Dare To Dream



Source

Many a times in our life we think about bringing change into the society and make this world a better place to live. Many make big statements as if they are next Mandela or mother Teresa but they forget one simple thing that Mahatma Gandhi said “Be the change you want to see around.” For many bringing that change in their life is what seems most difficult but when they start to bring that change in their life that is when they realize that change is indeed refreshing.

It was summer of 69, not the year 1969 but that summer when my 12^th standard result came I scored 69%. I was ok with the percentage that I got. I took admission in an average engineering college. In the buffer period in which I had to join the college after 12^th I started writing web contents for a local company. I like reading the random stuff and the contents were as random as my reading content. It became food of my thoughts and made me more inquisitive. I liked writing and even liked it more when I got paid for it. Soon my college started and the contents that I wrote soon became folder that I would not open.

In 6^th semester I participated in college level prose writing competition and won consolation prize. It felt good and bad at the same time. I was disappointed of the fact that I was not able to create the content quickly on the topic that was given to me. But like everyone else that phase also passed and again I got involved in the studies. After that I got placed in a company from college. Joined that job and successful completed my training but was kept on bench and that is when I indulged into that activity of writing and starting having fun tapping the keyboard and earning extra bucks for it.

Few of my friends suggested me to go for freelance writing and at first I did not pay attention to it but created an account on one of the freelancing websites and uploaded my skills and sample articles that I had written previously.

After two weeks of creating the account I got an email regarding a small content writing work. I was elated and little worried. I consulted few of my friends and then replied to the mail positively. Soon I got another email for a telephonic interview and I agreed with a little hesitation. I got that small content writing work and earned a small yet satisfying amount from my first content freelance writing work.

I did part time content writing for a year and the pay that I was getting per article rose. It was the time I knew that writing was something that not only helped me financially but also helped me in relaxing. In the mean time I searched on net a lot about the various styles of writing and even attended workshops to improve my writing skills.

This was the time when I was in a big dilemma of whether to pursue my career in IT or to become a full time writer. I chose the latter one. It was the decision that changed my life in all the aspects. For few initial months I was disheartened and saw my savings disappearing, but it finally paid off and now whenever someone asks what you do, I proudly respond “I am a professional writer.” Now I am totally satisfied and happy with what I do.

Sometimes you got to dare to get out of the snare.

Optimism- Half Glass Full

Source

Optimism is the word that we have been listening from the time we were kids. Our parents, teachers, friends, siblings have always taught us what is the advantage of being optimistic. Many of us still tend to believe that it is term that is been only coined for the utopian state and in the real life there is no implementation whatsoever. Even I used to think about the same before the incident that happened with me.

I was an average student throughout my academic life with partial level of participation in various curricular activities. I liked being average and never aimed to become a topper and was satisfied with my marks but there was one dream that I nurtured in my conscience from the time I chose PCM (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) as stream in 11^th standard. It was dream of studying in one of the prestigious colleges of the nation. I used to day dream about the time when I would be studying in a prestigious engineering college.

When the result came, all that had was just disappointment. My marks were only enough to get me a seat in an average engineering college of my city. I fell from the castle that I built in the air for my success. The life seemed meaningless. I was broken and hated each and every day that I spent in the college. I always hated it when I had to answer the question “In which college do you study?”

That frustration of not able to deliver and not studying in a good college always used to impel me from inside. One day my friend and I were sitting at local coffee shop and my friend’s friends arrived. There my friend introduced me to one of his friends who was working in a reputed company. He was my friend’s neighbor. I said to him “Seems like I will not be able to work in a company like yours because of the bad college.” To which he replied “I have also not done engineering from a good engineering college and even my CGPAs are not that great, so it is not about college and CGPA.”  After that incident I started enjoying my life and followed the approach half glass full approach. It is one thing that changed my life and helped me in grooming my personality.

I started having positive outlook towards life after that meeting and started having fun. The change was slow but was permanent and made me aware of the side that I never knew I had. It was a new beginning and I was surprised to know that I have become an example for many. Now I am placed in a good company with a good salary. Life is short and gets shorter as we grow up, so just chill and have fun with life. You will see yourself growing exponentially.
#Lookup