
ILLUMINATION | INTRODUCTION
A Simple Introduction
A fresh start but a colossal move
I often feel insecure while giving introductions, because I feel it’s boring. Ain’t it ? I don’t think anybody will be entertained by minutes of me just blabbering about myself. No! I am not crucifying Illumination for conducting introductions. Not at all! I think it’s a great gesture from them to greet and meet new blossoming writers like me. All I am saying is “my story” could be boring to others. Anyway, I don’t get to judge myself because I know, if I don’t tell my story nobody else will. I want my voice to reach the huge audience of Illumination and here is my small story.
Me in a nutshell
I am an electronics engineer from India (yes a brown guy) who reads, writes and plays guitar. I also travel and do vlogs. I have a decent experience in blogging but I am just a month old on medium. I don’t have any siblings but do have a lot of friends and I guess that’s enough. I watch hell lot of movies and thriller/mystery is my favorite genre. So, I think it’s time for the real story to start.

Master of f*ck ups
Yes! I am so sorry to use the f word but no other word can do justification to the things that I have done in my life. I have missed so many good opportunities that could have been golden balls.
I flunked in my 11th grade (not technically) which I later passed through re-examination. Though, it has taught me a lot. Often, hard times are the ones which show true colors of life to you. I felt like killing myself because of the shame that I had to face, I have been a very good student through out my life and this was a nightmare. I was literally on the verge of suicide. But, I couldn’t do it, I consolidated courage out of nowhere and fought back to life. I passed the re-examination and here I am writing this story. Alive.
If I had take one decision wrong, everything would have been different. Well, that’s where I learnt the power of believing in myself. No matter what the situation is, I ensure you there will always be a day of glory and that is inevitable. Just believe in yourself.
Lost love
I disappointed so many people on and off during the course of my life and it wasn’t worth it. One day my girlfriend just disappeared. I still don’t know where, actually nobody knows. None of her friends, close relatives or cousins. Her family just moved, I don’t know where. I searched for her for so long just to know what happened and if I could help her in anyway but no trace of her. I still don’t know what happened to her so abruptly, maybe she left the country and I just kept sobbing. Anyway, all I want for her is to be happy and do well in life.
Depressed again
I was again depressed when the love of my life vanished, I kept sobbing but I always remained sober. I never did drugs even though I had lots of accessibility of it. I was sad and alone, but my brothers (college mates) and family were always there for me. They were the only support system that I had.
It is in this phase a new girl came to my life. She liked me or maybe even loved me a lot, but as always I screwed up. I was still in love with the vanished girlfriend and took the new love for granted. Result? None of us couldn’t put forward our feelings for each other even after a ton of dates. She thought I didn’t like her and stepped aside. Aju was alone again.
New Life
I forgot everything and started concentrating on the vital things of life. I got into narcissim, I started working out, resumed by reading habits. Now, here I am writing on medium and doing what I love to do.
My life might not interest you but you can surely learn what not to do from it. You can learn how you can be a better person. How small failures are nothing when you see it in a broader perspective. There is so much life left and there will always be better days. The sun will shine again and the dark clouds will surely fade away. Just give life sometime, let the wounds heal and start to concentrate on yourself. Victory will find you again.
If you have reached so far reading my story, I really appreciate that, I will try to do better . I thank Illumination and Dr Mehmet Yildiz sir for giving me this wonderful opportunity to write and I hope to keep up the standards of this beautiful publication.
