Where Do I See Myself 5 years from now?

     Although this is a cliché' question which most of the interviewers ask, the purpose behind asking this question still bugs me a lot. And there is a perfectly sane and well-contemplated thought behind this stand of mine, let me elaborate.

     The volatility of the human mind is the prime cause. I might not find the very same task which I do today, equally interesting, the next day. My appetite for some aspect or some concept or some thing might all of a sudden subside and I might as well develop a newfound interest in something I never tried before. The propensity of mind to get indulged in something which it sees interesting is temporal, at least at this age. Later after developing some maturity and getting some experience and also with some spiritual anchoring, these vacillations might substantially decrease and focus about what to do in life might be attained. Even then I say five years is too long a span. Probably a year or two would be ideal at this stage.

     Also, in my 21 years of experience, the best results or the best things which have happened are unplanned. For instance, getting a question of geometry or algebra right on Brilliant makes me hedonic and gives me an ecstasy which is unparalleled. Doing a piece of Origami Art out of nowhere after thinking crazily about the folds and the itinerary to completing the model of paper delights me more than having scored a 9 point SPI. Doing WPME while knowing that it is not going to help me a lot in my CAT paper on the final day, still intrigues me and I feel more inclined to do it inspite of my 1 year old self's loathing to the English language. My reluctance to reading books until the advent of the first year suddenly digressed after Shridhar mama introduced me to Hardy Boys from where I jumped  to John Grisham, then to Mitch Albom and now to John Green. I would not have read TFIOS as most of the people I met derogated it a lot but I read it and reading it gave me a different kind of high. It taught me a huge deal of things as is apparent from my previous post. My 16 year self definitely would have not visualised a single thing out of these for my 21 year old version. So, if things that matter the most to me are going to come unplanned anyway, why do I contemplate on where do I see myself 5 years from now?

     Being honest might really suck. If I said this to the interviewer, he would most probably kick me out and not want to hire me. But being honest would definitely put me in a better position to justify myself as the things that I am talking about are actually the things which I value or hold dear to me. I think it is not necessary to give conventional answers to the interviewer but honest answers might work better. Most of the times the mind hears what it wants to hear. Being conventional might help if I were to stick to that ideal but then, people like unconventional things, "Thinking out of the box". Any belief can thus be twisted into any form but it is my conviction that determines which ideal I should follow. I am comfortable with the latter and so I would say "This question is redundant and the reasons for the same are elaborated above, let's move on!"