THE RULE OF AVAILABILITY; THAT SHAPES YOUR LIFE

Where would you like to buy a house post retirement? A). At a place where there is market, school, playground, gym, dairy farm, sabji mandi ( vegetable market) etc, or B). At a place where there is no such thing, everything is a few kilometres away from your house. I know there are always two types of people who have different opinions and preferences but this is also the truth that there are majority of them and there are minority of them. 

And in my opinion, majority of you people have already choose option A and most of you will definitely choose A, because it seems a very clear option to live a very comfortable and productive lifestyle. There are some basic requirements other than roti, kapda and makan that we need in our daily lives to live a happy life. And if we will have to think twice before going to fulfil these requirements, then our life is going to be very distracting. 

Positive sides of availability 

Assume that you want something and then step out of your house and that thing is just at a walking distance. And now assume, that you want something and then step out of your house and you need to take out your car or bike or any vehicle to go for that thing. May be once or twice in a week you are able to do that, but not everyday. 

May be this example doesn’t suit you. So, let me make it clear with one more example to differentiate. Suppose you feel thirsty while sleeping and you wake up and see that there is a jug full of water kept on bedside table, you will easily quench your thirst. But in the second picture, you feel thirsty and you wake up and realise that you have to go to the kitchen and fill up the glass with water, there are very less chances of you to quench your thirst. 

Another instance that i would like to share is of your bed room. You adjust your bed in such a way that it has switch board near it, so that you can easily put your phone on charge, put on the good night or keeping any lamp on the bedside table making your bedroom a beautiful place that brings positive vibes all the time. 

Negative side of availability

          

The best example of negative side of availability these days is your smart phone. It is always in your pocket. You start scrolling even if you don’t want to, which increases your screen time which eventually reduces your productivity and capability of managing your daily time routine. So, just try a simple exercise of reversing the rule of availability. Try to keep your phone away while meditating, while studying, while having time with your family. 

Same goes for the bad habits of smoking, drinking and whatever bad habit you think you want to get rid of. So, deliberately try not to bring the packet of cigarettes with you to your office, try not to keep alcohol at home and avoid contacting with the friends who drink very much. This is never going to be an easy exercise but you can do it slowly and gradually. Then, automatically your live start changing in positive ways and you can spend your energy in good ways. 

The rule of availability 

          

These are very simple things to understand and make your life better, but most of us fail in our lives in understanding these things and end up with a lot of distractions, complexities, bad habits and even fights. So, why to make your life complex if you can easily make it very simple by simply following what i call the rule of availability.

So, the rule of availability can bring serious changes in your life. You want to study, make the books available on the table or in the bookshelf. You want to start gym, search a one which is the most available and nearby option. You want to meditate, set a place in your house specially for this activity so that every time you go to this place, you think of meditation. You want to have a balanced diet, make a chart of your daily meal and stick it in the kitchen and fill up your refrigerator with healthy food options. 

See! You make things available to you, and things run your life. You make bad things available, it lead you to adapt bad habits. You make good things available, it lead you adapt good habits. 

Follow the rule of availability, and change your life forever. Be happy, productive and healthy.