Life Is Either An Experiment Or An Imitation

Which one are you choosing?

Shreya Badonia
Curious
Published in
4 min readDec 27, 2021

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At the beginning of this year, I started self-initiated experiments to keep the lockdown fun and learn about myself in this process.

These mainly were lifestyle design experiments to harness new habits and become a better human being.

The first experiment was to read children's books for an entire month. It kept getting harder when I started eating raw food as my first meal and following a strict morning routine. These experiments showed me a different side of life and myself. Before trying these new habits, I believed that everything was supposed to be done in the same old fashion.

All these years, I did my best to live up to the benchmark — imitating and pretending. Yet, it was not enough. It felt like I was cheating on myself.

It felt like I was cheating on myself.

The real me was burning inside and begging me to be true to who I was. I was tired of feeling hollow.

Then I started copying.

The Imitation Game Saga

At the same time, I stumbled upon the world of self-help. I read every book I could lay my hands on. Today a significant percentage of people may be anti-self-help. But…

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Shreya Badonia
Curious
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