Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Exam Blues

I never thought I'd be writing before I get through my CAT, which is on the 29th of October. Though my preparation is quite not what I wanted it to be, I still feel, with my mock results, there is a good chance that I may strike gold. On some other parameters, 29th is the day to be. Why so? They're coming back again. Fear. Anxiety. Panic. Anxiety runs in my blood, a quality that I attribute largely to my mother. I have never felt what it is like to be calm in tight situations. It is a quality I have always fancied, but never possessed. Most of my defeats in life have have been a result of my failure to hold myself together when faced with adversities and uncertainties. Over-thinking has been as genetically passed to me as thick black hair or my large white teeth. Damn! Not now. Not once more. If there is a time to get rid of it, it is now. I believe CAT tests you more on your mental strength than your preparation. Even if I do not perform to the optimum in CAT, this is a test I should not fail. Not again. As is true with life, winning is more about character and less about skill. It's time I start winning. or at least start making efforts to win.

And they come back to you

Demons of the Past
And if you don't fight them now
May be you'll never do.


It's time to sleep.