Tuesday, May 23, 2006

The Irony of Options....

U cant live with them or without them!

Well..how many times do we recollect ourselves saying.."What other option do I have"?...or " I wish I didnt have so many options...cant make up my mind!"...

Yeah...thats the irony of options...too less and it feels like they dont exist..too many and it makes u wonder why they exist!!...

Well..even more difficult is when you face both these situations together....although on the face of it, it feels like life has presented you with many options to choose from....yet in reality, these options may not really exist...coz there are too many "Buts" attached to each option in life....nothing comes without a cost....does it!?

The debate is always between "What I want to do and what would probably be right for me!"...

And yeah....."Choose what u think is the best" or " Where do you see your life going?" or "Whatever you choose will eventually be best for you".....kindly note...such comments DO NOT help and are not welcome!":-(

And yeah as most men would say now.."See, thats why we say, women can NEVER decide"...so yeah. its true for me..I DEFINE INDECISIVENESS!!!!....

Hmm....maybe I will just have to resort to flipping the coin.....

40 Comments:

At 10:38 AM, Blogger Mr. J said...

When in doubt, just keep going straight.

 
At 10:47 AM, Blogger teacup said...

lol...true! I know this guy who hates coming out with us , why? coz we take like 15 min to decide what coffee to have!! hehehe...ok but there are times wen u have to make crucial decisions and either u ahve too many options are then u dont have any! but personally I feel having too many options is better than not having any!

but then again, if anything goes wrong, and if u had only one option to begin with, you could always say, "it's not my fault, what other option did I have?"...hehhee

I am far more Impulsive for my liking, so rarely do I face such problems of indecisiveness...I just go with my instinct!

do that!women have kickass intutions...

 
At 12:18 PM, Blogger Astral said...

Yes it does become difficult at times to decide which path to choose and which to let go.... yes they all have heavy price to pay.

Take care & GOD bless.

 
At 12:39 PM, Blogger kannan udayarajan said...


"Men are only as unfaithful as their options.


Chris Rock

:)

 
At 2:51 PM, Blogger Khushi said...

ha ha ha... so true..
now madame, flip the coin and still stick to what you think is Right regardless of what the coin shows :P
we women I tell ya ;-) :D

 
At 3:21 PM, Blogger Bhavesh said...

go on flip that coin.. nothing else matters..!!

 
At 3:49 PM, Blogger Has to be me said...

Hey that's so true! Esp in the situation Im in right now...this post is much appreciated!!!!!! :)

 
At 8:40 PM, Blogger Kathy said...

..ahh, u made me think girl ^_^ but for me, i usually follow my instinct, that sometimes i blame myself too after! ;)

..flipping a coin? hehe..why not?at least i can blame the coin next if i've done the wrong decision again :P

cheers,
-kathy-

 
At 11:45 PM, Blogger Mark IV said...

hmm.. decisions r easy... atleast most often they are... sometimes? ok- every few.. maybe....

well... wat am i talkin abt? hmm... guess its rite.... maybe not....



WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!

NOW IS THE TIME FOR DECISIVE ACTION......
.... or is it????

 
At 12:34 AM, Blogger Jackal said...

ohh men to face such situations all the time.....but wht are the options u r facing.....now since ur an MBA u can surely work out wht pays back best :))btw anand helping now or still at his lazy best ?

 
At 9:51 AM, Blogger Thetis said...

haha..

 
At 10:02 AM, Blogger Keshi said...

Interesting post Ekta dear...


**"Whatever you choose will eventually be best for you".....

lol I know..I get so annoyed when ppl say such things to me...even worse when I hear myself saying that to others sometimes!


I agree with Kath...I follow my instincts...it could be a less appropriate choice, but who knows what happens until I go that way na? So I do what my instincts say...if it ends up in a disaster well too bad...it's a chance i took and we always take chances dun we.

Keshi.

 
At 12:11 PM, Blogger Ekta said...

Me:- yeah...however when ur at a cross road..how do u define straight?

Yashita:- Haha..yeah thats what I want to do...blame it on the coin:-)

Astral:- yeah..either ways u gotta make some choice and in that u win some u lose some

Kannan:-haha...now am glad thats open to interpretation!

