The Rusty Engineer

So I wasn't intending on writing this post ,but sometimes you end up doing things you don't want to. So here it is:

Its been roughly 2 years now, trying to adjust myself with the geeky and nerdy lifestyle of an engineer and God's honest truth is " I haven't gone far". Maybe this life of writing endless assignments, submissions which make you slog your ass out, teachers who hold grudges for the insignificant thoughts and the education system so fucked up, this whole Engineering thing has gone way out of hand.

You must be wondering, then why take up engineering? Well, maybe because even though I hate it to the core, I'm pretty good at it.Scoring marks is never an issue for me( not bragging at all) and maybe Engineering is the only thing I'm good at.

So after 2 years studying Information Technology from a not-so-shitty college, I've come to realise that there is a lot to learn from all this. I'm not talking about mugging textbooks here, I'm talking about exposure a 19 yr old student gets from college festivals, national level competitions, social cause initiatives. Something which makes me wake up at 8 to attend college.

Now there are those who study hard to score an 80 so they could work at an MNC for a handsome paycheck or there are those who also study hard to score an 80 to study Masters or MBA from an A grade university abroad. And then there's ME. Who isn't sure about his future and just want to enjoy these teen years. Yes I know, I have no future. No good job, no Masters and no MBA.I might end up on streets and I might become a big failure.

But I can't keep on living this life which this education system keeps on imposing me. It's time to break free. No calculations about how life will turn up 2 years later. Live the moment.

But hey, I'm just a Rusty Engineer.

That thing called HAPPINESS!!

There are some people who seem to think that happiness is the result of all the right wheels turning at just the right time. You’re walking down the street, find a thousand rupee note, get a compliment from a long lost crush of yours, meet the perfect guy or girl (and don’t totally make a fool of yourself), go to your favorite store and get something for free,etc.

It’s easy to be happy when everything seems to be going your way, but I think that defining happiness that way reduces the essence of it and makes it connected to luck somehow, or an accident, which it is not. 

You don't need an A+ grade to make you smile. You don't need to make "being happy" a condition to be satisfied only if you are having a great day.There are days that are just mediocre or plain bad, and it’s on those days that the true nature of happiness is found. Have you ever met someone who stayed positive, even when they’re having a bad day, and everything that can go wrong seems to be going wrong? If you’re having a bad day, too, just being near someone like that can be uplifting.

People who are able to smile even through the worst of times have learned a very important lesson, the same lesson I stated above: Happiness doesn’t just happen.

 The key to happiness: choosing it. It’s not an easy choice all the time, and it very well may be the last thing you want to do sometimes. When grief strikes, or when you just can’t seem to catch a break, sometimes you just want to sulk and stay upset, perpetuate the sadness. It’s a natural response, but it isn’t a required behavior, it’s a choice. And choosing to be happy will make you a better, stronger, wiser, more long suffering person.

We just need to learn to change our attitude to be happy in life. Ofcourse it's not easy and yes it does take time but it's worth it. Channeling that frustration into something beautiful, something full of energy and something full of possibilities, yes it's that thing called HAPPINESS!!