The journey down the road December 3, 2009

After months I felt like visiting my blog and posting something on it. I still do not have anything to write on. I am hoping something would start forming in my mind and continue to flow down my fingers as I keep typing. Its not that I have nothing in my mind. I do have a lot of thoughts jumbled up that I want to express but since I am not blogging anonymously, I do not feel comfortable writing about them. May be I should start an anonymous blog as well…

I am at a stage in life where I am right at the verge of jumping from one important stage to another more important and perhaps a much longer stage. I am about to graduate and step into the 9-to-5 world. I have made my mind to at least start working and then consider about other options.  Out of the several paths lying in front of me, I will end up being on one of them; either choosing it out of my choice or being directed by Fate, I don’t know. At one extreme end, I might start working and, given its a decent job with regular promotions coming along either in the same company or in different ones, this shall be my career path. Doesn’t seem too exciting to me. Working for someone else for all my life has never been my dream. Despite being assured of a stable income and a relatively easier life, the monotony freaks me out. I need something more dynamic and exciting where one can never clearly envision the road that lies ahead and can feel the subtle joy of expecting surprises lying around the corner.

I might work for a couple of years and decide to get back to studies. Which university and which degree – I have no idea. It could be anything from a specialized degree in robotics to a general MBA. I do want to go abroad and study but have not chalked out any definite plans. Even after I complete the second degree, I will again be faced with the dilemma of becoming a 9-to-5-er or doing something else. I find the prospect of starting my own business very exciting. I love being independent and may be this is what pushes the desire in me. Entrepreneurship runs in my blood too. This is a not-so-rosy path filled with uncertainty and challenges but at the same time brightened with the expectation of surprises and the joys of victory. Thinking about this makes me feel a little more comfortable.

Perhaps a hybrid of both of these would be joining my family business. However, given that my current education is not in line with any of the business activities, it might be a tough decision on my part. My father, too, has never shown any interest in accepting me into the business.

While these are some of the possible turns I might end up taking on the journey down the road, there are some paths which, at present, do not excite me at all. One of them is entering into teaching. Despite this being a very noble profession, I do not find my self to be a ‘teacher-material’. I do not have anything against the profession itself, but for some odd reasons, I feel it is somewhat under-utilization of resources. May be working and teaching part-time is better.

Many people reading this might find me to be an indecisive confused person. A lot of people have set a definite goal for themselves and have also designed a clear definite path towards that.  They have thought about everything on that road and have developed plans to deal with anything coming along the way. I am so not one of them. I say this because I have a firm belief that role of Fate is more powerful than all our plannings. This is the reason that throughout this little write-up, I have written about ‘ending up’ on a path and not ‘entering into’ one.

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