LinkedIn posts from many successful Civil Service aspirants reminded me of the feeling one often gets on clearing the exam — that you have arrived at the final goalpost.
That there is nothing more to be done — life will now be on cruise control. No it won’t.
You never “arrive” because life is not a race to some final, mythical summit. And even when you think there is a summit, once you get there, you just start chasing the next one. At least, that is what I did.
So then, what is life if there is no final summit?
Life is just what happens every day. You solve a clever problem, you read something that tickles your imagination, you have a good time with a friend — all that is life. So is life the daily saga of struggles, achievements, and disappointments.
So whether you cracked Civil Services, became a billionaire entrepreneur, or got a PhD from MIT — fundamentally, nothing changes.
Life will always be the small things you experience every day.
Life is a daily event, not an annual achievement.
– Rajan