For some weird reason, I feel like writing something after a loooooong time. I was actively blogging for a couple of years after college, but then either lost enthusiasm, or life caught on me. Infact, url to those blogs still exist in my personal email signature, and coz I haven't posted anything for so long, I have to delete it every time I send out an email. Today when I checked back, two of those urls don't even exist. Hence, I decided to revive one, and write this piece.
Last couple of months were anxious and restless. I started looking back at my professional journey, and how it started. It is tough to mark a starting point to this journey, but it could probably be the day when I seriously started thinking about it.
I still remember March 31st 2000. I was standing alone at the gate of my school, waiting for the bus to get home, holding my 11th standard results, staring at a Shoonya. I wanted to reach somewhere, but had no clue where. I knew I had to do a bachelors in engineering, but 'how' and 'where' were the questions bothering me too much. I was clueless on what it takes to get in there. I had no execution plan.
I carved out one, and worked on it for the next year.
As I was getting ready to enter the counselling hall to opt for a seat for myself, I experienced a weird confidence. I felt that I don't know if this is the best decision or not, but I will certainly not regret it. That weird confidence still backs me up in many difficult situations. May be that was the day I quit the nervousness I felt throughout my entrance examinations.
I feel that was the ending of first phase of my professional journey. Today, I was thinking a lot, and seemed to be staring at the same Shoonya again, which I did 11 years back, standing on my school's gate holding the results of my 11th.
Last couple of months were anxious and restless. I started looking back at my professional journey, and how it started. It is tough to mark a starting point to this journey, but it could probably be the day when I seriously started thinking about it.
I still remember March 31st 2000. I was standing alone at the gate of my school, waiting for the bus to get home, holding my 11th standard results, staring at a Shoonya. I wanted to reach somewhere, but had no clue where. I knew I had to do a bachelors in engineering, but 'how' and 'where' were the questions bothering me too much. I was clueless on what it takes to get in there. I had no execution plan.
I carved out one, and worked on it for the next year.
As I was getting ready to enter the counselling hall to opt for a seat for myself, I experienced a weird confidence. I felt that I don't know if this is the best decision or not, but I will certainly not regret it. That weird confidence still backs me up in many difficult situations. May be that was the day I quit the nervousness I felt throughout my entrance examinations.
I feel that was the ending of first phase of my professional journey. Today, I was thinking a lot, and seemed to be staring at the same Shoonya again, which I did 11 years back, standing on my school's gate holding the results of my 11th.
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