I am an engineer who followed his heart just like everyone says, people have been taking follow your passion a tad bit over board as they do not know the trade off it comes with.
In India we are all asked to follow the routine, the routine is get your education from a top ranked university and then get a job where you are expected to work from 9-5. Weather or not you like you have to do it.
I know this is the case with many here, people who believe in creativity and freedom of expression can never do that, from the very young age I always wanted to travel. Even when I asked myself what i would want to do, I used to tell I want to travel the world. Somehow that never caught the attention.
I did not want to disappoint my parents and I was good at studies too, I was doing well in that aspect and was coming out with flying colors. When ever I asked myself if this si something I really wanted the answer was a NO!!!
After completing my engineering course I started working for a private firm and started funding my own travels with my salary, it was a good paying job. Money was never a matter of concern to me in life, I knew it was important but never felt that is the only thing important in life.
I rode solo on my modest 150cc motorbike from the southern most tip of India to Northern Most Tip in 2013 and that changed me as person forever. I started evaluating things in life based on its importance and priority.
I now wanted things which gave me happiness from within and not just materialistic pleasures.I then followed it up by my first international bike ride across Trans Himalayan countries of Nepal, Bhutan and North East India.
It was now when I decided I will quit my job and follow my dreams. I accept it was hard as I will be cutting off my steady income source, but again when ever I thought of inner peace I knew I am doing right thing in life.
It has been 2 years of slightly less money, but 100 times more happiness. Even if i earn a cent now it is by my application of mind and effort. I am proud of my decision and will never go back to working for someone else's dreams ever again.
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