Gen Y Life in a Big City
It's a weekday and I come back from my corporate office. Since last few days, this empty feeling has started to kick in as soon as dusk starts. As people start leaving for their homes, you start to dread going back to your house. Not because, there is something at work which makes you want to come there over & over again, but because the emptiness is more at house.
As a small town child, it had been a dream to come to the big city and make a name there, to have more control of what life has to offer, living life to the fullest and on your own terms. With each passing year, the control seems to be getting away. When you have to miss the important days in your family's lives, just because you can't be there for more than certain days, since you don't have enough approved leaves left. When you have to cancel plans with your friends, because every time, someone has to tend to some critical stuff at work which can't be avoided. When you have stayed at a place for over a year, but still don't know anyone else in the neighborhood because you can't afford the time required to build a relationship. When you want to go away in the calmness of wilderness, away from the city hustle & bustle, but need to be present in office the next day.
And all this for what, to go back to the emptiness of your house. As these situations get repeated over & over again, so does the illusion of control, and you miss your home. You miss the warmth and love of your parents, your siblings, who supported us in our every dreams and encouraged us to dream big. You miss the familiar surroundings, the affable neighborhood, the goofy relatives.
But come another morning and we embrace ourselves to a new day, because what needs to be done, needs to be done. We packed our bags and came so far away from home in the search of happiness, only to realize that is "Happiness is Real only when shared".
Enjoy the day!
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