Category: Thoughts

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Spring is here. And with it comes change in clothes, smells, scenery and food. It also reminded me of some things that will never come back.

Every year, there will be something or someone that will not see the new spring season. Your kids will become ever so slightly smarter. They will not ask that silly question ever again. There will be one spring after which you will never lift them in your arms again.

Your one friend that changed jobs will never talk to you about the same topic again. You will never drive in your first car again. You will never re-experience that feeling again.

Next year, jobs themselves will never be the same again. It is AI today, it will be humanoid robots tomorrow.

Some may see it as a tragedy. But I see it, perhaps, as simply growing up. It is essentially recognizing that change is life. You will never be the same person again. World will never be the same again. And it is fine. Life will come and go. If we cling to the past, the way things were, we will perpetually be in a state of denial, never unlocking growth.

It’s time to stop resisting the tide—and learn to ride the wave.

You are awake till late night. You answer your boss’s call early morning still, miss going out with your kids that day. Your boss tells you you are great, you are awesome.

Then your boss starts his preparation to impress his boss. Takes your work, adds a layer of complexity by combining with a larger vision, and even smaller time for family.

After all this, you reach the appraisal time. You are looking for that promotion. You spend your days thinking about what will happen if you don’t get it. Why your colleague doesn’t deserve. You have worked harder. Sacrificed more.

Then you get it. You are on top of the world. You feel invincible. You feel like you can do nothing wrong. You are destined for greatness.

Then day 2 happens. Then Day 7. Then it becomes another day. Then you are putting that late night call again. You are now someone’s boss. But you still have a boss.

All this for a line in your CV.