Many a times, when I decided
to take up a job in another state, away from the place where my husband and
in-laws were; I was questioned about my decision!
After joining in the job,
when things were going kind of smoothly, I was questioned on the other related
and many unrelated issues of my life!
When I decided to again pack
and move with my two daughters, to join the work in another state, I was
questioned about the feasibility of the decision and of course the opportunity
cost attached to it!
I was questioned many a
times, that where I see myself 5 years down the line…
To all of this and many
more; I mumbled some nonsense and said I don’t know. And they laughed.
Today, I am working at the
same place, with little more achievements added in my professional as well as
in my personal life… but today also I don’t know, where do I see myself 5 years
down the line.
But today, I am rich in my
learnings. I have learnt that when we start our journey, we don’t know the kind
of problems we would face, all we know is that if it won’t work out or if we don’t
like it, we would always come back and figure things out. The thing nobody
tells you about making the big decisions; especially the crazy ones; is that it’s
not possible to know how it will turn out.
That’s why big decisions like
buying a new house or moving to US are applauded but big decisions like
pursuing your dreams or starting a START UP are considered crazy / stupid /
risky. They are called big life changing decisions for a reason, because they
can actually change your life for better.
What they don’t tell you
about big decisions is that if it doesn’t work, you can ALWAYS FIGURE IT OUT. That
figuring stuff out and problem solving is something we were never taught in school
or by the society.
So many of us just stay in
our comfort zone and never question. And make decisions out of fear. That’s why
people head straight to an Indian restaurant in a new country because they can’t
wrap their head around a new culture or worse just put up making choices that
are ‘right’ in society without thinking what it actually means to them.
