It's been 7 months since I joined HP and I quit. Yes, I QUIT MY JOB and I never felt this good about making a decision like this. It can change my life abruptly may be in a good or a bad way but I have no regrets!




I was never a desk job person and I realized how trapped I was in that cubical with a sugar loaded candy that kept me away from my dreams , social life and the outer world.

I literally had no time other than a few weekends off where I could hardly do anything because my job kept me cut off from everything. You wouldn't believe but I hardly spoke to my parents.
It's been 7  months and I haven't traveled anywhere. I was so frustrated and out of my mind because I wasn't   doing anything that made me happy , away from people and things that made me feel all and most importantly away from traveling to places which completes me!

This was killing me until one fine day, when I decided to quit my job and cut off from this corporate 9-5 world where I never belonged and was never satisfied ,stuck between those four walls of work pressure and responsibilities.




Whoever said "QUIT YOUR JOB AND TRAVEL!" , do not listen to them because it does not work  that way ,  unless you have a money minting machine . Even though I want and wish to travel aimlessly  but staying in reality ,I would never do that. What sounds like kittens and rainbows will be soon  out busted once life catches up to you .

"WE ARE ALWAYS STUCK IN A THIN LINE BETWEEN OUR DREAMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES!"


You can not just leave both and run away from reality. I wish we could but the truth is we just can not. Remember how easy life used to be when we were kids , without any anticipation of future and with no burden of responsibilities on our shoulders. We just use to dream big and live like there is no tomorrow. I still remember I wanted to be an Astronaut and wanted to see the outer space and settle on the moon. I wanted "POKEMON" to be real , wished to turn into a "SUPER SAIYAN" just like the character "GOKU" from the television cartoon series "DRAGON BALL Z".



But time changes and we grew up and realized that none of that was reality and could never be possible. One thing that I have learnt from life is we attract everything that we see and feel in our lives. Every positive and negative thing in our life that existed was because we felt that way towards it. We make our decisions in life and live through it struggling , failing, stumbling , falling apart and rising strong again each and every time without giving up because we want it that badly. Life is never gonna be same and easy,  It's gonna test you and your patience for something big and good that is gonna happen to you and will change your life completely.

I took a risk and quit my job that probably most of them crave for to have in life to be (the so called term ) Settled! I feel there is nothing called settled , you can never be settled in life running away from your dreams , especially reality.

Yesterday was my last day I do miss the place and what I miss the most are the people there , so many good connections that I made at HP. I still remember that mixed feelings moment that I had while I was walking out of that place but I knew that it was the right thing to do. Now I have 12 days before I start working at Decathlon (I wish I never had to go back to work and I could just travel all my life) .
So, I decided to go on my first ever "SOLO BACKPACKING TRIP" .

Where am i going? I don't know.
How am i going? I don't know.
All I know is I AM FREE.







 All I know is that I am leaving my house and  just setting out to free my mind from all the frustration that I had since last few months. I am pretty excited and a bit scared too but I'm just gonna go wherever this road leads me to. This is my first step towards living my dream and this is just the beginning.




THE STORY OF A LOST BOY  has just begun and watch this space for further updates and come be a part of my journey.


Until next time.
Repeat after me: I AM FREE.
-Srikanth Dannana