My MBA journey, living life on my terms -By Chitrangda Jain from SSCBS Delhi
It has been more than a month since the college closed. Now that they are going to reopen soon, I can feel the gush of memories cross my mind, from the past year. Done with the first year and heading towards the second, is making me anxious. This is perhaps because I will be a senior now and somehow this feeling is a lot more prominent in college than it ever was in school. And at this point in time, I cannot help but reminisce the moments I witnessed during my MBA journey in the first year.
Adventures from year one
The very first day of my MBA journey still echoes vividly in my memory. It was the day when I made my first ever best friend. Without her, I cannot even think of surviving the competitive environment of my college. That was the first time she called me Chittu, which has lasted till date.
Soon after, the societies of our college started the recruitment process. It was quite hectic considering the fact that this year I’d be the one conducting it. We could join only two societies abiding by the strict academic schedule. I am not an extrovert and so preferred to get enrolled in academic societies instead of cultural. This was the first time I got a hint of the corporate exposure, as they say. But while it all looks shimmer and glitter from afar, there might be loopholes if you look at it closely. That’s exactly what I didn’t do. I realized this a year later.
One more thing I would like to advice is to not trust anybody blindly, not even your best friend! At times, it backfires. This lies in close reference to my choice of societies which revolved around the ones made by my best friend. I did join some and also started working on a related project which only made me regret later. I was done with my quota of mistakes for the year.
Life is a journey
Time went by quickly. It feels as if it was yesterday when we were partying on the New Year’s Eve. But in actuality, half of the year is already over. Even though the first year couldn’t have been more crucial, I learnt many life lessons. I came across emotions like love, hate, envy, jealousy. As a matter of fact, I also felt inferior at times. Another time while I was giving my first presentation, I realized that I could not eliminate fear. So, I learnt to control it instead.
Eventually, I began to find life in my MBA journey where you cannot have a final destination. We need to learn things and grow along the way. I started valuing things. Keeping this in mind, I did things I had been yearning to, for a long time. During these summer holidays, I rode the bicycle without side wheels, I drew sketches, I danced on pop songs and a lot more crazy stuff. I met my best friend from school after almost a year. While my friends were doing courses and internships, I did these things. You might find me but I like calling it ‘living on the edge’. Honestly, I enjoyed my life better when I left myself free than the times when I tried playing safe.
For now, I am going to continue doing things I love until I get dead bored of them. This is the only fuel which empowers me to move on when I get exhausted due to college pressure or personal issues. I’ve learnt to live without regrets. And to every junior I’ll meet this year, I’ll give the same advice. However hard it gets, try to live your life on your own terms and without regrets. “Apni sharto’n pe jeena”, is what we say in Hindi.
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