The name of this blog is 'from the pages of my diary'..but a lil disclaimer: Not all thoughts and pieces are from my personal life... Many of these pieces are inspired by allot of beautiful people i have had the privilege to meet in my 22 years of being.
Lately I have been extremely happy, ethereally delighted, brutally hurt, painfully heartbroken and mostly just plain perplexed because of the current phase of my life.
I am working in a good company, earn decently...decent enough to satiate my desire for cute new shoes every month, I have job that is very challenging and have independence that allows me to make all the good and bad choices i should be making at this age. I was always a straight A student, always played by the rules never colored outside the lines and somehow always managed to get what i want. However these days i feel conflicted.... people my age (23-24) are very very conflicted...at least the ones i know.
A close friend of mine, Vikrant, recently broke up with a girl, Monika, who he had been with for 4 years, loved truly and wanted to marry. Vikrant, 23, had plans to work in a company right after graduation....get a 2 year work ex. then get into a good college for post grad and then work for another 2 years before marrying Monika. Monika, however couldn't wait that long. It's an Indian woman thing, girls generally get married at 25/26 years of age....so they broke up.
I think the same has happened to allot of ppl and might just happen to me.
Like I said, I have a great job. I plan to work here for another year before i go for higher studies. Now the thing is I have fallen in love. I have met someone i would one day really wanna be with. marry have kids grow old with... but I won't be able to do all of that since I would be leaving this place and so would he, for his career. How do you deal with all of this? you try and be practical and accept the fact that sometimes somethings not always happen as you would want them to. Life has become a constant battle: professional life v/s personal life. You can't have both.
Can't stay with family coz your job is in another state. can't be in a relationship coz you can't commit. There is no freaking stability in life at 23.
23 is such a difficult age. We gotta somehow make choices and stick to them....blink our eyes and hope our 26th bday comes soon....
So here's to all of you in your early twenties :
Suck it up!!
"My heart and head tussle at every juncture...the battle is constant, consistent and confusing."
Lately I have been extremely happy, ethereally delighted, brutally hurt, painfully heartbroken and mostly just plain perplexed because of the current phase of my life.
I am working in a good company, earn decently...decent enough to satiate my desire for cute new shoes every month, I have job that is very challenging and have independence that allows me to make all the good and bad choices i should be making at this age. I was always a straight A student, always played by the rules never colored outside the lines and somehow always managed to get what i want. However these days i feel conflicted.... people my age (23-24) are very very conflicted...at least the ones i know.
A close friend of mine, Vikrant, recently broke up with a girl, Monika, who he had been with for 4 years, loved truly and wanted to marry. Vikrant, 23, had plans to work in a company right after graduation....get a 2 year work ex. then get into a good college for post grad and then work for another 2 years before marrying Monika. Monika, however couldn't wait that long. It's an Indian woman thing, girls generally get married at 25/26 years of age....so they broke up.
I think the same has happened to allot of ppl and might just happen to me.
Like I said, I have a great job. I plan to work here for another year before i go for higher studies. Now the thing is I have fallen in love. I have met someone i would one day really wanna be with. marry have kids grow old with... but I won't be able to do all of that since I would be leaving this place and so would he, for his career. How do you deal with all of this? you try and be practical and accept the fact that sometimes somethings not always happen as you would want them to. Life has become a constant battle: professional life v/s personal life. You can't have both.
Can't stay with family coz your job is in another state. can't be in a relationship coz you can't commit. There is no freaking stability in life at 23.
23 is such a difficult age. We gotta somehow make choices and stick to them....blink our eyes and hope our 26th bday comes soon....
So here's to all of you in your early twenties :
Suck it up!!
