My Story — Joitree Debnath

 Hi there. I started this blog when the world shut down during COVID. Today I stumbled upon an old post while googling myself. It's been five years. Five years of nothing but tests — each one designed to make me level up. I have always wanted things beyond my current capacity. I am delusional. And the best part? That delusion is exactly what made me win. I guess.  I run a studio today. Studio Aarth — an interior design studio.  I built a business in a city where I didn't even know how to survive. I've had days with no food at home, to the time as me paying salaries. I was a nobody trying to break into luxury interiors — a space that runs entirely on connections. I didn't have any. I got in anyway. Today I've upgraded my devices, I pay my own bills, pay money for home construction and also a trip with my sister. I am doing some big girl things as it looks.  In the last five years, I have worked a lot on myself and worked so much so that I am kinda proud of myself. Bu...

How often do you find yourself trapped in the “Fresher” cycle? You just graduated, which means you have no real-world experience yet. So, all that your office folks ask you to do is either make coffee or handle tasks you have absolutely no clue about. “You dare leave on time? You’re a fresher. How can you be so strict about your time?” You are expected to spend your entire day doing unnecessary things in the name of being a fresher. And then the cycle continues. Nobody really speaks about the bullying that happens under the label of “training freshers.” I am an Interior Architect. While people in many other fields work around 48 hours a week on average, I was working a minimum of 51 hours. Even after that, my Sundays would go into working on more designs and endless variations — because apparently, everybody likes options. To be honest, I genuinely love my career and all the chaos that comes with it… until the “fresher” label starts becoming an excuse to disrespect boundaries. I am ver...