Sometimes when we look back at our past, we realize how far we’ve come and how much we’ve grown as individuals. Sometimes we discover that the problems we thought were so daunting that we could never overcome them, were actually just hurdles in our path that we successfully navigated.
When Twitter user Tanvi Madan posed this question, everyone reflected on their experiences and the learnings that came along the way.
What were you doing at the age of 22?
— Tanvi Madan (@tanvi_madan) January 20, 2021
Some people shared how it was the turning point in their lives and the beginning of a wonderful career.
Graduated from engineering college and joined a Leather manufacturer. https://t.co/QWvuskQrhk pic.twitter.com/GNd4Abk3V4
— Rathy (@iRatzzz) January 21, 2021
At 22, I was working as customer care executive at #EXL services , an international #BPO .
— Suraj Singh Parihar IPS (@SurajSinghIPS) January 21, 2021
Studying for my final MBBS exam. Finished exam and went for a 15 day tour to Guwahati, Kaziranga, Silchar, Shillong and Aizawl. Passed exam. Got my MBBS degree and have been called Dr since then
— shiv (@bennedose) January 21, 2021
Taking the UPSC Prelims, Mains and then Interview. Awaiting the result which came in June a couple of months after I turned 23. I joined the IPS in August, the same year.
22. A turning point in my life.— Renuka Mishra (@renukamishra67) January 21, 2021
Completed my M.A (Econ) and got my first job as a Research Asst. at the National Institute of Bank Management, Pune.
Where 8 months later I was asked to present 1 paper each in Monetary Policy & Trade Policy.
At a National Conference chaired by then RBI Governor Rangarajan— Priya Ramachandran (@CobblePriya) January 21, 2021
Designed & Wrote a SCADA – supervisory control and data acquisition program for NTPC for CMC Limited. Possibly the only useful thing I have done in my life. https://t.co/ao4Kcj0tM6 pic.twitter.com/rj3kFBN1NO
— avataram (@avataram) January 21, 2021
Teaching in a school , taking tuitions in the evenings , enrolling in masters 😜 in short ….living it up 😂😂 https://t.co/BHkBwSAG9g
— samiksha mishra wadhwa (@SamikshaWadhwa) January 21, 2021
For some though, life wasn’t that sorted; they were still figuring it out. A few also recalled how that time had been painful due to personal tragedies.
Well 🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/qvXbzuktGk pic.twitter.com/kHioOdoLj1
— Adarsh (@AdarshDatta) January 21, 2021
1. Starting professional journey in a new city (Mumbai)
2. Getting to understand it's local train system
3. Figuring out the advertising industry for work
4. Writing expenses at the back of a notepad every evening to see where I could cut cost of living the next day.Good times https://t.co/qeq5USsg79
— Shephali Bhatt (@ShephaliBhatt) January 21, 2021
At home being nagged ” काम के न काज के दुश्मन अनाज के ” 😀
— Hemant (@hemantkutiyal) January 21, 2021
Desperately healing a broken life.
— namita 👣 (@namitaj68) January 21, 2021
Convincing parents, “Naukri lgte hi agle din shadi na karwa dena plz”
— Mayank Dixit (@mayankshivu) January 21, 2021
My mother died 2 months before I turned 22. I spent 22 grieving. https://t.co/tRGCDOcrU3
— misandrist rose cookie (@misandristbb) January 21, 2021
Signing up for Twitter. https://t.co/JD3Dd81vlr
— Shakti Shetty (@Shakti_Shetty) January 21, 2021
College ke assignments and online classes 🥴 https://t.co/Y0KCibCh9j
— Aditya Sharma ➐ (@sharma_aadi28) January 21, 2021
was thinking that I've arrived in life after campus placement. lol. i was so wrong…! I didn't even join that organization. https://t.co/yi9ukKW2zw
— Kungfu Pasmanda 2.0 (@AnisShafiullah) January 21, 2021
Working for 6000/month https://t.co/mNh0ULw86x
— Vaisakh Raj (@vaisakh_raj) January 21, 2021
The most difficult and worst year of my life. Lost my sister, severe depression and PTSD. And took the worst life changing decision too. 😐 https://t.co/4lqX9p1JAF
— Heisenberg Blues 🌈✊🏾 (@proletarianism0) January 21, 2021
As for me, I was scrambling to finish my postgraduation dissertation before the deadline. What were you up to when you were 22?