It's been 15 years since I graduated. Five of which were spent in absolute hell, during a phase of my life where one had no choice but to contend with back-biting and office politics. It was only during those moments when one realised as to how many friends I had. And trust me, as someone who has been on both ends of the success spectrum, the number "zero" definitely applied. It was lonely at the top. It was also incredibly lonely at the bottom.
I was watching the 1979 movie The Warriors the other day. It's about a street-gang (The Warriors) that is trying to get back to its home turf in New York, after they've been set up and falsely blamed for a murder that they did not commit. Whilst watching the movie, I was struck by how every single member of The Warriors gang is in their 20's, with there existing a sense of brotherhood between the young men, and a level of camaraderie that I know that I've never really had. The gang-members also didn't mind staying out all night, and as someone who is now 40, that's something that I know that I will also never really get to properly experience as I like to be in bed by 10pm. I'm an early-bird at heart now, and like to get my 6-8 hours of sleep, and be up at around 5:30am. A far cry indeed f...