They say life is all about keep moving but they don’t tell you that perhaps you would be moving on an upward slope with loads of mental and physical burden. As easy as it may sound, it is never a cakewalk when you move ahead towards your ambition. Like many individuals in our country without even thinking once about my strength, weakness or perhaps interest I decided to pursue engineering in my undergrad. Although my academics was never a problem, I never enjoyed studying engineering much and started to understand that my interest was more on a leadership role in managing things and hence my ambition got ignited to pursue MBA from a reputed institution.
Being a working professional and a mediocre student all I had were the weekends to study. I joined a reputed coaching institute and worked hard whole year, but perhaps it was not enough. As you don’t succeed the mental pressure surrounds you and perhaps things seem little bleak looking forward. I decided to try once more and do a self-study this time. As time went by the burden to manage office and study increased and it became physically straining most of the days. I was clouded with thoughts and was in huge mental pressure to perform and secure a seat as I felt anymore wait would sabotage my carrier ahead as I was loosing interest in my job. Finally the day of CAT arrived and what happened next was on expected terms. I failed to perform well as my mind was shut due to huge pressure I have created for myself.
I was disappointed but the best step forward was to analyse. Now I was sane and XAT was just knocking at the door. I knew I have gathered enough knowledge to clear an entrance exam but what was wrong was the state of my mind. It needed to relax and I had 20 days to do so. I still wonder what I did was insane but I called my parents and planned a trip with them to Ooty for 2 days. Well of course they were bothered but they trusted me. I needed to relax and yes those 2 days turned out to be magical. I came back 5 days before the XAT and successfully secured 90 percentile. I was selected at T.A Pai Institute of Management and I am currently a student here. Well no one is better teacher than your experiences and struggle. The most important lesson that I learnt is to introspect myself to find the best solution possible. Perhaps a break is needed sometime and I got one when it was most needed.