Challenges in student life are not something that comes with studies but are mostly present due to external factors like our relatives, neighbours, friends and all others. This was the case with me too. Being a studious kid, I was always expected to give my hundred ten per cent and if anything short of it was the result of the day, then I had to go under the scrutiny of all the people around me. Thankfully I was blessed with supportive parents but I took it upon myself to meet all expectations so much so that I didn’t realise it at the correct time and had started to get affected by what others were saying about me and stopped having an opinion of my own and turned into a people pleaser. Then came the most dreaded part of my life, Tenth Standard board exams. The very term scared me to the bones and sent chills down my spine and it was not because of the social pressure alone but because of exam anxiety as all my friends were done with their course and I was yet to start of the things and it was just one month to exams. I used to shiver just thinking about the outcomes and whether I would meet my parents' expectations or not, that I started to get severe anxiety attacks.
In the end, I discussed my fears with my parents and told them about my issues and asked for their help. At that moment they gave a piece of single advice that I still live by “Just give your hundred per cent in whatever you do in your life and let the result be. Atleast this way you won’t ever regret anything in your life”. At that moment I realised that it’s so much important to not lose focus from ourselves and what we want in life and no matter what others say you are your own individual. Whether I performed well or not is not that important but in the end, I was able to learn something which became functional in achieving every other goal I have had ever since.
