Well, its been a really really long time since i've blogged!!! I dont know why but today I somehow felt like reviving my blog...Maybe, the innumerable thoughts that have been supressed for such a long time need a vent...Anyways, my life has changed much since I last posted. I graduated this May and started working for a middle market investment bank this June in NYC..(middle market broadly refers to the group of companies with market cap < $1000 mm and > 100 mm, the upper and lower limits are user-defined!!!) ...Yep, NYC it is...the capital of the world's financial markets and arguably, the capital of the world...There are many things about this city that keeps me going on and on and on...From the never ending stream of tourists on time sq. to the well-lit Met Life building overlooking park avenue. Hold on...U might think that its these trivial things that keep me going!!! No my friend...These trivial things do matter but the number 1 reason why I love the city is the never say die spirt....All you have to do is walk on the streets and you can see people hurrying to achieve their goals...It is not the chaos on the streets but the underlying spirit that encourages me...
At any particular moment, all of us have one thing or the other going on in our mind...Some of these thoughts are about our long term plans or our daily mundane tasks... Striving to achieve our long term goals while living in the present is probably the "essence of life" ...
Today, while walking to work, I realized that my quest to achieve significant success in my career has only increased with time (As a matter of fact, my quest for success has reached dangerously obsessive proportions!!!)...Obviously, you would be thinking that its only natural for the hunger for success to increase with time...and this is where my reference to "essence of life" comes into the picture.
Ever since I started working for my investment bank, my life has taken a u-turn...Barring a few light weeks here and there, its been work and work and work (averaging atleast 85 hrs/week)...I have not lost sight of my long term goal but I have totally neglected the second half of the "essence of life" -> living in the present and enjoying it to the fullest...My life has basically revolved around work, friends and relatives...I have not "lived in the present" for a long time...by "living in the present", I am referring to a daily (or atleast weekly) activity that I look forward to...It is in this self-introspecting mode that I have decided to join a salsa class....Not that I am passionate about dancing nor am I innately good at it(as a matter of fact, I will make the Deols proud of their dancing skills). Its a 1hr class for 3 days in a week...I chose a location close to work. I have no idea how good/bad the instructor is! All I know is that I can take an hour's break from work (thrice in a week) in the evenings to attend this...It will keep my mind off work and give me an opportunity to do what I LOVE doing-> meeting new people...In the process, if I end up learning a few salsa steps, its a big bonus!!! The classes start next Wednesday...So, hang on in there till I blog on my salsa experience!!!
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