When I said, I will work for free.

Kotak Mahindra bank, I have worked there for eight months as a PRM, portfolio resolution manager. Everyday going through the excel sheet, discussing cases with colleague  and getting a no every time. Giving boss the figures and details of the cases. Going to courts discussing cases with the lawyers, driving 150km bike then coming home. This was the routine of my life when I was working in the Bank. Everyday cursing the job, the work that I was suppose to do. I did`t like the work it was just not me, sounds dramatic but yes, nothing is coming to my mind rite now. One day when I was coming back to faridabad from office in the afternoon, for some work, I went to GK2 market, Barista. I ordered  Cappuccino, I saw a girl working on her laptop, two guys discussing something, a lady at the counter ordering, the coffee machine making the usual noise. I looked at the files from the office a bit and then tilt up to see the girl working on the laptop, the only colorful and beautiful thing I saw till now, couldn't get my eyes of her. Nobody loves to see the same sheet again and again, at least I dint. So the frustration was replaced by depression and it was then that I decided that I will no longer work with the bank, I will do something that I like. I want this life, sitting in Barista having cappuccino and discussing business, not driving bike 150 km in sun and running in the courts.
That`s when I began to build a business that I would love to be in for the rest of my life, usually people say that it takes five to ten years to get a business off the ground, so I see a lot of struggle on my way, well I am struggling in the bank too, why not struggle in the business and work I would love to do. I will choose something that I love and I would be willing to do it for free. In that way the struggle might be fun - and that`s exactly what I am going to do. I finished my coffee and went home and decided to resign tomorrow. I got up, I was feeling free already, see how one can give satisfaction with a single thought. No formals today, i wore my favorite jeans and T-shirt, no bag either. i went to Bank and to my desk. Everybody was looking at me as if I had come naked. My colleague said, tumhara ghar nahin hai, formals kahan hai?, I replied, apna kaam kar le, teri utarne mein do minute nahin lagenge, everybody around me shifted their focus on me and my colleague, who never expected me to say something like this said, yarr mein toh mazka kar raha tha, haan haan thik hai, i replied. Everybody was looking at me, to which I replied, kya hua kaam karlo apna, all the guys were my senior. Cracking jokes everyday, somehow there was pin drop silence today. I went to my boss`s cabin and came out and I went to the market, Vikaspuri main market, near PVR, had my sutta. Yes the going in and coming out was the only time it took, no paper work, no email, no notice, just two words, bye Sir!.And the journey begins. Best of luck to me.