What do you want to be when you grow up?

All of us,unfortunately,are still plagued by this question.We think that we know where we see ourselves in 5 yrs,but..we really don't.I speak for the people i have come across in my life,with a few exception,of course.With at least 70% of the teenagers in India taking engineering..its ironic that 70 out of every 100 young people use their brains in technical aspects.Forget the swarms of aspiring engineers we have. I hear a few of my friends complain how taxing medical studies are that it can begin to disinterest you at times.I hear few of my friends who have taken the arts(painting,writing,journalism,architecture) shudder under the pressure of been "REALLY " talented to stand out from the crowd.I know,now you are perplexed and shaking your head philosophically,life is hard,whatever it may be.But,my question is,do you feel the burden sometimes?All of us sometimes feel,maybe i would have made a better singer than an doctor,or a better journalist than a engineer.I could have made a better rallyist,a better tennis player,a better photographer..Every single person has,had these stray thoughts.What do YOU do about it?

There was a mad phase in my life.I used to play basketball endlessly,thinking i could really get far.There was another phase in my life,i was engrossed in creativity,writing,poetry,crafts,so many ideas i used to come up with,I used to stare at the TV and think of better Advertisement ideas(and i must honestly say,they were good),I thought i would come up with an excellent idea.Then the more mature ages came along,i loved MATHS,still love it actually.You would find me solving math problems even in the train to Chennai,to meet my grandparents.Time had come to CHOOSE,after 12th.I yelled my lungs out,journalism journalism journalism.Wished my parents heard it clearer. But i don't blame anyone or anything.I'm happy,to an extent,doing engineering.I don't think i would have wanted to do anything else.I'll tell you why,I have so many interests!!just too many.But life is not constant.I know for sure that i won't remain a hardware engineer for the rest of my life. I would want to write,be a freelance journalist someday.Try my hand at business sometime.Or go on a year long break and take millions of photographs of the world.

Like Issac Asimov said,Change is the only constant.You'll want to be a chef someday,you'll want to be an interior designer.You'll want to be a rallyist another day.Or a photographer.:) There's only one life,Its normal to want to be so many people at one time.So the next time you are cramming for an exam and thoroughly hate the subject and think why did i take this field!!....you think you hate the subject,but its the time frame you hate.Cherish all the dreams you have,and don't stop to defend yourself when someone says "you are so fickle minded and aimless",reply back with a contagious grin.."you have one life,make the most of it.":)