The world will keep you occupied with milestones, one after the other – entrance exams, internal exams, Group Discussions, personal interviews.
And you will keep crossing those hurdles – preparing two weeks before internal exams, a few months before entrance exams, and a few days before placement interviews.
These engagements give an illusions of growth and achievement, but they still don’t guarantee fulfillment.
You need to pick a few things with which you’re willing to stick around for a long time.
The game has never been about intensity that lets you ‘crack’ the next milestone. It’s about things you can be consistent in, so that your skills start compounding.
Example – you will not become a good writer with 5 hours of daily writing over one week or a course completed over a weekend.
You will become a good writer with 30 minutes of daily writing over the next 5 years.
Play the long game, man. Life is not about scoring a 98/100 and then forgeting what you learnt a week later, because the next milestone is waiting.
Life is about what endures, not what’s quickly achieved.