Welcome to Life — Guide to a fresh start
One may think that life starts when you are born with a loud scream that makes everybody except you smile, or even before that when millions of sperms race with each other to reach that glorious egg. Even I thought the same or had more crazy theories of my own but I came to know about the truth much later. In fact the truth hit me hard on the face.
Life starts the moment you are out of your fun campus and need a job for your bread and butter. This revelation strikes each individual at different points in life.
If you are born into a less fortunate household and your parents want you to work long before you could actually speak A for Apple, then you have already experienced the bitter truth in life. But for people like me who is fortunate enough to go through school, get through bachelors and then masters, the truth hit you far later in your life.
Around your mid 20s the entire world will start seeing you like a fully fledged adult, but for you, you are still a kid who dreams about going to Hogwards and studying wizardry one day. And if you happen to be a girl then the whole society wants to see you get married. Your neighbours are more concerned about you than your parents.
So I fall into the latter category.
During one of those nights when I was thinking about all this half sleepy lying in my bed, I heard an inner voice that told me “ Welcome to Life ! ”
You are given all that you need by your parents, to study and get some decent scores when you are in the college. But life takes a turn when you are done with your college. You need to earn, look after your parents, manage a house and get a car, pay all your bills. You have to put effort into everything that is going to happen in your life, not only on the finance side but also on the physical , mental and emotional side.
Yes life does change after college.
So thats when I start wondering how to make this starting a little less miserable and more enjoyable and yeah, I came up with a few things which would keep you in pace with life :) .
You version 2.0
Get yourself involved in some serious physical activities.
Yoga is a great way to get started. You can branch out into Zumba, jogging or whatever that works best for you but make it a habit. This is important because when your ex sees you, the last thing you want them to think is you are doing nothing with your life. Ha-ha just kidding… It’s really good to keep yourself engaged. It will give you an open window to see things more clearly.
2. Don’t hesitate to put yourself on DND mode
These particular kinds of species can be your classmates, neighbours, relatives etc. If you are sure you are going to get some deep negative vibes from certain set of people try to stay away from them.
3. Minimalism
Since in this stage of life you don’t want to go nagging behind your parents for money, try to keep your expenses minimum. Do not over indulge yourself in shopping and parties. Get stuffs that serves multiple purpose . Or if you are someone like me who hardly knows cooking (bingo!) you just need to get yourself a bottle of milk and eat cereals for every meal… ;)
4. Social media detachment
This means you need to concentrate more on your life than someone elses’ life feed. Stop comparing yourself with all of those successful friends of yours. For me, my feed always get flooded with my friends either getting married or having kids. So if you don’t want to feel “What the hell you are doing with your own life” then just keep a distance from those feeds.
5. Make your own choices
And last but not the least, is to think what you really want to do with your life.
Get a cup of coffee and have some “You” time. Think deeply what kind of a job will make you feel happy.
It’s okay if you don’t want to get into a job.
Its okay if you want to get married to a man you love and make some gorgeous kids.
It’s okay if you want to be an artist, teacher, pilot whatever that makes you happy.
Make sure that whatever decision you take, its yours !
“When life welcomes you, you need to stay happy to enjoy it to the fullest. So happy life folks!”
