The next stage in life
Now that I'm close to graduation, I have been reflecting on the past five years and thinking quite often about the next stage in my life. It's weird to be overwhelmed by all sorts of confusing emotions now. Weird because it has been a period in which you should have automatically or naturally, some times unconsciously, grown towards the next professional stage/step, so you already have a particular direction. I actually have felt this growth, especially the last year. It's confusing, because all these thoughts and feelings emerge at the same time, accompanied with the logic feeling of happiness and a pride for finally getting your title and having the whole studying period nearly behind .
One of the many questions keeping my mind busy lately are the following: what kind of work to do and where to live exactly? The next logic step after graduation will be finding a suitable source of income. But now this question: what to do exactly? I still haven’t got a clue nor plan whatsoever .
posted by BitterSweet @ Friday, January 06, 2006
8 Comments:
i know what u mean and how ur feeling.. it's always tough to be in the shoes ur wearing now. during ur educational life, the next step was always well known and planned. now, suddenly, u know that whatever decision u make will re-define ur life. best of luck in making that decision.
and yes, it's always hard to go from solitude and complete isolation to moving back home. though it has its tough moments, it's also very rewarding to be surrounded by family. they've given us so much of their life to get us where we r today. it's not too much to ask for us to give them some back in return.
as for ur decision to go to 3omrah, barak Allah feek. this is definitely something u wont regret and something which will inshAllah make all ur other decisions easy. Biltawfeeq inshAllah.
Thank you very much MSB for your supportive words, really appreciate it.
You're absolutely right about being it the chance and the time to try to "re-ward" our parents for the all the good things, all the effort and the roubles they did for us and went thru, so I should keep that on mind. As much as I hated the loneliness at the beginning, I kind of enjoy it now. Moving in with my parents again won’t mean that that I won't be able to have my privacy back any more. Besides, I wouldn't like to miss the rest of the growing process of my little sisters.
As for the 3umra,I must thank you again: I had the urge to go to the holy cities Mecca and Medina, but it was only when reading your post about il-Hadj that I decided to actually go there as soon as possible, seriously. So thank you and baaraka Allah feech wu jisaach alf khair insha'Allah.
wow.. didn't realize that. it's great to hear that someone got some benefit out of my posts! :)
i lived 9 years away from home and like u, while it was tough at first, i got used to having my privacy and being on my own. then i realized that life's too short and i didnt want to miss more time away from my family. my brother was 4 when i left, almost 14 when i moved back! i'd already missed out on too much!
i've been back for 5 years now (wow how time flies!) and i don't regret this decision, not even for a fraction of a second. no matter what troubles u encounter, having family around u makes u feel solid, grounded, "un-alone" (i know that's not a word..)
Allah ewafgek inshAllah :) say a prayer for me when u get to Mecca bthn Allah ;)
Wauw, nine years is sure along time, time sure flies by. I hope you're enjoying your family to the full extend now.
I think it's just that I'm kind of closing this chapter in my life that I'm getting freaked out a bit. But at the end, wouldn't won't anything else than to be with my family again. Besides, they're looking for it too.
Wa3ad, I'll definitely think of you during my 3umra Insha’Allah and raa7 ad3eelich, barak Allah feech msb.
one word RELAX and focus on ur finals and projects
when u come back u will have a better view of ur life and situation , by then ull be able to take the right direction
3omra maqbola enshalla
That's true Killa, I can't have a control of the future.Right now i kinda lost the overview. Allah yigeeb illi feeh il khair insha'Allah.
hola!
I think I will just close my eyes and point my finger on a map, and move to the place where my finger is...
Living my life in one place, and not being able to travel absolutely terrifies me. At the same time it would be nice to kind of settle down and be able to have permanent firends and maybe a family...
Q8sultana, Moving back to my parents and be around my friends family and eventually settling down, won't any obstacle for me to travel around the globe and discover new places, it has been part of my life so far and I think/hope it'll remain so. So that's not what terrifies me at all. It's closing down a period in my life in which everything was basically pre-calculated. Now an era breaks in, in which every single decision needs to be very well thought about before taking it.
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