Khushi:-Heahahah...u know it...ur a girl too...u know how it works;-)

Justme:-aha!..Thx Just..with so many of u backing me on...think am just getting the coin out now!:-)

Has:- Hey...am glad I am not the only one and hey...will be happy if its of any help!;-)

Lil:- Well yeah...unfortunately I think too much to be instinctive about such things...but once in a while I do press the "Fuck it"..button!;-)

Markiv:- hahah....now that says a lot...so I guess my post wasnt all that wrong..was it;-)!

Jackal:- Theres more to life than pay jacks!:-)And well some decisions u gotta make alone...anand cant do much ard them...though hes still at his lazy best!!

Thetis:- :-):-)

Keshi:- Some people call it instinct, other call it flipping the coin...think its the same!!:-)..Not using the head anywayz!

 
At 1:35 PM, Blogger Mr. J said...

When at crossroads, just go where your eyes lead you to :D

 
At 6:08 PM, Blogger Suji said...

As Javed Akthar said "Ye jeevan ek rah nahi, ek doraha hai..."
Choose the path which your heart says is right, doesn't matter what others say.

 
At 11:27 PM, Blogger How do we know said...

Kya hua? What happened?

 
At 9:38 AM, Blogger Shikha said...

"What I want to do and what would probably be right for me!"...
i am confused too:(..and coins dont have as many sides as my options..and people must be tired hearing me rave about what i can or should do

 
At 6:00 PM, Blogger Rose said...

Haha.. How i wish things cud be as easy as flipping the coin...

Got reminded of this quote - “If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise.”

But i think the greatest choice of all is the choice of attitude..

I think i better shut up b4 i further complicate things..

:)

..Me

 
At 8:14 PM, Blogger Mr. J said...

*YAWN** Finished flipping the coin?

 
At 11:21 PM, Blogger Mr. J said...

Hey Mrs. M, btw, I was reading your very first blog.. Lol, was really funny. Hahahah.. Apparently it's been 2 years since you've been blogging. Kewl ;)

Here's the link to your very own first post http://ektam.blogspot.com/2004/05/wanna-soak-up-sun.html

:p

 
At 11:57 PM, Blogger How do we know said...

I've tagged you..

 
At 6:53 AM, Blogger Ekta said...

Me:- Yeah right now am just trying to go where life is leading me--"Going with the flow as they say"

Suji:-"Thats the debate sweety--heart over head"!

How:- :-)..:-)..One of thoxe times in life..Tagged me..!!? Will check ur blog!

Shikha:- Aha!..So true--wish coins had more sides to them...!

Rose:- Wow!..Thats a lovely quote...nice perspective...but thats what they say.."Life is not about choices, about compromises!"

Me:- Not yet..!!!..In the process...and yeah thx....its almost been two yrs now.I actually almost lost track!

 
At 10:34 AM, Blogger Keshi said...

~~pretty woman deko deko na...pretty woman...

heheh just came to see Ekta :)

Keshi.

 
At 2:20 PM, Blogger Jackal said...

hi ..plzz take a look at my new post urgently..n help to save some one..

 
At 2:31 PM, Blogger ± said...

egaSometimes there is pleasure in the leisure of decision making.
And sometimes we need to snap.
All is circumstantial.
But don’t flip a coin. Because actually you know what option to take.
All you search for is echoes of assent to your decision…

Cheers…

 
At 3:34 PM, Blogger Sudeep said...

very very true..

this reminds me of the scene frm Matrix movie where the oracle offers Neo a chocolate n says i already know whether u r going to yake it or not, but still i have to give u options n he replies tht Options is the cause of all problems

hope u properly flipped the coin..

 
At 9:02 PM, Blogger Kathy said...

...just wanna say hi ^_^
...enjoy weekend ekta also to hubby!

cheers,
-kathy-

 
At 12:17 AM, Blogger Stone said...

step 1) Firmly decide no matter what you'll agree to the watever shows up in coin.

step 2) Throw the coin in air.

step 3) Now when the coin is in air, you'll know what exactly u wanna do.

step 4) Catch the coin with both hands, and slip it into ur pocket without seeing which side showed up.

