I don’t think there is anything particularly special about saying that I’m a Havaldar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m not saying that to disrespect the job, and I’m not saying it to make it sound smaller than it is. It is simply what I currently do for a living. And since work takes up a fairly large part of anyone’s life, this is also one part of mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am currently working as a Havaldar in the Dimapur Commissionerate, CGST Guwahati Zone. I got this job through the SSC examination that I appeared for in 2024, and I joined in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m not going to share my personal details here. There isn’t really any reason to. They are neither particularly significant nor particularly insignificant. They are just mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that’s probably how I see the job too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m not trying to show off because of it. At the same time, I don’t want to pretend that I haven’t achieved anything. Getting my first government job was important to me. I worked for it, I got it, and I’m grateful for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than anything, I give the glory to God for whatever I have achieved so far. I don’t see this as the end of anything. Hopefully, it is just another part of the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My work life at the moment is actually quite calm. I don’t have some dramatic story about unbearable pressure, constant stress or working every waking hour. That’s simply not my reality right now. Most days are fairly ordinary, and honestly, I don’t mind that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are things about the job that I like and things that I don’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the things I have realised quite clearly is that I don’t really like wearing a uniform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know that might sound strange to some people, especially because the uniform is an important part of many government jobs. I respect it. I respect the people who wear it proudly, and I understand what it represents. But personally, I just don’t feel comfortable wearing one. I don’t wear it every day, but even when I do, it isn’t something I particularly enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is one reason I am still looking for opportunities elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unlike many people, I don’t have a plan to prepare for the UPSC examination or keep appearing for every major competitive examination that comes my way. I don’t have anything against that either. It is just not what I want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What I would like, quite simply, is a job where I don’t have to wear a uniform, where I can sit down, do the work I am supposed to do, finish it and go home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It doesn’t even have to be a hugely high-paying job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know that sounds unusual in a world where almost every career conversation eventually comes down to salary, status or designation. But those things don’t define what I am looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like making websites and writing, and I like building small projects and experimenting with things on the internet. I already own a few websites, and I intend to keep building more. So I want to earn not only through my job but also through the things I create myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is one reason this particular website is a little different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This site won’t be monetised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don’t want every part of my life to become something that needs to generate money. There are some things I want to make simply because I want to make them. This is one of those things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, despite everything I have said, being a Havaldar is probably the most important part of my life right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not because of the designation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of what the job has given me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the first job I have ever had, and because of that alone, it has introduced me to a world I hadn’t experienced before. I have met influential people I probably would never have crossed paths with otherwise, been to places I might never have had a reason to visit, and picked up on how differently people work, communicate and carry themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More importantly, I have learned things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of those lessons have nothing to do with the actual duties of my job. They are things I use in my everyday life. Small things about discipline, responsibility, patience, dealing with different kinds of people, observing situations and understanding that everyone has a different story behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe that is what makes this job important to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A job doesn’t have to be your dream job to change you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It doesn’t have to be prestigious or permanent to matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is simply where I am right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don’t know exactly where I’ll be a few years from now. Maybe I’ll still be here, maybe I’ll have moved into something else, or maybe the websites and projects will finally be paying enough on their own. I genuinely don’t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For now, though, I am a Havaldar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is my first job. It is part of my routine, part of my experiences and, whether I like every aspect of it or not, part of my story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that is probably the most honest way I can describe it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am grateful for where I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I am also still trying to find where I want to go next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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