It is the wedding season once again, this time more than ever. Me and my peer group are now in the eligible bachelors and bachelorettes zone and there is always talk of someone you know or someone you know only through someone else getting married. It's not even surprising anymore, the first two came as shocks I'll admit, but now we're used to it.
Without getting into the age old debate of love vs arranged form of marriage, I want to move on to something else which is equally important - what you love doing vs what you have to do. Some people are lucky enough to be working where they want to and doing what they enjoy most. I say lucky because they got the opportunity and pounced on it, some had the guts to take the risk, while there are some who made it happen for themselves. I have only admiration and jealousy for these people, wish I was among you.
A big part of getting there depends on knowing what you really really want to do. That is the first and most important step, which, being completely honest, I have not been able to do till date. To borrow from an old cliche, I'm still searching for my true calling, but, being completely honest again, I haven't been doing that either. Does that suck or what!
I had realized that I'm not a hard working type long ago, unless it's something I like doing. I've been handed everything on a plate and I have become used to it. I haven't had to work hard for anything be it getting good grades in school or getting into a decent college and passing out in the stipulated time or even getting a job. Until now. Keeping the job requires a level of dedication and effort which I'm not averse to. Losing the job is an exaggeration, it's more like being left behind/confined to the lower rungs of the success ladder. The competition is way ahead of me and I'm not doing enough to stay in the race. It's not the same as it was in college where I didn't care about the race because I had better things to do than studying. It matters now, I feel bad when I'm left behind. And it's a pretty bad way to realise that you suck. Enough cribbing, I should get to work.
High: Not that bad a day at work.
Low: Sigh. I sigh a lot, don't I?
Points: Don't know, you decide.
Without getting into the age old debate of love vs arranged form of marriage, I want to move on to something else which is equally important - what you love doing vs what you have to do. Some people are lucky enough to be working where they want to and doing what they enjoy most. I say lucky because they got the opportunity and pounced on it, some had the guts to take the risk, while there are some who made it happen for themselves. I have only admiration and jealousy for these people, wish I was among you.
A big part of getting there depends on knowing what you really really want to do. That is the first and most important step, which, being completely honest, I have not been able to do till date. To borrow from an old cliche, I'm still searching for my true calling, but, being completely honest again, I haven't been doing that either. Does that suck or what!
I had realized that I'm not a hard working type long ago, unless it's something I like doing. I've been handed everything on a plate and I have become used to it. I haven't had to work hard for anything be it getting good grades in school or getting into a decent college and passing out in the stipulated time or even getting a job. Until now. Keeping the job requires a level of dedication and effort which I'm not averse to. Losing the job is an exaggeration, it's more like being left behind/confined to the lower rungs of the success ladder. The competition is way ahead of me and I'm not doing enough to stay in the race. It's not the same as it was in college where I didn't care about the race because I had better things to do than studying. It matters now, I feel bad when I'm left behind. And it's a pretty bad way to realise that you suck. Enough cribbing, I should get to work.
High: Not that bad a day at work.
Low: Sigh. I sigh a lot, don't I?
Points: Don't know, you decide.
3 comments:
It is a slippery slope for many us isn't it?
Once you HAVE to do something you always stand the chance of loving it less. If I had to write absolutely write a blog-post everyday by a certain deadline I'm not so certain I'd enjoy it.
Agreed. But what I was trying to say was that the blog post you are supposed to write is not dictated to you in the sense that you are not restricted by subject or context or word limit or anything else for that matter. When you actually do sit down to write a post, no matter how meaningless it may be because it's just for the sake of posting something, you know in your heart that you can, will and most importantly want to do better because you're good at it and it matters to you.
Very well put. :)
By wanting to do something you put your heart into it ensuring that you do a better job at it.
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