Tag: persistence

I Don’t Have A Choice: Throwing The Garbage

The author writes how he doesn’t have a choice but to throw the garbage despite it being uncomfortable.

Throwing the garbage is a perpetual struggle for me. (Although I have no choice)

First I have to wake up early in the morning. Then I have to put the garbage in the garbage bags.

Then I have to throw them away.

I know it sounds simple but in reality it’s not.

First there’s the smell, then there’s the piling up of garbage bags.

Then there’s convincing myself to do the whole thing.

But I have no choice. I have to throw the garbage.

There’s no choice. 

So now I’ll go pack up the garbage in the garbage bags after writing this blog post.

And I’ll throw them away.

The struggle is really real.

Thank you for reading this line! It means a lot.

Responsibilities Are Necessary

Responsibilities teach you to be a better person more than any classes or reading books.

When I was in class 11 and I failed in class, I didn’t take any household responsibilities. 

My parents did everything for me.

And I just had to study.

But at that time I was facing problems related to sitting down to study.

I think if I had taken some household responsibilities at that time, I could have avoided failing in class.

And I am saying this not from a place of regret but maturity and knowledge.

Responsibility in my opinion makes you more realistic because you have to deal with life on a practical level.

And you also need to deal with all kinds of people.

You have to get out there.

Be it buying groceries, throwing garbage, cleaning your house, washing your clothes, cooking, etc. It requires being practical and facing society.

I’m not saying that you need to make conversations with everybody, but what I’m saying is that “Don’t get angry if someone misbehaves with you or speaks rudely to you.”

Responsibilities teach you many things like humility, perseverance, focus, groundedness, etc.

Thanks for reading this line! It means a lot.

Your Life Is Important – Fight For Yourself

When the author was about to give up but life was stubborn and won’t let him go. He learnt to fight for his life.

Do you ever feel that your life isn’t important and you want to just consider that you should just drift into nothingness?

Fight For Your Life : My Story

Well, let me tell you a story.

When I was in high school in class 11, I decided that science was difficult and I wanted to just avoid everything and drift into nothingness.

I used to miss school and play video games all day. 

I also failed in class 11 because of that. 

And then I realized when I was admitted to class 11 again in another school that life isn’t so easy to avoid.

Life’s stubborn and it won’t just let you go and drift into nothingness.

And so what I want to tell you is – your life is important and you should not want to drift into nothingness or avoid life like I did once.

Fight for yourself. Fight for your life. Fight for your survival.

Be Selfish If You Have To

Sometimes it may look “selfish” to want to give importance to your own life.

But that’s okay.

Sometimes being selfish is good. 

And if it is to survive that you’re being selfish then it’s a 100% correct way to act.

Be selfish and affirm your life’s needs. Fight for your life.

Also there has been many other instances of me trying to avoid life. 

But luckily I’m here on the other end of survival – living.

And sometimes I also feel like I’m being selfish for living or trying to survive. 

But to state my needs is necessary and it’s the right thing to do to survive.

“Your life is important. Honor it. Fight for your highest possibilities.” 

-Nathaniel Branden, Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

And you need to realize that you need to survive and get better.

You need to improve your mental health and you need to fight for yourself.

You’re The Arjuna Of Your Own Life

In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna had to fight not just for the Pandavas but also for himself. 

He had to believe in himself. And fight the battle of Kurukshetra.

You are also an Arjuna in your life and the Bhagavad Gita is the words of Lord Krishna. 

But setting aside all philosophical debates, you need to fight for yourself.

You need to fight your battle of Kurukshetra. 

It may not be with swords or bows but it’s definitely true that your life itself is a battlefield where you need to fight by motivating yourself where you are your greatest enemy.

Conclusion

So yeah your life is important and you shouldn’t want to drift into nothingness.

Please please please fight for yourself, with reason, with logic, with your mind, your thoughts, your beliefs but don’t give up. 

Never never never give up!!!

Thank you for reading this line! It means a lot.

Trying – The Secret Of The Universe – Part 2

The author writes about how he had written a philosophy of trying as the secret of the universe and how it still holds true to this day.

On 16th February 2023 I had written a blog post named “Trying:The Secret Of The Universe”. 

In that blog post I had written my story of how my mother’s love and tenacity forced me to go outside my house. 

How Trying Has Helped Me

In this blog post, I want to share with you how that philosophy has helped me in the last 3 years.

Since 16th February 2023, I have improved a lot. My mental health and anxiety has gotten better.

I am able to go outside and am able to identify the real reasons when I’m unable to go outside.

My mother doesn’t have to force me to go outside anymore. 

And I am able to study daily and wake up on time.

I feel more confident and I have been living without my parents in Bangalore for some time.

What I want to say is that I’m trying and that act of faith in trying, knowing that I might fail, is helping me succeed.

I used to write in my older blog posts that I was waiting for my time to come. And I think it did come.

My Story

And in January 2026 I joined a data analyst course. At first I was procrastinating to study. But then I started studying for only 10 minutes. 

