Challenges is a very strong word, what i think is, challenge is nothing but a perception in a person’s mind relating to a particular task that he cannot do it. It may be there because of past experience or some childhood memory which was not so pleasant.
I am no different than an average youth, who takes upon themselves everything and roams around with a lot of anxiety. But, the turning point in my life was when everything was just falling apart. There were nights when I couldn’t sleep, thinking of future.
All it takes is one moment of self realisation to make up your mind and do whatever is necessary in that situation.
I was a graduate with decent marks and a good job, which everyone at my peer level aspired for but something was missing, I was not getting the growth I wanted and the only option in front of me was cracking CAT and pursuing MBA from a decent college. But with so much hype around MBA entrances i was scared of even starting with the preparations and all I did was procrastinate. And even with a tiring day at office, I couldn’t sleep.
It happened with me while going to office, at 7:30 in the morning, I suddenly realised, that things will not change until i want them to, and that day i decided that no matter what, I’ll study for the entrance exam along with my job, no matter what people say that with a job, you cannot make it.
I followed my routine of studying with everything I had, the maximum sleep I used to get was 4 hours on a weekday and I also resigned from my job after attempting CAT, because it was sucking the life out of me, and the anxiety started again- “What if I don’t score enough in CAT?” What will I do, now I don’t even have a job”
But being strong was the only choice I had.
And when i got the CAT results (5th January 2019), was the day when things started to clear off a little and it was the night I really slept.