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(Face reveal part II!)  HELLO EVERYONE!! Welcome to MY TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #faltufriday BLOG POST!! (okay enough with the screaming now) Thank you so so much to literally everyone out there who has supported me these past 2 years - couldn't have reached here without y'all <3 I took a short poll on my Instagram asking what you all would want for a 2 year special and majority of y'all voted for  My reflections and learnings over the past 2 years   (without further ado, let's get to it!) To be frank, I actually did not imagine myself writing a blog post for a 2 year special. Not that I didn't see this as a long term project; just didn't hit me 2 years ago when I started out that I would come this far so fast. I know it sounds clichéd, but the first thing I'd say that I learnt from blogging would be perseverance . I'd had both good and bad days, some posts took off and some didn't - but I wouldn't let the ones that didn't break throug

  Hello everyone and welcome back! Just to be clear, this isn't an entirely different subfield of Anxiety, as in the disorder, rather just another 'type' of anxiousness we feel - similar to Eco Anxiety ; up to the level of being scared of it. I had this period too. I used to cry before exams, begging for some miracle to occur. After research, I found out that Maths particularly is one subject whose incomprehension attacks us the most.  The reason:  Maths is a whole other language .  Though you'll find some English in it, majority of it is just a bunch of random symbols making sense. What is "Math Anxiety" and its Impact? Maths anxiety can also be called as a feeling of tension and apprehension that interferes with performance ability, especially in math, and the solving of mathematical problems in a wide variety of ordinary life and academic situations. Math anxiety is more than just feeling nervous about doing math. It's feeling anxious about everything r

Hello everyone and welcome back!  With friendship day around the corner, I wanted to throw light on a pretty unspoken topic based on it! A lot of us have probably heard of the term 'Toxic Friendships' but not done such a great job at recognizing it. I've had my share too and definitely had a tough time recognizing it until recently. This "revelation" led me to think about how common this is, having witnessed several, and how we can recognize and put an end to one. P.s. This post is not promoting the idea of calling out your friendships and breaking them on the spot because of one red flag, but just to spread awareness that such stuff still exists and you must try to not be one.  So, without further ado, let's get to it!   Firstly starting off, What IS a 'Toxic Friendship'? In simple words, friendships where you feel burdened by the other persons company can be called a toxic friendship. The friendship tends to be more of a competition rather than a hea

(Another B99 reference!)  Hey everyone and welcome back! Today's post is quite personal because this is something that I went through recently and I know a lot of my peers did too.  The underlying fact however is, none of us want to admit it. For most of you who don't know, I recently passed 10th grade a couple of months ago and I am just a few weeks into Grade 11. I spoke about my experience in 10th grade:   H ere but I wanted to talk about what happens after 10th grade.  In simple words, A slump. (Keep in mind, I'm authoring this post just 2 months into 11th grade)  I recently hit a slump (probably still in it haha) which led me to think, why not talk about it? Most people are going through one? The fact is that, at least in an Indian education system, people put a lot of pressure on 10th Grade - and that pressure is valid. 10th is super important for life and you need to work hard this year.  What most people discard is that we burn ourselves out SO much that we start