Changing jobs and residences frequently is a very common scenario
nowadays. Do you believe that this is good for one's future?"
Switching employment and shifting
place of living frequently is a new normal today. Whatever the source of this
new found love may be, this new human propensity can influence lives both
adversely, as well as positively.
Changing employment, in a way, is
surely a path that often leads to faster career progression. Although hopping jobs
is prone to hardships, it opens up doors to broader opportunities, sometimes in
a multitude of ways that one might have never imagined, bringing in rich
returns. Those taking risks are
bound to gain multifariously, in terms of monetary and non-monetary
benefits, higher positions in the hierarchy, a once in a blue moon opportunity to
learn something new that might help in approaching and obtaining alternative skills
within a given occupation.
Similarly,
when one shifts place of dwelling whether within the same or other city, or
even country, they are exposed to new surroundings with diverse environments,
in terms of neighborhood, attitudes of people, weather and even facilities.
This lays an opportunity at the disposal of people to experience the difference
and develop a broader world view, turning
them more receptive, liberal and
eventually rational.
However, there
are certain failings of this inclination. Many are left feeling alienated,
since many cannot rapidly acclimatize to the new working environment and ethics, by virtue of not being accepted
readily older workers, making one to
start from the scratch again. Similarly, when one changes a
dwelling unit, they often find it hard to the adapt to surroundings and living
conditions that can affect physical and mental wellbeing.
In
hindsight, whatever the reasons those living solitary may offer, I strongly
feel that independent life is not as pleasurable as it may seem. It should be a
short phase rather than a permanent arrangement.
