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                    another  grain.  We  hardly  knew            make it "Big". Because that's not the
                    ourselves. We want to turn back time         goal. The goal should be what makes
                    but  by  then  it  is  too  late.  Between   you  peaceful.  Being  happy  isn't  the
                    kids,  marriage,  job  security,  and        goal  as  well  because  happiness  is  a
                    stability,  we  failed  to  understand       sham.  If  you  chase  happiness,  you'll
                    ourselves  and  what  we  need.  I  can      never find it. Because let me break it
                    assure  you  99.9%  of  people  don't        to you no one absolutely happy all the
                    know  themselves  even  if  they  think      time.  Not  Bill  Gates,  Not  Ambanis,
                    they do.  So  take  this  second chance,     Not  Alia  Bhatt,  and  neither  the
                    carpe  diem  or  seize  the  moment,  as     spiritual  leaders.  How  did  I  know
                    they say, introspect and know yourself       this?
                    a little more every day.  And no, you
                                                                 Rohan Joshi, a very famous stand-up
                    don't  need  to  go  the  Imtiaz  Ali  way
                                                                 comedian said  that  the  "Opposite  of
                    and travel to unknown places for self-
                                                                 Happiness"  is  not  wrong.  Tanmay
                    discovery. You can do it by staying in
                                                                 Bhatt, a comedian as well, stressed on
                    your  house  and  traveling  to  the
                                                                 the same point. So if you think you'll
                    deepest, darkest recesses of your mind
                                                                 be  set  if  you  just  get  into  IIT,  or  if
                    to discover yourself.
                                                                 you crack UPSC, or if you become a
                    Here is how you can do it:                   CA,  or  work  in  an  MNC,  or  get
                                                                 married  to  your  lover,  or  own  a
                    Introspection
                                                                 Mercedes or become whatever that is
                                                                 you wanted to be.

                                                                       Let  me  tell  you,  you  are  being
                                                                 delusional.  When  you  crack  IIT, you
                                                                 would wish you get a six-figure salary,
                                                                 when  you  get  that  you'll  want  more,
                                                                 or  your  love  life  will  make  you
                                                                 unhappy or your family relations will
                                                                 make you unhappy. Just look at all the

                                                                 stories  of  the  stand-up  comedians
                    Introspection  is  the  key  to  Self-
                                                                 who thought a good job with a good
                    Discovery.  Do  you  like  yourself?
                                                                 salary  was  what  they  wanted  when
                    What  do  you  like  about  yourself?
                                                                 they  realized  it  didn't  make  them
                    What do you hate? What habits need
                                                                 happy.  Even  people  who  have
                    changing? What do you love? Do you
                                                                 seemingly  amazing  jobs  like  actors
                    love your job or do you do it because
                                                                 aren't happy. So you get the point?
                    you have to? And firstly let's get over
                    the  notion  that  everyone  needs  to

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