Hello little champ,
Missing you dear. How are you doing? Today is Saptami in Kolkata. Here I am, miles apart from my home, missing Durga Pujo badly.
I am finding this city quite materialistic. I hardly have friends here to talk to. Most of the people I meet here I find them quite superficial. I feel like they are kind of busy faking their personalities. To be honest I find this idea very annoying. I always believe people will love you for who you are, you don't need to be something else to be loved. I miss my old friends. They might have many drawbacks in them but what I admire in them most is their raw nature. I used to feel so comfortable with them. I wish I could get some friends like them here. I think I should meet more people.
Today I want to tell you about my time spent during my job. You know I never wanted to do job after my graduation. I always wanted to pursue higher studies and be in academia. I will tell the reasons behind this in a different letter. When things went wrong back in early 2021, it was not possible for me to pursue higher studies. A choice that I never wanted to make but I had to. But always know, your daddy tried his best. I knew and always believed that I will return to academia. It's sad that the thing I loved most to pursue was the thing hurting me most, every fraction of time. Then I decided to take a step back and kind of sort my life a bit. As you can assume when I started my first job of life, I wasn't in a good state of mind. I saw my friends were so excited starting their new chapter of life. Whereas, to be honest, I was just trying to find a way to escape my mishaps. On the top of that, it started in a WFH mode. You know your daddy well, he never wants to sit in home all day. I was meeting my colleagues through rectangles of screen. I hated that. I used to sleep all day turning on the meet. Days passed, nothing changed. Yes, I was lonely, lost interest in everything.
After two months they had planned a plant visit at Jamshedpur for all the new joinees. For the first time, I was going to meet my colleagues physically. Telling the truth, I was not that excited as I became closed and confined in myself back then. Then magic happened. Life has its own way of turning around things. I was the youngest among all of them. They some what "adopted" me as their little brother. I found a family in them, a place to feel comfortable. One thing I wanted to share with you dear, you will find some people in your life, with them, you don't need to put any effort to maintain a bonding, with them you can laugh wholeheartedly and most importantly, you can be yourself without being judged for an inch. Those are the people you should always try to keep in your life. They are kind of sunshine after the storm, it's soothing. Never loose those people.
After that training, I tried to focus in my work. This time, with my heart, as I always did with my work. I used to spend most of my time for office work and I have to admit that I always received proper encouragement from the team. I am very proud to say that they have shown me how a proper work culture should be. I learnt many things both in professional ground and in personal ground. That shaped me whoever I am today. I can say about things I learned from them and it would not end in one letter. Let me store that for another letter. But I will share one learning with you today. They taught me to take responsibilities of your own doings. It's always very easy to blame someone. But a very few can stand and acknowledge their fault. To improve yourself, one should acknowledge their mistake first. And it's never too late to start over yet again.
This letter has become quite a huge already and I am too nostalgic to finish it right now. I will share rest of the story in my next letter. Pakka!
Yours always,
Dad
P.S.: Tomorrow is Ashtami, sleep early today. We have Anjali tomorrow early morning.
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