The Words with Wings

 So my friend sent me a post that read as follows: "Life doesn't start after the obstacles; Life is the obstacles." This made me wonder what if I don't always want to live through those obstacles? Maybe sometimes I just need some time to re-energize to face those obstacles confidently. I know people say that you become a better person after each problem in life, and I believe so too, but can't life give us a little break sometimes? I'm always up for risks but can we also normalize taking out time for ourselves? I know everyone has this goal, which may be earning money for most of us and bringing about a change in the world for others, in their minds, even though they might not be aware of what path to take to follow those goals. And you realize this, more so, when you are about to enter the last year of your graduation. You see people getting interned and placed and the companies but you also see those like you who don't have it all figured out or the ones...

 Isn't that who all of us need sometimes-Just a Good Listener? Take a minute to ponder over that... One day, I talked to a friend who mentioned that he can be a good listener if I ever want to talk about anything. And how many people can actually say that? Don't you sometimes feel that just letting it all out would solve your problems instead of actually finding a solution or getting any advice from anyone? That happens sometimes and not because you want to run away from your problems but because they might not be ours to solve. Let me give you an example; so my college has decided to extend our current semester by a month and that too just for taking end semester evaluations. After hearing this news, all of us just wanted to rant, for the sake of letting it all out. It's not like we can change the dean's decision or we don't know that we might have to study now, but having someone who can listen to all your rant always helps. The question now arises are you a good ...

 According to the Cambridge dictionary, a deadline is "a time or day by which something must be done". We often tend to overlook the word, "by" because for most of us a deadline means to get done with the submission just a minute before the specified time. But it looks like I am not that person. I'm someone who panics if I even approach the last day of the deadline. My college friends usually say, "Grow up! You are not in school anymore." And sometimes, I too think that maybe I should but that satisfaction of submitting an assignment way before the deadlines, gives you a sense of victory and automatically brings a smile on your face. But that is not why I'm writing this blog today. So, what is the point? While we are amidst a deadly pandemic, our colleges want us to meet deadlines which is the worst possible thing they can do because keeping ourselves sane should be our topmost priority right now, but instead we are busy worrying about submitting a...