought that I’d naturally want to maintain a schedule, but I’m not good at that.

I’m starting to think this might be a waste of time. I told myself that I was going to use the first few months to adjust to my new environment, but I feel like I’ve done nothing other than drink and eat. Maybe that’s okay. Maybe I made a mistake.