MBa- check!
So I moved to Mumbai in June.
Working now..finally! I know how people crib about wishing to never leave college.. fun and frolic college life.. blah blah. I never felt that during my post grad. Made plenty of potential colleagues and also a handful of close friends. And although it was heart breaking parting ways with them, I would never wish to stay.
It's not like I have never seen that phase, or felt the feeling of never wanting to leave. I have been there too but only during my graduation. I made some fantastic friends.. closest ever! The last few days of grad college was a trauma. I couldn't imagine letting go of friends who had become my family - my home away from home.
I moved to India in 2006. Leaving home should have ideally involved a lot of mixed feelings. But for me, it didn't. The only low was living away from my bundle of joy - my brother. I was a teenager who had never been away from home; not even for a vacation with friends. So the whole idea of new found independence was super exciting.
That's the kick I get today from being employed; from having moved away from the distorted idea of independence when I first left home to having understood what it truly means; from knowing that independence does not mean doing as you wish just because your parents aren't around to supervise you but understanding that while every action you do has a consequence, being independent entails being responsible for those consequences.
Post one month of my luxurious stay at the company guest house and a few weeks of rampant house hunting I am proud to say that I have finally found my abode, which I shall be paying a bomb for, independently.
Yes, independence is very expensive in this part of the world. And that picture you see, that's the view from my balcony.
*Truly Blissful*
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