Received Special Mention on the #GetFitWithFlipkart Contest
#TheFitIndiaMovement #GettingFitWithFlipkart
"Alexa! How do I look?"
"Alexa! What do you think love is?"
"Alexa! Play 'Thunderclouds'..."
"Alexa! Paint me like one of your French
girls..."
I have started using my Amazon Echo voice as
not just a virtual assistant, but also a companion who listens to me without
any emotional investment. I know it sounds terribly lonely of me but I can
assure you, it's not the 'Her' case. It is just…a whole lot of fun.
The other day, my mom kept complaining that
she is not walking enough and how much she wants to be fit again and the entire
story starting with- “I used to be stick-thin like you before I got married…”
And then it struck me what her new year gift
could be. You see, flowers and cards are passe. She has gotten too many of them
from too many people. And chocolates? Well, I had rather not, because they
actually turn out to be pseudo gifts when I end up devouring them all. So, this
time, I got my mom a fitness band. First-class. Such health-consciousness, much
wow.
You know the best thing about smart devices?
Well, they are smart. Duh.
But seriously, I like the way they give you prompts.
It’s so familiar and kinda sweet.
A few months ago, my friends gifted me a
beautiful silver-bracelet-watch. But when I turned up wearing it on my right
hand the next day, they staggered.
"I have never seen you reach any place on
time. And yet, you choose to wear two watches!"
Well, I couldn't possibly give up wearing my
favorite MiBand 3, could I? And so, yes, strange and funny as it sounds, you
will find both my wrists adorned with watches- one is the pretty silver showy
one and the other is the ruddy practical one- my fitness band. It has almost
become a habit to check how many hours of sleep I got the previous day because
trust me, it is always a revelation. You might think you slept for eight hours
because you went to bed at 12 and woke up at 8, but it is somehow never that.
And I am not just talking about the variations of sleep- deep, not so deep and
light; it's the actual number of hours that you don't realize you spend surfing
your phone or just thinking and idly staring up into the ceiling before
actually falling asleep. And let's be honest, don’t you get that thrill of
accomplishment when you feel your smart watch vibrate and tell you that you
have finished your quota of steps for the day? It even shows a cute badge of
honor that I totally gush over.
Smart devices have infiltrated our lives in
ways some of us (who are not Luddites) really appreciate. Smart home, smartwearables, smart camera, smart lights, voice recognition, fingerprint locks,
these are actually pretty cool. And the gadgets go beyond coolness now. They
are handy, sophisticated and they make life simpler and infinitely more fun.
For those of us who spend more time looking at some sort of screen or other,
these fitness gadgets are more than blessings. They are the need of the day,
hour and minute as they push us to improve our stiff postures, change our
sedentary lifestyles and move our asses from the uber-comfy couches and do
something worthwhile with our hands and feet.
What with all sorts of neoteric movements doing the
rounds, I think the most important movement has escaped publicity that it
deserved. Yes, I am talking about the Eat India Movement.
Lol, I am kidding, duh.
Of course, I meant the Fit India Movement.
A truckload of thanks to Flipkart for
spearheading this frightfully important movement because this is one revolution
that can actually unite people in ways unimaginable.
#GetFitWithFlipkart #SmartHomeRevolution
