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The life stories of a Village born traveler

Being vocal on the vocal? (My first awkward try on blogging)

By RoschPublished 4 years ago 4 min read
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The life stories of a Village born traveler
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As a kid, while hanging down from a mango tree, I never thought of anything other than becoming an Engineer. Sounds weird, right?

For the little kid, being an engineer meant having lots of money to travel the world, eat different kinds of food, and visit different places. His relative, an engineer, always showed him photos of different places and explained the taste of mouth-watering food he ate. So for the kid, engineering was a shortcut to money, food, and travel. See, the issue was everyone thought I wanted to be an engineer cause that was my dream. Wrong, I wanted to be an engineer cause I wanted to taste different food and travel to different countries. And the little guy hanging from a mango tree cherished mango's taste while thinking of being an engineer later to eat other food.

Whenever he was asked what he wanted to be, he would excitedly reply, "I want to be an engineer!" Most never asked why he wanted to be one and were very happy with the answer provided. Some even congratulated. Little did that kid know about the effort that needs to be put to be a skilled and successful engineer.

The kid grew up slowly and started asking the question, why? Why does a god having a mountain in his hand? Why do we visit a temple? But at that time Internet was not available and the kid searched them in books. He slowly started reading more and fell in love with books. Still, he never doubted engineering was a solution. Poor kid never thought of bold concepts like passion or goals. He was rather happy with books and its imaginary world, where he was a traveler and eating yummy food.

As the kid became a teen, the pressure to perform, followed by parents' expectations of the initially narrated dream of becoming an engineer, started burdening and overwhelming the teen. But then, the teen wanted to always show he is an excellent poster-boy material. He wanted to be an example for his younger sibling and cousins like his parents wanted. Little did he then know marks were not everything; neither was accepting whatever your parents wanted you to do a necessity. The reasoning in that teen's mind was: Cause parents fed him tasty food and took him to different places, he should do whatever they want him to do. For a teen who grew in the Village, the family was everything the world he knew or what he perceived to be his universe was small. The teen understood the world little by little only through books. And books were expensive and sparse in English.

The more he knew, the more he yearned to travel. Asking anyone how to visit different countries, gave only one answer: "Become a doctor or Engineer and earn lots of money, and then you can travel anywhere."

If I could travel back in time, I would admonish the people in providing such an answer and educate the child that his focus was misaligned. I would have caringly clarified to him that to eat different food and to travel the world, becoming a doctor or an engineer is not the only option.

Success is never measured in marks or accolades instead of the passion and effort you put in the skills you develop. In the current generation, I see the same things repeating, just the profession changes or the branch changes. I wish to rectify this horrendous mistake in whichever way I can and whatever medium I can use. The first of its steps marked within my home itself as I preached my younger sibling and my cousins to pursue what they like and made them understand that life is not all about marks, careers, and accolades you accumulate. Whenever says its too late to learn something, I correct them saying:

"It is never too late to learn a new skill, one can only imagine being too old to be really great at it. But if it is your passion, pursue it, at least you would feel happy and fulfilled if not successful enough in your own terms."

A point to note is whatever I have highlighted has been already told multiple times via movies, quotes, or books. Instead, consider this as a journal that desires to narrate a story tinged with the reality that was lived by this amateur blogger.

The teen found his true passion, though, in later stages, narrated in the following blogs later. This is legit my first ever try on a blog. Apologies in advance for any mistakes, and let me know your feedback or constructive criticism on comments.

Stay safe, keep yourself hydrated.

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About the Creator

Rosch

An ambivert, amateur singer, avid reader, and a noob gamer who loves to procrastinate and write occasionally.

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