All of us dream to become something in life right from our childhood. You are asked to tell about your ambition right from primary.The first thing any stranger 'uncle' or 'aunty' asks is 'What are you going to do in life?'.( Well, our mind goes, 'Trust me, IF only I knew!'). Same thing happened to me today.
So this strange uncle came to my house while I was lisenting to music. HAPPY WEEKEND!!!
Uncle: What are you doing, dear?
Me: Engineering, uncle.
Uncle: Oh nice. ( but he sounded like 'cliche!'). Then, where are you going to do MS?
Me: No plans as of now. But I might study 'English Literature'.
Uncle: Oh! ( His face said 'That's not what people in India do!')
Then he started talking about some random person's son's brother-in-law's cousin do Phd in some xyz college in some abc country. Well there went 30 minutes of my weekend thoroughly wasted.
SO, What the hell is it that i am planning to do? (That question always triggers the 'Brooding mode' on!)
Anyways, In my case, when I was 5 years old, I wanted to be a model (I could hear my mom's mind whizzing fast to shoot the cons of the profession). When I was 12, I wanted to be a dancer ( I still secretly wish). When i was 15, I wanted to be a doctor( Indian instincts kicking in). Some where in the middle I even wanted to be a tennis player. Right now, I am doing Engineering ( a full fledged typical Indian, yay ! :/ ). Shockingly, this is not an unique case. Plenty of Indians face the same scenario. I just described a mediocre Indian's life.
When you are young, you see plenty of people. So many inspire you. You wish to grow up to be like them.
You try to research about them, learn about their job, dream yourself in that place. Your future seems promising, happy and you can't wait to live there. That instant when you dream, your heart swells, happiness floods your veins, everything seems achievable and wonderful. LIFE IS GREAT.
So, how many of you lead that life now? How many of you are in that place where you wanted to be 10 years back (say). I do wish some of you are, otherwise, it is just depressing. For all those people who aren't there yet (just like me) , let me share the insight i just had a few moments ago. I hope it is life changing.
Most of us do not know what we need in life. We feel this is what we were destined to do. We follow it because someone did it and became successful. How to know if you are in the right place or not?
Let me help you there.
Right now, I am writing this blog. But silently my mind is pushing me to just save this useless shit which no one is gonna bother to read fully and carry on with my lab assignments. But I know, I don't want to do my lab work. I love my college (not 'The University', definetely not 'The University'). I love computer science. But I also know that is just not me. I may get marks but that's not what I want. I go to college every weekday, sometimes even weekends but I go just for the sake of it. I would gladly quit it given a chance. My future seems bleak, frightening.
And, that's how I decided. This is just not for me.
Every youngster goes through a phase after schooling where thousands of random people share their life stories and force you to do something they do or wanted to do. That is because of two reasons. One, they don't want to be doing it alone and secretly hope to see you fall into the same deep shit. Second, that's not their freaking life to ponder over. Some of them may even be successful in what they do. But beware, it may not be you.
Some may ask 'Why follow your dreams when you can be rich doing what you do?'. Trust me, I asked the same once and I even try to justify that sometimes. The answer is quite simple and obvious, your job defines who you are. It is you. Your character, attitude, personality revolves around what you do. You love what you do, your whole life blooms. Everything has a purpose again. Everyone seems nice and kind. Every morning is new and full of joy. Look around and you can see people who are rude, angry, lonely and always depressed, they are those who live a life that they don't love.
A wise woman once said ( yeah, that's me ) : No one can define your success. If you are doing what you love, you are already successful.
So kick your ass if you aren't doing what you want to do because it's your fault. Grab the opportunity and start leading your life the way you want. Follow your dreams because remember that is what defines you even after your death.
So this strange uncle came to my house while I was lisenting to music. HAPPY WEEKEND!!!
Uncle: What are you doing, dear?
Me: Engineering, uncle.
Uncle: Oh nice. ( but he sounded like 'cliche!'). Then, where are you going to do MS?
Me: No plans as of now. But I might study 'English Literature'.
Uncle: Oh! ( His face said 'That's not what people in India do!')
Then he started talking about some random person's son's brother-in-law's cousin do Phd in some xyz college in some abc country. Well there went 30 minutes of my weekend thoroughly wasted.
SO, What the hell is it that i am planning to do? (That question always triggers the 'Brooding mode' on!)
Anyways, In my case, when I was 5 years old, I wanted to be a model (I could hear my mom's mind whizzing fast to shoot the cons of the profession). When I was 12, I wanted to be a dancer ( I still secretly wish). When i was 15, I wanted to be a doctor( Indian instincts kicking in). Some where in the middle I even wanted to be a tennis player. Right now, I am doing Engineering ( a full fledged typical Indian, yay ! :/ ). Shockingly, this is not an unique case. Plenty of Indians face the same scenario. I just described a mediocre Indian's life.
When you are young, you see plenty of people. So many inspire you. You wish to grow up to be like them.
You try to research about them, learn about their job, dream yourself in that place. Your future seems promising, happy and you can't wait to live there. That instant when you dream, your heart swells, happiness floods your veins, everything seems achievable and wonderful. LIFE IS GREAT.
So, how many of you lead that life now? How many of you are in that place where you wanted to be 10 years back (say). I do wish some of you are, otherwise, it is just depressing. For all those people who aren't there yet (just like me) , let me share the insight i just had a few moments ago. I hope it is life changing.
Most of us do not know what we need in life. We feel this is what we were destined to do. We follow it because someone did it and became successful. How to know if you are in the right place or not?
Let me help you there.
Right now, I am writing this blog. But silently my mind is pushing me to just save this useless shit which no one is gonna bother to read fully and carry on with my lab assignments. But I know, I don't want to do my lab work. I love my college (not 'The University', definetely not 'The University'). I love computer science. But I also know that is just not me. I may get marks but that's not what I want. I go to college every weekday, sometimes even weekends but I go just for the sake of it. I would gladly quit it given a chance. My future seems bleak, frightening.
And, that's how I decided. This is just not for me.
Every youngster goes through a phase after schooling where thousands of random people share their life stories and force you to do something they do or wanted to do. That is because of two reasons. One, they don't want to be doing it alone and secretly hope to see you fall into the same deep shit. Second, that's not their freaking life to ponder over. Some of them may even be successful in what they do. But beware, it may not be you.
Some may ask 'Why follow your dreams when you can be rich doing what you do?'. Trust me, I asked the same once and I even try to justify that sometimes. The answer is quite simple and obvious, your job defines who you are. It is you. Your character, attitude, personality revolves around what you do. You love what you do, your whole life blooms. Everything has a purpose again. Everyone seems nice and kind. Every morning is new and full of joy. Look around and you can see people who are rude, angry, lonely and always depressed, they are those who live a life that they don't love.
A wise woman once said ( yeah, that's me ) : No one can define your success. If you are doing what you love, you are already successful.
So kick your ass if you aren't doing what you want to do because it's your fault. Grab the opportunity and start leading your life the way you want. Follow your dreams because remember that is what defines you even after your death.
