"If you don't do this, you'd fail for sure. When you fail, you'd be an embarrassment." Sound familiar?
Well yes, very familiar haha. I guess I had been too antagonizing of my mistakes in the past, as well. There came a point where I would stop myself from doing something I enjoy, feeling a sense of guilt that I may not be giving my academics a 100% effort. It proved to be detrimental. Now that all of the studying and exams are way behind me, I can't help but feel a void owing to the fact that I have forgotten what else I like to do when I am not studying lol. But I am now starting to grasp myself again and pursuing things for myself.
I wish I learned all about these nuggets of truth sooner. It would have saved me the trouble of mentally torturing myself. Great read, ate Gail! Will save this in case I start to be too hard on myself.
Diba? I find it rather interesting how the best performing people are too hard on themselves. You are one of the awesome humans I know. Glad to know that you have let go of the studying and exams in the past.
I wish I'd known of this before too! Best of luck in life @josejirafa!