Try Everything - A guide for college beginners

Life is a hectic cycle. As we grow old, we get busy in our job, family and responsibilities due to which we aren't able to get time for things we love, or things we want to learn. It becomes difficult to manage it due to shortage of time and age effect. We are so busy in the rat race that we aren't able to shift our time and attention towards those things. 

For class 12th kids last few months have been quite hectic and troublesome. First preparation for board exams, then entrance exams and now the tension of admission. As you guys enter new phase of your life, there are some things I would like to share with you.

First thing is that your graduation degree won't matter much until and unless you are in IIT or any similar institute. You need to go for PG if you wish to earn good and be among the top individuals in your industry. So don't feel bad if you aren't able to get into top DU COLLEGE or in IPU, instead this is the time which should be utilized very effectively. This is the time to experiment, this is the time try new things. It is the time to do what you always desired but due to study pressure weren't able to do them. This is the time to live your dreams. 

So if you want to learn swimming, then go for it, join any institute near you and start with it. Have a interest in playing guitar? Want to learn it? Then go get a guitar, join any of the classes nearby or learn from YouTube and get going. Have a passion for writing?  Start writing. It could be anything. It could be a short story, a poem, articles or better a book or start a blog like me. Have a interest in foreign languages? Want to learn them? Then search for the one you have interest in and get enrolled either in a recognized university or through embassy.  Want to act? Have a feeling that you can perform any role with perfection and deserve to be there in bollywood?  Then join a theater group in your city or a "drama community" in your college and showcase your talent. Also there are  many other communities in college, join any of the one where you find your calling. Or have a keen interest in travelling?? Then start by exploring your city.

Like this there are so many other things that you can do. All you need is a willingness to travel, willingness to move from your stable state. Set that lazy person within you aside and get going. Always remember there's a big difference between thinking about doing the thing and actually doing it. So try your hand at everything that's within your grasps, as you never know when and where you will find your true passion.

Believe me this is the best time for all this. As you have got through the tough phase of getting admission for UG. There will be no parental pressure for studies and clearing college examinations isn't a tough task. And you will have at least 2 years before you go for coaching for PG courses and seriously start studying for them. So see there's a plenty of time to do things you desire. All you need is to identify those empty spaces you have in your day and get going,.

I would like to narrate a story of one of my friend who is excellent in studies and was more into debate, quiz and similar activities during school days, joined the "Nukkad Natak" community in his college. And the way his personality changed is worth seeing. Also one of my classmate in school  had the keen interest in French language. She did foreign language course along with graduation and now she's a French Teacher in the same school. Teacher at the age off 22... Isn't it a kind of achievement? Also some of the guys I know were involved in social work for kids, which I always wanted to do in my college days but never took a proper step towards that cause.

Now 2 years after my graduation I realize the things I missed in my college days. Things that I should have done or could have opted to but due to bit laziness and unwillingness to move from my stable position, that lack of inner drive due to which I wasn't able to do those things. I failed to recognize the spaces I had in all those years, the empty spaces that weren't utilized effectively. Though I am doing them one by one now but had I gone for them at that time, things would have been lot different as they are now. I would have been more developed individual and would had much more time to do new things now

So after reading this I think you will surely realize the importance of these years of your college life plus the things you could go for in these years. You just have to set that lazy person within you aside and get going for your dreams, your desire and your "to do" list. Just enjoy these years of life as "THESE ARE THE BEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE...."