It's Over...

 I cried after my 10th Grade board exams ended.
More recently, I cried once HFSMUN (my school's flagship event) ended.

Update as of 21 Dec 2024: I cried when my first semester in College ended.

Now before you label me a 'cry baby' or assume that this is the end of my blog (sns not anytime soon!), let me clarify: This post isn't about promoting the benefits of crying (we've already covered that in another blog post). Instead, my main focus will be on the feeling of "It's All Over", and how to bounce back from such moments.

Do you ever feel like you spend so much time, so much hard work over something and suddenly it's over?
Countless hours working towards a particular goal and it's done.
Like khatam? 

And this feeling is even more prominent when it's something you've had on your personal bucket list for the longest time; it's a passion; or a dream.

(Okay enough with the emphasis - you get it)

This feeling - I have no better way of putting it - sucks.

This blog (I hope) serves as the much-needed pep talk whenever you feel this way.

You'll always have new things to look forward to, new goals set, work towards achieving them, achieve them and then feel slightly empty, ki now what?

Life is life.
You're going to work for some opportunities and some will come to you.
It's always going to be a relentless cycle of this but what really gives it zest is that you learn something with every opportunity (and every failure.)

Every time you go through something, it gives you the experience to do something else better the next time. And trust me, there's always going to be a next time.
It may not be the exact same activity, but it's going to be something that interests you and you're going to engross yourself in that.

And for real, don't keep your emotions to yourself.
You anticipate something and it's over and you want to cry? Do it.
You'll feel so much more lighter after.

Oh and by the way, the most important part of this post is, THIS PIECE OF ADVICE IS USELESS IF YOU TELL IT TO YOURSELF BY YOURSELF.

The above is not meant for when you're feeling low because frankly, we all suck at giving ourselves advice and in that moment sab kuch cliched lagta hai.
This is advice you need to use when someone in your inner circle experiences something similar.
You need to tailor advice according to situations- a copy-pasted version of nothing works (well except computer programs...)

Back to the point!
Read this blog if you feel that your peer or family is going through a similar case.
 
And most importantly, subscribe to my blog if it helped :)

Signing off,

Kuhu :)