End of a Fantastic Era!!!!!

The decade of 2000 is coming to an end….I just can’t believe it’s getting over. This decade has a special significance in my life, as it began with setting me free. I was like a bird that had just left the coziness of her home. I can still relate to that feeling when I was leaving, some mixed feelings – happy but gloomy, excited but some unknown apprehensions. From the time I had my senses, I somehow knew that I will be an engineer and I was moving a step closer to my dream. I knew dreaming is so easy, but didn’t know it comes with its own share of efforts and risks that might turn out to be a success or failure. So the beginning of this decade was a beginning of a new chapter in my life…..a chapter full of dreams, passions, explorations…….

As this era is coming to an end, my head feels great to see all the achievements, findings, wisdom I gained over these crucial years of my life and I’m looking forward to the next level in the new decade. Lots of lessons learnt, moments to cherish, accomplishments to celebrate, failures to remember, and tons of thoughts to put in but I don’t know where to start. The crux of all the things I have seen over the last 10 years is that if you really want something in life you will get it. You might get surprised when God decides to give you more than you wanted and the funny thing is even when you get it, you will be thinking what next…… This has happened to me many times; I wanted to be an engineer, and when I became one I was like, but there is so much more to learn. I so wanted to get into IIT, but when I was in, I was like that’s ok but what next? It’s like as soon as you achieve a goal, your mind has already set some new goals.

I was always fascinated with research, so when I got into the kind of place I was looking for, it’s a great feeling. Time just flies when you are working…. Fridays and Mondays are all you count and then months, years go by. Especially, if you love what you are doing. It’s a new concept of R&D, a new dimension to research…. It’s not a fruitless research, its smart work, an element of research with market analysis, business development and a great deal of project management..... makes it a deadly combination. Moreover, solving problems with people from different backgrounds in the same room and troubleshooting the problem is just mind blowing. You will actually be surprised to see how efficiently a problem disappears and a solution appears. I mean just a different perspective on the problem solves it, it’s really incredible. I’m amazed as to how a single problem can be solved in ‘n’ number of ways. The working generation of today is very comfortable with brainstorming sessions, I personally love these sessions. It’s phenomenal to see people from different backgrounds coming together and solving a problem. I mean literally putting their heads together to solve a common problem. I have seen problems getting solved in just a few seconds, if not solved at least we know it’s not a dead end, there are many ways out there to try out. Seeing everyone in the group having a different perspective is very exciting. It always gives you more alternatives to look for. I love the power of brain storming and I surely love the energy it brings in with it.

I have always loved what I do but there are times when I get frustrated, times when I want to give up, times when everything goes wrong, but I just manage to gear up strength and decide to fight back, and once I have decided I fight back hard, there is no looking back. Believe me nothing is impossible in life as long as you don’t give up. Life will never be easy you will just have to keep fighting and find your way. I remember a poem I read in school “be like a stream of water that is never scared of heights or obstructions on the way, it just makes its own way to reach the destination”
So true…..

So everybody out there, don’t be afraid to do something new, different and exploit all your hobbies… all that you always wanted to do but could not, due to something or the other. Life is very short, so exploit everything, every hobby, and even craft some new ones………. make it an adventure. I have come so far only because I was never afraid of trying something new, something different and I feel contented when I look back………….