Boredom

This is my last semester in college. And it is really boring. So I thought about starting a blog of my own. The idea of putting my thoughts and experiences into writing for other people to read has always appealed to me. But somehow whenever I start writing my own blog I am confused as to what to put in my first blog. You could call it starting trouble I guess. And so the blog of my dreams stayed there. This semester, however, with all the free time and absolute boredom enveloping me I started reading a lot of random stuff on the internet (here I would like to thank my friend who suggested I start using Google Reader TM). And I guess all that reading is filling up my head. So it has to have an outlet. Hence, the blog finally takes shape.
So let us see where this goes.

What is life about?

Usually I would be the last person to be pondering on such a tedious question, but with my college life almost coming to a close, I have slowly started to realize that what my parents and others (this includes aunts uncles and this one middle aged woman I met on a train journeys who for some apparent reason feel that it is her duty to instil moral values in me – go figure) have been saying all along is true. And what have they been saying?
They have been telling me my whole life that these first 20 years are the easiest part of my life. And that once I get out of college and into the “real world”, only then would I realize how tough and cruel the world really is. Till now, these words never managed to affect me in any way. I guess it was the confidence that, this “real world” was far away and I really didn’t have to worry about it.
But now faced with the actual prospect of going to a corporate world and starting a career there, I can’t help but wonder, “Am I ready for this?” All my life all I have had to do has been to follow the crowd. Just do what everyone else is doing. And to be honest, life really was simple, no big decisions to make, no life altering choices. I mean, just think about it. What real choice did we have? All of us were sent to school by our parents absolutely no choice there. We all went there studied, wrote our board exams, wrote these bloody Entrance Exam(s) and ended up in our respective colleges. This is what every Indian kid does. There really is no choice. But, what is next?
Every time I think of this question I get scared. I am sure a vast majority of my friends share this sentiment because we do not know what to do after college. Those who have been lucky enough to get placed in campus are no better off than the rest. Let us be honest, how many of us have the slightest clue as to what a work environment feels like? Personally I feel this is the reason most students want to go for higher education. In my case I am just hoping that another 2 years (during which I will hopefully be getting an MBA – although that is a very distant hope now) will be enough time for me to grow up. To stop being the kid I am. I am hoping that this time will help me realize that you just can’t go through life being a kid. You have to grow up sometime.