This was the time when my high school results were out and I didn't want to study my bachelors in my hometown. A notion that every young Indian thinks because unlike the western culture, our parents don't let us isolate. It is the time that we think that we need freedom, a separate place and a separate lifestyle than that of our parents.
We approach our parents that we need to go to the nearest city or the neighboring state for our higher education because the current city does not have the infrastructure and or colleges that will suit the niche of our careers.
I told my parents that the colleges in the town are not good, they don't hold proper classes and made up stories that nobody had ever known. But unfortunately, I am born with two elder siblings; two brothers.
They went outside for their college too and they knew exactly there was no need to step out of the town for college. As simple as the above statement explains, they didn't want me to waste money and time and do things that were absolutely not necessary.
I don't know how this is goes for the rest of the world but my brothers are like the father figure.
In my family there's a hierarchy to which I need to appeal to before a wish gets granted.
Being the youngest son in the family, I have to appeal to the above hierarchy for anything and everything I want. I have no authority of my own. I'm almost 21 (born : 1997) This feels bad sometimes, but sometimes I feel they're being protective and whatever happens at least I have my brothers with me in my bad times.
Somehow I managed to get out of the town and get into a college in a neighboring city( 560 km. away from home). Just one sensible statement was enough to win this appeal.
I told them, you learn half the management skills on your own when you stay alone 560 km. away from home.
I had to verbally agree to a contract that I will not carry any android phone or any smart phone with me. This was asked of me because most of the time I was into Facebook and Instagram and bitcoins and other things. They wanted me to study.
I kept the word. Despite of the fact that I have enough money to buy any phone I want, I didn't buy it. I wanted to take this challenge.
Here's an explaination :
At first, Anxiety.
Where ever you go, from the metro to the grave yard, there's people wired into their phones. Nobody wants to smile or talk to you.
When I get into a metro, I see people scrolling their Facebook news feed. Watching a movie and doing everything that a mobile phone can do.
When I used to return to my place from college or tuition, I didn't know what to do. I do not have a television here. Neither a laptop to kill my time.
I started to learn about cryptocurrencies using the library computer. I went ahead to utilize my time in selecting a few companies and investing my cryptocurrencies in them.
I started to write my little experiences in my notebook, the idea developed into a story and I started to enhance it. After almost a year, the notebook turned to a book. (Which I later published).
(And unpublished it after six months)
I didn't make any new friends, maybe because most of the time I was either writing or sleeping or always inside the house. In fact, I lost friends.
The only thing is I felt different while walking outside. There's more to this world. I'd say keep your mobile phones away for a week and live the life of a nomad. Not many can do this.
Doing it for a year or two like me is not the best piece of idea I can suggest buy trying this for a week should definitely be on your bucket list.
Life
