If you are the student
“Maine research kar liya.”
Three Reels. One Quora thread. Package screenshots saved. And at 2 a.m. — am I even on the right road?
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We learned Google.
We never learned ourselves.
You can search any career in ten seconds. That still doesn’t tell you who you are when nobody is grading you — or what you’re afraid to choose out loud.
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If this is your house
I wrote this for the silence after “beta, kya banoge?”
Not another motivational book. A place to sit with the question everyone keeps skipping.
If you are at home
“Google pe dekh le.”
As if Google can search a child’s heart. Marks at every PTM. Almost never: where does this child look alive?
If you already have a degree
The job market feels like noise.
You finished what you were told to finish. Now everyone says “apply everywhere.” You want direction first — not another round of guessing.
If you already have a job
It pays. It still doesn’t feel like yours.
Busy looks like progress. It isn’t always. This is for the year you want to choose — stay, switch, or finally tell the truth on paper.
A note from me
I was that kid people wrote off.
60% in CBSE. Kota because someone said so. Failed the exams that were supposed to define me. My parents borrowed money for school fees — and I still didn’t have a map that belonged to me.
Years later I sit with students who have the internet in their pocket and a blank look when I ask: who are you when nobody is scoring you? Google gave information. Self-knowledge is still pending.
This journal is the conversation I wish someone had given me on paper. Not a lecture. A year of sitting with yourself — fifteen minutes at a time.
— Tanuj Sharma
What’s inside
Who → Where → How
Google never asks these. This book does — then makes you write the evidence, not the vibe.
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Who
Who am I?
Interests, values, skills — when no one is grading you. Fear named out loud, on the page.
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Where
Where am I going?
Options on the table, with Indian career realities — exams, family pressure, trade-offs.
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How
How will I move?
Gaps, musts, and proof for the week. A trail at the end of the year — not a fantasy.
Not daily knowledge. Fifteen minutes a week. A year of honesty.
Is this for you?
If any of this is you, take it home tonight
Class 11–12 or college
Stream fog. Branch regret. Everyone has advice. You still don’t have your own page.
Fresher, first job, or switch
The form got submitted. The fear waited. This is the year you sit with both.
Parent who wants to help — not control
Don’t fill the pages for them. Protect a Sunday 15 minutes. Be a witness when they invite you — not a boss.
Teacher, mentor, or relative with a gift to give
Cash and chocolate fade. A year of structure stays. Farewell, birthday, Diwali, admission — give a quiet room, not another lecture.
This comes from real rooms
The same practice that sat with these people
I don’t sell a formula. I sit with confusion until a next step is honest. The journal puts that sitting on paper — for the days I’m not in the room.
BSc → NIT Warangal → Programmer
She wasn’t sure what was realistic. We mapped it. She got in — and she works as a programmer today.
3 years NEET → NIFT Chennai → Designer
Medical prep wasn’t her life. Three months of honest guidance later, she designs at a major house.
Maths fear → DTU BTech
The fear was treated as a problem to solve, not a personality. He took admission at DTU.
Who will you blame if you never discover yourself?
The question on the cover. Page one is tonight. Write the year on it.
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