We stick around in jobs that give us no satisfaction. We work day and night and drain the life out of us, without adding much to our professional or personal growth. We crib about not living the life we want to but somewhere, somehow, we end up giving up on our dreams. The weight of responsibility and judgement weighs us down so much that we fail to realize that this is not what we had signed up for. And even if we do consider about quitting our jobs at some point in our lives, we end up calculating the pros and cons, time and again, and not doing it.

But think about it. Will we ever be happy if we give up on our dreams?


This post by Humans Of Bombay chronicles the story of an auto rickshaw driver who quit his job at Hindustan Unilever in the pursuit of happiness and satisfaction. This is what the post reads:


"I used to work at Hindustan Unilever, but the concept of a 9-5 job got too mechanical for me. There was nothing wrong with the company, but I hated the monotony to the point where I was unhappy. One morning, I woke up and quit. I didn’t really have a plan, but I knew I was passionate about a lot of things like meeting new people, photography and sketching. I didn’t want to be confined to a space… I wanted to be free so I purchased this auto rickshaw a few months later because I knew I would be able to meet all kinds of people and have the time to stimulate my creativity. Of course I worked hard — sometimes I worked more than 12 hours a day but I was thrilled — I was getting to see so many new people and learnt photography from studios all over Bombay."