Have you ever paid attention to the fact that all coming-of-age movies portray people who work in 9 to 5 job as extremely unhappy with their lives? It’s always shown that the protagonist (mostly Ranbir Kapoor) of the plot is longing to escape his/her monotonous life and live each day like it’s their last.
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And at the end of the film, the character discovers their forgotten passion and lives happily ever after.
But what if my passion is the 9 to 5 job? What if I enjoy my routine? What if instability freaks me out and I just want a paycheck on the same date every month? Why is this lifestyle chastised?
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Mujhe nahi adventure pasand. Mujhe subah uth kar office jana pasand hai. That doesn’t make me boring or my life passionless.
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The flow of money is inconsistent. It takes years of struggle to get to a point where you can say you made it. For me, the grass is not greener on the other side. The grass is inconsistent and barely making ends meet.
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And for someone like me who loves comfort, a set pattern is where I find bliss. Having a regular job is portrayed as something so monotonous that everybody gets pumped up about living life on the edge.
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What edge, dude? Just because mujhe office jana pasand hai doesn’t mean main boring hoon yaar.
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When I was living the freelance life, my lifestyle was all over the place. My sleeping pattern wasn’t exactly a pattern and let’s just say I had one meal a day for a really long time.
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Getting a regular job helped me fix that. It helped get my life back on track and it also gave me a sense of belonging.
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That’s another thing I need in my life — A sense of belonging. And earning your living by having a regular job gives you that.
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I enjoy walking into office, greeting my colleagues and sitting at my desk. I enjoy the familiar feeling that comes with it. I don’t enjoy uncertainty.
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But these films make it look like if you don’t love the unpredictable life, you’re a bore. Arrey bhai, kyun? Mujhe stability pasand hai toh main bore?
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These films also desperately show how a person wasn’t able to follow their passion because they’re stuck in a regular job. Which brings me back to my question — What if this regular job is what I’m passionate about?
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I don’t know if the world knows this or not but people who go to office every day at fixed hours can also be happy. They can also feel content with life.
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Sabko nahi shauk living life on my own terms ka. By that, I don’t mean that I feel the need to be told what to do but there’s no harm in being guided by someone who knows better.
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“Creative people shouldn’t be restricted.”
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Working on my laptop and hearing the click-click of the keys all day makes me content and if you think that makes my life sad, you need to broaden your mind.
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So, Bollywood, how about you also make movies about how a person can be fully content with their jobs that require them to work for a set number of hours every day? Because there are people jo udna nahi chahte.