My journey as a Writer!
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It all started when I was clueless about my career. It is not that I lacked confidence but I didn’t know where to apply my confidence. Confidence is a trait that I possessed by participating in as many Cultural shows as possible in Schools and Colleges and post College when I got several opportunities to interact with senior delegates and entrepreneurs. In that process, I did conclude that If not the best, I am good. So, all those acting lessons and performance, mimicking performances, singing performances, Ad-zap, mime and along with them some reading of motivational books during college days had molded me into a certain composite wherein my belief system was such that I am getting dragged into a zone of thought process where whatever I think is right!
Then I was part of the Event Management Industry and having a glance at it from a closer distance, interacting with mediocre clients to the big shots did not do much change to my personality apart from the realization that I was a certain fit given the fact that I was good in communication skills. It was then that the spirit of Entrepreneurship struck me and one big lesson I learned from that was no matter how much high I think and take initiatives, if the people around you do not want to succeed like the way you want to, you are heading nowhere. This conclusion made me think, What’s next? Without complaining, My quest was for a future where I could sit alone and work relying on people as less as possible. The thought was simple, people had different viewpoints when compared to mine, which is completely fine with me but I was desperate to be that kind of a person who had a vision. My idea was that a larger share of contribution to my success should be from me alone and I don’t have to wait for the mercy of others. It never struck my mind that I should be writing.
And luckily, I was introduced to philosophy as a by-product of meeting a Monk consistently in his hermitage. Discussions with the Monk and reading Philosophical books helped me realize that I was moving in the right direction. That I was getting closer to my destination. I personally don’t believe in comparison but when I observe that people whom I know are in a rat race, here was me who is in complete peace. I got introduced to some great writings of legends and their thought process on their impressive approach to life. My perception changed in a minute way because of those books and of course, in a big way with my interaction with the Monk. If I may explain, my mind got expanded just like what is usually said that is to see the larger picture of life. As days advanced, my inner peace was getting nearer to its maximum.
During those days, A friend of mine working in a Web-Development Company asked me to write web content for an Overseas client. The reason he asked me to do so was that he knew that I was fluent in English. Because I was new to the craft of writing web content, I didn’t bother much on the requisites or the dos and donts but submitted a sincere write-up with the mindset that what would be the kind of writing I would expect from a Content writer if I had given an opportunity. To my surprise, it worked. And after a lot of thought, I figured it out, this should be what I am supposed to work on, I should be a writer.
I always had this way of life, that if I am looking for something, I don’t try to snatch or grab it but instead, I change myself such that it gets attracted to me. So when I created a change in myself to have the qualities of an able writer, I started getting inquiries also with my Plan B which was to post my resume in a Job Portal that mentioned, “Looking for Opportunities as a Writer”. I got a call from a Web-Development company named Webies.in and the CEO was a budding entrepreneur. Her name is Neena Prasanna. We had a very casual talk and she did not bother to peek through my abilities as a Writer. But one thing that struck me was she mentioned it, in particular, what kind of a character she expects from a writer. And one big reason I decided to work for her was she had a vision for the company. So when she invited me to her company as a writer, she was inviting someone with a vision as exactly as hers.
As days went by, we served many clients, be it domestic or Overseas. Contents of a vivid kind, like Web content, Articles, Blogs, Short stories. The work culture was also completely work-centric, what I mean is it had nothing to do with our dress code or timings or what you do inside the office, the question always was, “Have you accomplished your tasks”? And this work culture made me glued to “Webies.in” for almost 7 years. During these 7 years, what I consider as my greatest achievement is that I was given that space as a writer and in that process, as I think about the choice of words, it was an intoxication for me. Writing is nothing less than a spiritual quest for me where I look inwards to express the various topics or concepts as demanded by the client. Of course, I do my research with various sources on the internet but bringing an all-new output is nothing less than the touch of the soul. And on this journey, I have met many writers too and am disheartened that there are people who just take it as a means of livelihood, which should be but limiting it as just a source of money is something which I find hard to digest. Another aspect is that I can’t digest when writers charge much low for their effort. 20 paise per word, 25 paise per word, 30 paise per word, etc, etc. I charge 1 rupee per word and that is because I know my job and when you read my writing, you will feel the quality, you will feel that I have written it especially for you.
There is a popular saying, Be the change you want to see in the world. So instead of complaining about what others are doing, let me see what change can I do, that is my thought. Nothing is in our hands, God has his own agendas. So God has been very kind to make me least bothered about what others are doing or keep me detached from the outside world. And it was then that Vijesh Pillai, my childhood friend who is running an Academy named The Kreative Academy to nurture new Digital Marketers and also a Digital Marketing Agency named Kreative Sparkz near Mount Tabor School, Cochin to help clients attain good business heights, asked me to write articles on LinkedIn. And I obliged to do so for a few times but I didn’t enjoy them. I realized that I was not sincere in what I was doing and so I stopped. And without any hesitation, I deleted all of them. Instead of bothering my mind to find the reason for such an occurrence, Vijesh asked me to write short stories then. And I did and then it was as if the flow of life. I was writing consistently and I had topics of a vivid kind to write about which has had my attention right from my childhood days till this moment.
The journey which is still alive as per the Will of God is taking me to the next level and that is to be an Author. As of now, along with all the usual writing tasks, I thrive to be an Author of three books in the year 2020. What I am eager to convey as am about to conclude with this article is that, Am a very Happy Soul. I am happy with what God has given me and it would be unfair if I had asked for more. It’s not that I had an easy ride, it is just that whenever I knew that I was about to fall, God saved me and with many such occasions, I concluded that I must have done something good in my previous birth, otherwise my life would not have been so adventurous and positive too on the safe hands of God. And I believe, God too knows that I am this intoxicated and eccentric fellow who would say, “God created me, so he is bound to protect me, hehe” and therefore, he is always vigilant to see to it that I am fine.
Look inwards! Look inwards!
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