My MBA is finally complete & its over a year into an average-paying, mediocre, boring & tiresome IT job. Every day I walk to the office, I say to myself, Oh..my God same silly old office again. Seeing the number of Good-bye/Adieu/Hasta-la-vista/Phir Milenge/Journey Begins & Journey ends, emails that fill my mailbox daily, I suspect that feeling is really universal. Either most of us are reaching the mid life crisis some 10-15 years earlier or the effective lifespan has itself reduced to 50-60 years, making it a prefect midlife crisis.
I sometimes, remind myself of the school days, when I really hated to go to the the school and would rather prefer to play or sleep at the home, but that was not the case to be. Now when, I go back in time, those were such lovely days, with no worries. Just 5 hours of school, moderate homework, sleep, good food, chess and TV serials (including HumLog, Krishi Darshan, Chitrahaar, Mahabharat, HeMan etc.). Only those who have seen these serials or were born during that time, would be able to correlate the ecstasy & joy associated with these legendary serials or the DoorDarshan era.
Grass always appears to be greener on the other side. Going backwards in time, in preschool, I waited patiently for middle school, hoping become a senior & then waited for high school, waiting for adolescence (& of course the legal drinking and theater entry age). After that for engineering, and next for reaping the fruits of employment & then to escape the misery of job into the trap of MBA & finally now back to the mortal path of IT again.
I did try following the path of philanthropy and designed to dedicate two prime years of my life towards a very high profile NGO, but when I raised critic questions about their marketing plans, tasks and deeds, they chickened out and never replied back; so I gave up. Now, I am trying to discover the path of entrepreneurship, but God knows, when I will start. A wise man once said, "To act and not think is equally bad as to think and not act", but I guess I am equally bad at both fronts.
As I began preparing for my MBA entrance, a question loomed in my mind, "Why MBA?", I am still in search of the answer... Amen.
I sometimes, remind myself of the school days, when I really hated to go to the the school and would rather prefer to play or sleep at the home, but that was not the case to be. Now when, I go back in time, those were such lovely days, with no worries. Just 5 hours of school, moderate homework, sleep, good food, chess and TV serials (including HumLog, Krishi Darshan, Chitrahaar, Mahabharat, HeMan etc.). Only those who have seen these serials or were born during that time, would be able to correlate the ecstasy & joy associated with these legendary serials or the DoorDarshan era.
Grass always appears to be greener on the other side. Going backwards in time, in preschool, I waited patiently for middle school, hoping become a senior & then waited for high school, waiting for adolescence (& of course the legal drinking and theater entry age). After that for engineering, and next for reaping the fruits of employment & then to escape the misery of job into the trap of MBA & finally now back to the mortal path of IT again.
I did try following the path of philanthropy and designed to dedicate two prime years of my life towards a very high profile NGO, but when I raised critic questions about their marketing plans, tasks and deeds, they chickened out and never replied back; so I gave up. Now, I am trying to discover the path of entrepreneurship, but God knows, when I will start. A wise man once said, "To act and not think is equally bad as to think and not act", but I guess I am equally bad at both fronts.
As I began preparing for my MBA entrance, a question loomed in my mind, "Why MBA?", I am still in search of the answer... Amen.
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