The day I almost dropped out of high-school. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">

I had only 4 months left till my finals and I hadn& #39;t even touched my books, they were dusting away on the shelves, and if you opened them, there were crispy and fresh. I did not lack motivation. I just wasn& #39;t into studying.

This took me to deeper pits of anxiety of stress. The fear of not doing good stopped me from doing anything at all. Each night I would plan the day in my head and next morning forget it all and the cycle continued. I was frustrated and wanted to call home and tell them the news.

I wanted to tell them that I wanna drop out, I can& #39;t do it, I can& #39;t focus, I don& #39;t have any distraction but I can& #39;t bring myself to still down and studying. So I decided to call home. But before doing that, I thought why not give this one last try.

It was night time so obviously the plan was going to fail which I was aware of. I picked up a marker and wrote on the board, "study for 1 hour tomorrow or quit". And off to bed I went. Next day I woke up doing the same meaningless things. But this time I was starting at the note

I looked at it all day until it was 7pm already. And said to myself, yes, let& #39;s call home. But then I realized it hasn& #39;t been a full day yet. I still have time, so i picked up a book and started reading. One hour, two hour, three hours. Time flew by the window.

For the first time in a really long time I was calm and satisfied, for the first time In a really long time. I slept well.
All I did was set a deadline for myself. Rather waiting for school to announce the date or the postponements. I made my own deadline.

And since then I couldn& #39;t spend a day without studying or atleast reading something. School and the work became a hobby rather than a chore.
And I tell you this, you gotta start from small and keep it small but you gotta do it everyday.
And that is all you need, consistency.