Day 233 - It changes nothing!

The clock struck 8. I knew I was late. Barely out of sleep, I got ready as fast as I can and managed to join the 8.30 am call. Half asleep, I try to understand the tasks and its implications. After 2 hours of an information overload, I decide to have breakfast which was pongal with excessive amount of ghee which made the battle with sleep harder. I try to understand my tasks and what to make of the requirements on my screen. In no time the phone rings again at 4 pm asking me about the updates. And as usual, in the evening call, we realize that we've never manage to please them ever and decide to re-do the whole thing as per their new wishes. Slowly you realize its dinner time and you must go home as well. Postponing it for tomorrow you call it a day. While sleeping you just make new plans for tomorrow hoping to learn something new.

Clear journey up ahead

Laying back on the ship, these are the dreams that I came with and still have. Sure a job up ahead is one for the most important things that we come here for, but everyone knows its not just that. Moving back 1.5 years, I would've never even imagined that I had such an appetite for information let alone wake up for early morning classes. I had almost given up on routine and never believed I would read text books again. The journey so far has tremendous leanings and there is no reason to believe it will not be the same up ahead. Sure there is an accomplishment when you reach the summit but like I always say, the journey is complete only when you finish the descent. Landing a job is not the achievement but the sign that you have the tickets for a new base camp. After this journey starts a whole new expedition where the peak is not even visible. A challenge to keep driving yourself up. A way of living where you never lose motivation. A journey in which most settle down in their comfort zones and peacefully sleep. That is the real battle which gives you the reason to celebrate and not the successful self selling that you do over a 1 hour conversation with your future colleagues.

And with this post, I start counting the days yet again. Not in anticipation but regret, that they run faster than the waves.