Thursday, February 21, 2008

In search of my net worth...

"My net-worth is what I have left after I lose all my money"

"What do you want to be ten years from now?"...a question that makes me pretty lost for words...despite being the one who always has something to say.
Let me think - CEO? Technical genius with 10 patents? ok a program manager managing 50 people at the veryleast? .........Gut reaction "yawn"!! I can see myself coming out of an assembly line of one of these characters....why do I feel so disconnected? So what will my net worth be after 10 years?
The satisfaction of a beautiful home and relationships?
The passion of dancing like no one's watching?
The compassion of being a shoulder to cry on, to have made a difference?
The little thrills of gossiping, philosophising and hearty laughters & tears with friends?
The righteousness of having done the right thing...no matter what?
The gnawing hunger to learn new things...from languages, to music, to swimming, to film making, to martial arts, to history, to technology...a list that never ends?
The contentment of a small step to leave the world a better place?
The exhilaration of adventures, travel, reading and writing?
The romancticising and divinification of mountains, oceans and forests?
The imagination and day-dreams of fame and fortune?
The trivial pleasures of reading Harry Potter time and again or having watched Friends for the Nth time?

Well...Whichever way I look at it, the hours spent at my job is only justified for the means it gives me to all of the above. So here goes, For the next Ten years and after, I 'd like to be doing something that gives me the means and the TIME to have done most of the above and added more to the list....and if that means turns out to be one of these, what more can one ask for!

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