A trophy for you

Meaning of atrophy, in short, if you put a query on Google:

gradually decline in effectiveness or vigour due to underuse or neglect.

Biceps atrophy. Brains atrophy. Minds atrophy too. Still don't get it? Here are a couple of pics to understand.

While biceps and brains are physical muscle-groups (and so can be represented visually), what constitutes a 'mind' is open to interpretation. Even so, it can't be difficult to see how minds can atrophy.

Since our 'work' or 'profession' or 'office' consumes so much of our waking life, and how well our mind works depends in a significant way on the 'work' we engage ourselves in, you might be able to counter mental atrophication with the Cockpit Planner. Try it.

What are the options to stare at?

After we wake up, it feels as if our eyes, since they are open wide, look at different things by default. So they stare at the newspaper by default, at the mobile screen by default, at the tea cup by default, at the mirror by default, at themselves by default, at the laptop screen filled by Facebook or Gmail by default.

If this reader's logical mind lights up, he/she would mutter, "Hold on, I choose what my eyes stare at!"

If you choose what your eyes stare at, here are the options. Not exhaustive, but you know your options better. So here's a little list of options in no particular order.

• Mirror
• Laptop Screen (Facebook Screen, Gmail Screen, Flipkart Screen et al)
• Mobile Screen (Whatsapp Screen, Facebook Screen, some weird whacko game screen et al)
• Television Screen (Cricket, Tennis, Movies, Soaps et al)
• Book
• Scene out of the window
• Dustbin
• Cockpit Planner
• Mess on the table
• Wrist Watch
• Lover's Eyes
• Tablet Screen
• Window of a shop

Days go by, eyes wander and stare at God knows what all things. Work just doesn't get over, forget any joy emerging out of it. Technology sucks the sights out of the eyes, we hardly understand what's happening. We lament over beer and think we've bared it all.

I open my Cockpit Planner. Eyes feel a little less worked up, a little less entertained. Sights get better.