Q. Do you often get asked about where you see yourself in 5 years? A. Over the years, I’ve come to accept that change is the only constant. But there’s so much more to it than what meets the eye. The daily life struggles, the small victories, good days and bad, getting stuck in traffic, your favourite artist’s new album, your song playing on the radio, celebrating that colleague’s birthday, a meeting that went well and the one that didn’t, yearly bonuses and unpaid leaves, that trip with your college friends, that friend you lost touch with, the lover-turned-stranger, the stranger that made it to your inner circle, the way your puppy looks at you when he wants something, the dog you lost, new job you started, the old one you left, that fight with your mom, the argument with your sister, evening drinks with dad, changing homes, a word of appreciation, buying your first car, your first solo trip and many many more. Every moment is new and every moment is change. You know what I mean? Every time I look at some old pictures, there’s often a sense of nostalgia, sometimes a pit in the stomach and a lot of times a sigh of relief - maybe because what was ambiguous then is clear as day now. A lot of things & decisions suddenly make sense. I see situations as they were meant to be and not how I wanted them to be. I see where I went wrong and where I exceeded my own expectations. Though let's not forget that that same feeling of ambiguity still does exist. Same, only years apart. This particular throwback takes me back to the days when I was walking on thin ice. The girl here is an intimidated & clueless final year Masters student, who had just started her first internship & the only thing that fuelled her was her career (maybe, somethings never change!). She lost many people in the process and had no idea about the ones that were to come. 5 years later, I think I know a lot about why some of them stayed, many left and how a bunch were just meant to drop by, play their part and say goodbye. I don’t think I realised then, the way I don’t today, that this is my story and everything is perfect the way it is, I may not see it just yet. #notetoself #TheLabyrinthLog https://www.instagram.com/p/CfoRw0xK-ne/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=