CHALLENGES ARE WHAT MAKE LIFE INTERESTING,
AND OVERCOMING THEM IS WHAT MAKES LIFE MEANINGFUL
-JOSHUA I. MARINE
I'm a 22 year old girl, who is way much pampered and taken care of by my parents. I've never stayed away from home because i immensely attached to my family & city. I made a decision to pursue MBA in an esteemed B School, my only and best option was IIM Visakhapatnam if i were to stay in my city. I've striven a lot to get the required score in CAT and ended up securing 92.8 percentile. I was eagerly waiting for the interview call from IIM Visakhapatnam but somehow could not satisfy the criteria. Now here I am in another city (Bangalore) pursuing MBA in a equally good B school NMIMS. Initially it has been really difficult to get adapted to the new circumstances, but time tends to heal us in best possible way. In this journey i learnt to get out of my comfort zone which was quite a challenge.
There has been another situation in my under graduation where I challenged myself and I'm proud of it. I'm a B.tech graduate in Biotechnology from Gitam University. I continued to be the topper till sixth semester i.e., till the third year. One of my classmates and me kept always switching our positions at 1 and 2 ranks till then, but my cumulative score was a tad bit lower than hers by then. As the 7th semester end exams came by I was severely infected with conjunctivitis and my doctor has seriously given me instructions of do's and don'ts. I was not supposed to strain my eyes in any way possible, be it working on my computer or reading or watching tv. My eyes felt like fire balls all the time. I had an option to give my exam in my last semester, but i was rigid. I tried and slogged day and night even if i felt like I'm losing my sight and finally gave all my exams. Later when the results released after a month i was the happiest because i scored the highest and i was successful in beating the competition. I challenged myself and learned that hard work definitely pays off.
Every challenge i took up has taught me something really important in life. They are few more personal challenges I've faced too which enabled me to grow as a person.