Looking
back, what I remembered the most about my life in the cubicle the utter
boredom. Back before I started travelling, I worked in construction company. I
was assistant billing engineer. There were six people in my department (All
older than me) and I spent most of my days assisting these people on billing
issue and other construction related technical stuff. It was chaotic and hectic
life. (When I came back from my first solo cycle trip in April 2016 and returned to world of construction
office work, it was the boredom and large amount of downtime that led me to
leave that company once and for all and pursue my passion in travelling)
Back
then, every day felt the same and I felt stale and uninspired.
“What I am doing wrong?” I would wonder.
“After
all, I work, go out on weekends, and have good friends and hobbies. Isn’t this
the good living?
But,
something was missing. A piece of the puzzle wasn’t there.
I
felt like the guy from the movie, “Tamasha”
“Lakir
ka phakir, utho, brush karo, tie bandho, office jao, kam karo, room pe return
aao, khana khao, so jao, and next day, repeat.
I
read somewhere; “jis kam me tumhe khushi milti ho o kam karoge toh kam – kam
nahi lagega.”
But
I don’t buy the idea that “you can find your passion” by sitting down with a
pen and paper and thinking, “okey, I am going to write down my passion and just
do that.”
I
think you stumble onto your passion.
You
go out and live life and then realize, “this is the thing that light my fire
the most.”
One
of my friend recently got into farming. He has done his masters in food
technology. Still, He got into farming. Why?
Because
he love doing farming. He has his own farm and he try to cultivate something
new every time. He kept experimenting in farming technology. That’s what He
loves to do and He is very passionate about it.
The
same happened to me. Once I started travel and adventure I found out that what
I want in life. Adventure was my passion.
When
I left my job for adventure purpose, everyone thought I was crazy for giving up
on the job. When on the other side everyone else desperately trying hard to get
one.
While
there are many people who are fine with office work from 9:30 to 7:00, I
realised am not one of those people.
Its
when we start living our life that we find the stuff we love doing.
If
your unhappy or daydreaming about your life and want to do amazing things, you
have to make it happen. You have to get out there and do.
Nothings
going to happen if you don’t move.
Sitting
at home watching videos on you tube isn't going to change anything. You wont
lose your weight if you don’t work out. You wont meet people if you stay at
home. Your cycle wont move if you don’t paddle. She will never come to date
till you ask.
You
will never know if you do more if you don’t push yourself.
Life
happens outside of your door. And it is something you have to participate in!
The
day I quite my job was the day I took step towards living a life I wanted.
Every
day I take one more step from reading to writing, cycling a KM more, exploring
unknown route of sahyadri to making my passion as a profession.
My
life isn't going to change unless I make it happen.
Neither
will yours.
And then once you stumble upon what it is you love,
pursue it with vigour..because theres nothing worse than a wasted dream!
