Up To Speed!

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 Imagine a school that has 4 classes of let's say grade 7. Now imagine if someone had asked you to analyze the performance of grade 7 of a particular school. The first metric that usually comes to mind is which particular class is performing well and which isn't. You may not want to report it, but it would definitely cross your mind. Now imagine the top performing class had 25 students. How would you rank these students? By the GPA? By the performance in sports? By the performance in some kind of an aptitude test? 

The above was to just give a quick example of comparison. Throughout our life, we are compared to others. Even if your immediate family does not want such kind of an environment, they are tied down by society or the systems in place. The top-scoring students get admissions to good colleges, and students performing well are said to land a good jobs. It is a generalized statement, and I would stand corrected because the percentage of exceptions is minimal. 

The world is moving so fast that if you don't keep up you would fall behind. This is a pretty common phrase. There is a preconceived notion that certain things should happen at certain points in life. Somebody in my peer group shared a meme recently that said that a 9-year-old girl had developed an iPhone app and that the developers are at risk of the younger generation catching up to them. It is just an example but this got me thinking. We are expected to go to college after high school, get a job after college, and make a certain amount of money by the time we are 30, etc., etc., etc.

There is an unspoken pressure that hangs upon all of us. We may not be aware of it but it runs around subconsciously. At a workplace, you tend to try and get a better appraisal. Looking at a peer's fancy new car, you tend to get the latest one too. Though you consciously feel these do not affect you. 

I came across this quote the other day, 

Just because you took longer than others, doesn't mean you failed. 


And it is true too. I wish this was something I was taught in the education system from my childhood. The world is looked at as a competition. But it really isn't. You can place an egg and a carrot in a pan of boiling water, but you cannot expect them to be cooked at the same time. Every individual has their own set of characteristics and their own pace at doing things. Today you may not be able to afford the latest iPhone, but one day you certainly would, with hard work and perseverance. That does not make you any less special, or any less successful. 

In this digital age, where the majority of people tend to share their life and experiences online. It might seem overwhelming that you are stuck in a place and cannot see to get the life others are living. But be mindful, if not today, then someday you will get there. Just stick to it, with dedication and a lot of hard work. 

- Sushant Thotakura

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