 
At 3:21 AM, Blogger luvwannabefree25 said...

should I or shouldn't I... that really defines my life..
JD ;)

 
At 2:00 AM, Blogger Neha said...

sooo true!! and this is pretty much what im facing right now.. don't noe where to go, wat to go!! wat to choose :(( actually im not yet in a position to choose..lol.. looking at the options right now and my mind keeps shifting...

 
At 1:13 PM, Blogger SeePearrl said...

well just watched Fanaah Movie yest!

This is the message of that movie which i really liked it

"Sahi aur galat ke beech faisla karna aasaan hain..

Lekin do sahi raasto mein se behtar chun na Aur Do galat raasto mein munasim ...

Yahi Hamari zindagi ke faisle karte hain"

 
At 2:30 PM, Blogger Ar Ar Ar Arrrrr said...

Alright...now temme wht happened??
and y u flipping coins??

 
At 5:11 PM, Blogger Sudarshan said...

Well you're right..we have several choices, and several decisions to make at every step. There ain't no alternative to this. We choose the best option, and stick to it..whether it results in good or bad!! But yeah, choices are extremely difficult sometimes!! Its not only women, but men too who face similar problems lol

 
At 6:04 AM, Blogger Sugababee said...

eeny meanny miney mo?

 
At 10:00 AM, Blogger Aradhna said...

Great! to be indecisive and think one has deciding powers.

Whenever I am in doubt always think, I am not the one who is making choices but the choices have already been made I am just executing those.

Come out of your life and watch it as if you are a director of the movie called "MY LIFE" soon even you will realise, that it just feels that we make the choices actually there isnt anything which is in our hands.

So decisive or indecisive BE HAPPY!!!!

 
At 4:41 PM, Blogger Known Stranger said...

hey you are a HR in singapore right. hey.. how about you giving links of some HR consultancy to me.. willing to relocate to singapore. now getting to work in bruuenie may be froem there i would love to shift to singapore.

 
At 12:59 AM, Blogger Dalicia said...

only have problems with clothes and shoes. and yeah, the guy too...actually, they make things complicated! :P

other than that, i can decide everything.

 
At 3:23 PM, Blogger Ekta said...

Keshi:- Aww!..was sooooo busy...thx for dropping by sexy babe:-)

Jackal:- Hey terrible sorry, ust saw ur post today after I just posted mine. Will add your blog link on mine.

Harjee:- hah...True..I agree..think I actually know what I want to do...maybe its just looking for something else to confirm my decision. We'r strange beings are'nt we!

Sudeep:- Yeah yeah..everybody seems to be agreeing with that!..So many times when I ask people for opinion and when they say something that is different from mine, I snap up!..and they'r like..."Why ask if you'v already decided?"!

Lil:- Hey thx girl...hope u had a grt weekend too!

Stone:-Haaha!...well thats a good option..think I'll try that!..Welcome to the blog and thx for dropping by

Luv:- Sigh!...

Neha:- Guess if you look at it, everyday every moment we have options and thats what our lives are about--making decisions!

White:- Woah!...Just for this now I HAVE to see fanaa!...Thx for giving me one more reason besides aamir to watch the movie!
Couldnt have said it better!

Arzoon:- :-(:-(..Such is life!..What to do!

Sudarshan:- Thats the irony, you cant do with options , you cant do without them..!

Suga:- hehe..hey I almost forgot about that...see now uv made it even more difficult!
Should I flip or do eeny meeny!...damn!

Chiya:- *but the choices have already been made I am just executing those*
Well Honestly I would'nt have quite agreed with that earlier, but somehow I do believe in it now...when life seems so outta control from every aspect!....guess the choices have already been made!
Thx for dropping by and Hope to see more of u:-)

Known:- Hey sorry Known, am not in singapore but in HK!..Have no clue about singapore. Will galdly help if its HK

Elaine:- Woah!..ur some kinda role model for me then!
I am indecisive in almost EVERYTHING!

 
At 5:20 PM, Blogger curious said...

soooo very true! good to know i am not the only one who seems to be highly indecisive in almost anything...and my secret is getting all my answers by drawing chits...and touch head its never failed me!:)

 
At 9:48 AM, Blogger Rebus said...

So what will the exit gate be a "Hobson's Choice"

Somebody has rightly said "Destiny is not a matter of chance but a matter of choice"

So here's your chance to choose

 

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