Write for Love Passion and Glamour
Alternative Careers | August 21, 2010 | Share
Glamour and glitterati always awed me, made me starry eyed, penetrating through my thoughts constantly. I was completely mesmerized by the razzle dazzle of classes, reading about the page 3 lifestyle, and flipping through Cosmo girl gave me a high only a few can comprehend.
I knew I wanted to be a part of it all, somehow! And so it all started…
One night sitting idly on the swings at the front of my house, thinking about future and all its prospects, wondering where I’d want to be and what I’d want to do several years down the line, it struck me. I could write for those magazines, the glossy ones. I wanted to write! It was all clear now. But that was all in standard ten, when I was 15.
That single moment which I took to sit back and analyze, two years ago, have been decidedly influential in shaping my career aspirations.
I had started penning down diary entries around the same time. It became a part of me; everything interesting that happened to me from then on was recorded routinely. Even writing my exam sheets during any English examination is something I’ve always loved. I realized it was childish of me to think too much of the celebrity way of life, but writing was still on my mind. It was lust then, which with passing time had turned into passion.
When once, I plainly knew I was going to be the editor of Vogue or the like, I now know that is not the end of the world. Today, watching Barkha Dutt on ‘We the people’ inspires me to become an independent and strong woman in this highly competitive male dominant sphere of work. I’ve understood that there are issues that are needed to be dealt with globally, awareness that is to be created, and hence serious news that is to be published!
With that reflection I wish to be a journalist and a pretty darn good one at that. Making dough out of something one truly likes to do in my view is the best way to live. There is no waking up one day, doubting the choices you’ve made. For me, nothing is as appealing or as exciting as the thought of sitting all established, drafting an article in my pristine cabin, successfully meeting deadlines, publishing captivating stories or just being out there covering the headlines of tomorrow. The idea totally gives me the tingles.
But when I took to this career, it wasn’t that popular. Now suddenly everybody wants to get into writing full time! Sometimes I think it’s not even fair, I wanted to do it FIRST! Then again, I tell myself, the more the better. My job should challenge me; I will prove myself. A little competition is always nice otherwise how will I improve? That should motivate me enough.
I keep tabs on the best colleges for mass communication. One of the few papers they all have is that of General Awareness or Current Affairs. I for one have never been too attentive to the daily on goings of the politicos and masses. My father says my concern is crucial and I couldn’t agree less. It’s slowly building up and so is my interest. Who knew there could be such mind jolting articles and stories! I hope to write some of them myself.
I fancy if the mark is clear and the heart set, nobody can stop you from reaching it. My mark is crystal to me, and I’m pretty much devoted to attaining it. The manner is such that my ambition has started to define me. I’ll shine, one of these days.
Aadhya
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this has to be very motivational to all who want to become a journalist
and even to those who don’t like myself =)
its really good.
appreciable start!!