Giving a pause to my book reviews am back with another post of mine. Sticking to the thought that i should write atleast one blog post per month is becoming a bit difficult, nevertheless i somehow end up writing one thanks to my saturday work schedule. Ahh yes i work on saturdays too..although most of my friends know about this now i get a chance to let the whole world know about it.
This month july is really special to me. There are quite a few reasons for it but the best one is my relationship with the IT field. It was on the first day of this month exactly two years back, i had begun my career.I still remember the day very clearly(seems as though it was yesterday) and i wonder how time flew.It was and will always be one of the most important and cherished days of my life,the part of my life which helped me in learning more about myself." A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions"
As we grow we realise that many things learnt in the childhood becomes meaningless,I'm not quoting about education(ofcourse that's a different issue) but about the other things like the way we treat another person,the way we behave or treat another person due to which sustainability becomes a gruelling race.
I still remember the day when a senior at work asked me if i have entered 17th standard (summing up my years at school and college) just because i didnt know something which he knew. Ofcourse he was such a snob and at that instant two things dawned upon me..one that i was put in a barbaric land where any kinds of display of intelligence is stupidity unlimited and the second one being my notion to not treat my juniors in a similar way.Two years down the lane it occurred to me that people behave in such a way when they feel intimidated.They behave in such a way so that they can pull you down. Unfortunately this i realised, is the heart and soul of the IT industry. The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence which ultimately is a mirage.
True i really learnt a lot of things and my patience helped me a lot in various instances..i came across different types of people who both amused and annoyed me at the same time. A person once told me that we could never have friends at work place and at that juncture i found some ambiguity in the thing he told. But now there is a role reversal and i have ended up telling the same thing to many people.Period !!
Two years and three projects later i realise that i have fallen in love. Yes i mean it..i really am in love and it is so very profound that it brings tears to my eyes. The romance which i encounter makes me speechless at times (most of the time rather).I'm ending the usage of cliches here but i cant help it can i..i'm so very in love with my work, since i spend atleast 54 hours a week with it i'm one step behind addiction.This has crafted me into a workaholic which astounds me at times : who ME ? a Workaholic? since when ? Well it was since the moment i realised that i have fallen in love with the work i do..something that keeps me going on when everything else pulls me behind.
So here iam sitting at my workplace on a saturday afternoon not knowing whatever is going on in the outside world as iam binded with work..i understood that i am getting used to it irrespective of the aghast reactions i receive when i tell people that iam working on a saturday. Somehow it gives me a sense of pride since it helps in defining the new 'career-girl' ME.
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8 comments:
hmmm... good one Deepika :-)
@Arjun
Thankyou :)
Getting romantic with work is something to be cherished .Right Job,Right Place,Right people ,u are all set to be a career woman.cheers.
I think am commenting for the first time, though have been following your blog. Well, i could see lot of self-introspection and thats the key to growth. And yourself have matured from observing people to understand people, listening and acting based on advices to rationalize and act according to your beliefs, which is great and a part of evolution of the self. But i would like to disagree on your view that whatever we learnt in childhood is meaningless. I feel, we learn, get confused and again relearn the same with better clarity makes us. I think that will be your next phase :). And loving your work is the greatest gift one can achieve. I recently wrote in my FB that "Career without passion is like wearing used socks. It may appear decent to others, but stinks inside."
Deepika, u know am really not good @ commenting or review.
appearances can be deceptive, but I found that image of yours v deceptive. I really thought that it was ab FT bag or fashion !
Anyways, first things first. I completely agree with you, with the intimidation factor. intimidation breeds jealously .
It's imp tht u dun become workaholic. as always, play while u play, work while u work !good one deepi !
G
PS : next tym am nt commenting if u dun remove ur captcha :((((((
@Sruthi
Thankyou :)
making the hay while the sun shines ;)
Cheers !!
@Hariharan
Thankyou for follwing my blog and spending some time to read it. I must say you have inferred quite well from what i have written and yes passion is something which is very much needed in anything we do. Thanks again for the valuable inputs.
Cheers !!!
@Sandhiya
Yes intimidation and jealousy are mutually exclusive !!
And yes i will work while i work..will keep that on mind !!! Thankyou !!
Will remove the captcha !!
Cheers !!! :)
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