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Is it all worth it ?


Hi princess,



So, I am back to my parent's house in Kolkata. I would be leaving to Singapore for my masters soon.
It is a Friday night and I just sit here and wonder, is it all worth it ?

All these degrees and loans and jobs. Negotiating for higher salary, switching workplaces, attending B-Schools, we are all so caught up in earning more and MORE and MORE. I think we forget that happiness is right here, along with friends and family. I think, sitting here right now, I just think of all that I have to do over the next one year to get a degree. I feel overwhelmed. And I have to just ask myself, that happiness is in leading a simple life. What more do you want, other than to laugh with friends, the entire day ?

I feel this way, maybe later , I will feel that I have done something with my career and life. Maybe, it  is an investment for the future. But, I think, I just need peace and happiness with someone. I think THAT'S ALL I WANT. :'(

Yours lovingly,
Dad

P.S - I just wish you were here and so was your mom. :)