I don’t want to settle down!

Saheli Bhattacharyya
2 min readNov 13, 2021

I don’t want to settle down. I don’t want a perfect job and a wholesome salary. I want to grow, every second, every minute, and every day. I want to send handwritten love letters to my crushes and run away. I want to go on magical dates. I want to go on magical vacations with my companion whom I call my lover. I want to do goofy stuff, all the things that we only deem fit to be done as teenagers. I don’t want to grow up like society wants me to. I want to explore everything that I could have chosen as a potential career. I want to be an educationist, a curriculum designer, a fashion designer, a stylist, or a writer, or just work as a customer success manager. I want to keep exploring because life is too short to do just one thing our whole lives.

Am no princess, I don’t even have parents to back me with their money. I live alone and I take care of my needs and most of the time wants :P I am a living example of an oxymoron. I complain about the world being too capitalistic, but on the other hand, I am a shopaholic. But I don’t want to settle down — because chaos is all there is around me. I am always confused about how to be a person who can belong to this world and this not so conducive society. What to be, how to be, how to earn money — ughhh too much isn’t it?

I just want to focus on living an amazing life, fulfill all my dreams, and do what makes me happy. Magic — looking outside the window with a cup of makaibari and staring at the daily meetings held by my neighbor squirrels. Late night conversations with my soul sisters, whom I chose as my family. Going for a gala dinner with my sister all decked up. Bitching about how corporates are the worst places to work in, yet working in one. However, knowing how to pursue my passion — be it decorating my house or going for a book launch event and getting mesmerized. I want to do it all, who knows, one day I might even creep into a tech launch event!

My love for decoration!

Belonging to this world has always been difficult for me, so I ditched it. I belong to this universe and for that, all I need to do is — settle down never!

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Saheli Bhattacharyya

As a writer, I find solace and wonder in the ordinary moments. My passion lies in uncovering the magic woven into the fabric of everyday life.