Post-marriage thoughts

Now that I am married, routine life started, honeymoon period over, my mind is echoing with thoughts of what to do next.

I’ve spent my life as a series of projects. When I was a student, completing my education was the priority project. This included going to America and doing my Masters. Next project was to get married to the girl I love (it wasn’t easy) and build a decent career along the way. I am married to her, and am working at a great place. Just two months ago getting married was my most important task in life and now I consider it as one of my biggest accomplishments.

But I sit here with a feeling of void. Thinking what to do now. I need a new task, a new project, a new motivation. Of course a short term project is to get rid of credit card debt after that lavish honeymoon trip, but I don’t consider that a big deal. I am thinking along the lines of increasing my standard of life, make arrangements for a safe future for my family, and maybe digging out other unaccomplished goals and see what can be achieved. I don’t want to end up as someone whose life has no direction, who is just living life from one day to another. I desparately need a project.

I am also thinking about where to spend the rest of my life. I love Karachi but not enough to live here forever. The city has its problems. But I don’t know where to move. I miss USA at times but I don’t want to live there ‘cuz it’s too far and it’s a pain to travel in and out of US. I want to be somewhere near home, like UAE, but then I have been to Dubai several times and I am still not sure if I want to live in Dubai. Also, I am living a very good life in Karachi. It’s a luxurious life in every aspect. I don’t want to compromise on that when I move abroad. I know people living sub-standard life in Dubai and such places when they had everything back home. I have lived like that before and don’t want to repeat that, specially when I have a wife to take care of. I don’t want her to go through that.

So in order to make myself eligible for a luxurious lifestyle somewhere abroad, I have to bring myself at a level where I don’t have to strive for it. That means I make myself so attractive for potential employers that they offer me those luxuries as part of the package. This calls for more certifications and better experience. I have to excel in my career.

So there you go, I have a task, an aim, a project.