Slowly 10 minutes turned to 20 and then an hour and two hours. 

And now I’m almost at the end of my theory lecture parts of the course.

Same with my guitar practice. I started practicing for 10 minutes. 

I also learned to start small and break down the tasks into the essentials.

For example, if someday I’m not feeling like taking a bath, I’d think, “It’s just pouring water on my body and changing clothes.”

Conclusion

So yeah I still think trying is the secret of the universe. 

Thanks for reading this line! It means a lot.

Problem-Solving Is About Persistence: Never Give Up

The author writes about how persistence is required for solving problems in a person’s life. He gives personal examples.

A few weeks ago, I used to wake up at 1pm in the afternoon. But nowadays I wake up between 6am and 9am. It took persistence to figure out the solution.

I did this by making writing blog posts a part of my morning routine. 

As soon as I wake up I start writing a blog post. 

But making writing blogs a part of my morning routine wasn’t so obvious.

I tried reading novels, studying courses, drinking coffee, etc. but nothing worked until I tried blogging in the morning.

And I must tell you, it was more about persistence than critical thinking.

I had to try many things before I could figure out that I wake up faster when I write blogs.

And right now I’m struggling with using social media and long screen times. 

I tried limiting the timers to 30 minutes, but I just seem to extend the duration when the 30 minutes time limit is finished.

I tried deleting all the time pass apps, but I seem to reinstall the social media apps again after a few days of intense boredom.

Likewise, I’m trying to figure out an alternative to spending time scrolling, maybe by going outside more.

But I have a strange aversion towards going outside.

However, I need to overcome it and go outside more.

And I know that if I persist long enough I can solve this problem also.

So yeah I just wanted to share this thought.

Problem-solving requires persistence.

So never give up.

Thank you for reading this line! It means a lot.

If you feel like a failure, read this…

The author writes about himself being a failure all his life and how he found meaning and purpose in spite of that.

I think I’ve been a black sheep of my family. I’ve been failing at everything I attempted to do for the entire 26 years of my life. 

But I think I’ll be successful in my life.

When I was in class 11 at my school, I failed a year. And I was detained and I had to repeat a year.

And I identified myself with a failure. And it can get demoralizing sometimes but it taught me a lesson.

The lesson was “No matter what happens, failure is a stepping stone for success. It’s not the end of the world.”

Even after failing multiple times, if you can keep going for a lofty goal in life, you’ll be successful. 

In fact if you’re working hard to succeed even after failing multiple times, you’re a “successful person” in your own right.

When I was studying for my undergraduate degree, I wanted to start a career in copywriting.

I even bought a course after asking money from my parents.

And I ended up leaving the course half-way because I found it was very difficult for me.

And that was also a failure. 

But it also taught me the same lesson- to keep moving forward.

I know I don’t do well in classroom environments when a teacher teaches me a fixed curriculum.

I like to learn on my own. And I thrive in that way.

And that way I’ve completed my MBA in Data Science(online mode), I’ve completed many small courses.

I’ve started a business in 2020 and failed(which is a win because I learnt many business lessons).

I’ve never stopped believing in myself. And every day is a battle I still continue to fight. 

And as I said if a person continues to work hard in spite of failing multiple times, they’re a “successful person” in their own right. 

Life isn’t the same all the time. It changes. You change. 

And nothing lasts forever. “This too shall pass” as they say.

So success is just around the corner even if it’s too small to notice.

But it’s by being grateful for those small successes that we learn to change our identities from a “failure” to a “success”.

Thank you for reading this line. It means a lot to me.

Dropping Engineering To Pursuing MBA: Finding Peace Within

I know that the world is not easy to live in. But it is worth the struggle.

When I had just dropped out of engineering college in 2018, I didn’t know what I wanted. I just got admitted to a philosophy honors degree program at a local college.

But as easy as it was to quit engineering, it was not at all easy to withstand the shock of philosophy being taken away by a technical issue in the college’s admission system after a few months. 

I had quit engineering and started studying philosophy. Everything was going well. But before our first semester exams, the college authorities told me that they couldn’t allow me to sit for my philosophy honors exams because my university’s criteria for philosophy weren’t met. 

Later, they offered me other subjects. I took the offer with English honors. But I didn’t like the subject, and I struggled.

Even after quitting engineering and getting English honors, I was struggling. 

Life always seems to make you struggle until you find peace within yourself.

So I was forced to admit myself in an online bachelor of business degree(BBA), which I completed, and I am currently pursuing an online master of business administration(MBA).

What people know is that I completed my BBA. But they don’t know how I found peace within myself to be able to complete it.

More about that in another blog post. But a quick introduction to that would be when I was pursuing the online BBA, I was also thinking about pursuing a philosophy degree from other universities. But I stopped thinking about those distractions and focused on my present reality.

With this, I would like to thank my mom, dad, sister, and my friends. And I would also like to thank you for reading this blog post.

What did you learn from this blog post?