BEING NOMAD

EPISODE 3

Everyone in the meeting introduced themselves and when I 'officially' introduce myself to Eric, He said that it is nice meeting me 'again' infront of my colleagues and they are well left a little puzzled.

But the most shocking thing i got to know was that Eric is multimillionaire and his startup company is one of the fastest growing companies in the Spain.

He wants to establish one of his offices in India despite having offices in almost whole Europe.

We all sat down at our places and the meeting has been started. I know I have to impress Eric in order to get this deal but i don't know if he holds grudges against because of that night but I don't think it was such a big deal to ruin any business deal so i gave my best without thinking about the odds of him getting revenge on me.

His business associates asked a lot of questions and had queries which i replied quiet nicely atleast according to me and when the meeting ended i was quiet confident about my performance But it happened.

"The idea was nice but i don't think my company would like to collaborate with you Ms. Aria. I am not pretty convinced with the methodology. Have a nice day." He said and with that he walked out of the meeting room without sparing even a single glance at me. Everyone from the company went towards him to ask about his decision but i decided to stand there only and comprehend everything.

I was asked to appear in my boss's office immediately. I went to his office and i knew he would yell at me for today but I can't tell him what was the reason. When i entered his office, surprisingly he was looking very calm and subtle. He politely asked me to sit down and i just sat there.

He handed me a couple of documents along with a pen said " read and sign them."

I looked over the papers and saw that it was my resignation letter. I had tears in my eyes and it stated that if i wouldn't get this deal today then company has every right to remove me.

"why sir?" i asked politely and my head down because i did not want him to see my tears.

I am really hurt because no matter what, i love this job and my work and now i have to leave it because of that 'good for nothing' guy.

" listen aria, there is nothing personal but the management decided this and i have no say in this. i am sorry."

I signed the papers without thinking twice and handed over the papers to him.

i was hurt but at the same time i felt like i am free now. i don't have to work in that unhealthy work culture of the company.

i love what i do and that's why i earn more with my freelancing than this job.

I continued this job as i think having an extra source of income wouldn't harm me but this resignation is not going to take a toll on me.

i left for my home and bought a bug tub of chocolate chips icecream alongside some popcorns. i love having me time. i talked to my mom for a while and didn't tell her about my job and she will not even bother about it. They raised me so good that they know that i would find out another way of almost everything.

I went straight to my room and thought of moving a good movie. I thought of watching the movie "the bucket list" i heard somewhere that it is a nice movie. i brought my popcorns and my icecream to accompany me throughout the movie and i must say it is one of the most beautiful movies i have ever seen. The movie protagonists Carter and Edward just stole my heart with their performance. They chose to live their dream despite of being diagnosed with lung cancer and here i am afraid of living my dream.

I always dreamt of being a travel blogger and do freelancing. i achieved the later but never found myself courageous enough to follow my passion. I am earning enough to support myself through my work and i need a good talk to decide about what to do. So i called the person i trust the most, My dad.

i called him and he picked up my call immediately.

"hello dad"

"hello sweetheart, how are you?"

" i am fine dad, everything is fine."

"but it doesn't seem so. my daughter has this melodious cheerful voice but today it's not the same. Tell me what happened? is your mom alright?" he said sounding concerned.

"Dad you know that how much i craved for getting knowledge about the world right?"

" yes and you would always try to compete with me and grab more knowledge to win over me." he said chuckling.

"dad i am removed from my job over a silly dispute and now i want to follow my passion. i want to be a travel blogger."

"if that is what you want, why are you so confused."

" I don't know dad, i am afraid about my decision."

" since you are born, you were more of a tomboy than a girl. you had a courage to stand up among rest of the kids among your age and decide what's good and what's bad for you. i am with you in whatever you want."

" dad you were getting a good job and a good salary then why you chose to stay away from us?"

" before moving here, i did a job and earned decent money in Mumbai but we are the same my princess. i always felt like i am not complete. despite of you and your mother being there, i never felt that satisfaction. i also wanted to explore this world after all we all live just once so we should make the most of it. isn't it? so follow your heart and do whatever you want."

"thankyou dad. and what about mom. who would be alone here then!"

" don't worry about her, she will live with me. she was there because of you for you to grow and we never wanted to leave you alone but we will live together now and i want you to hustle."

"good night dad. i love you."

"i love you too my pumpkin." and with that i cut the call. he always calls me with so many cute nicknames and my mother also fell in love with him because of his sweet and romantic gestures.

My parents had a love marriage and despite of staying away from each other, their love never faded.

Tomorrow i have to tell my mom about my plans and i don't know how she is going to react about it.

i walked to the wall of my room where i was this large poster of the world map hung on it. i grew up learning about the world and my dad would taught me everything about it. i took a red marker from my desk and started having a vision of my hustle."