Q) How to deal with the stress of the approaching end of the year especially for final years?

Your graduation year can constantly make you feel like you’re on the brink of your future, ready to fall at any moment. Look beside you and you’ll realise that you’re not alone. Almost everyone is as clueless as you are about their future plans. While some begin CUET prep months in advance, remember the stress that comes with it may not be worth it for you. Prep at your pace. Have a safety net to fall back on but realise that not everyone gets their dream job or college on the first go, an experience filled CV or not.

Learn to take it easy when you can, pretend like you have your shit together for your own mental peace and make your existential crisis a group problem so you feel like everyone’s falling apart with yours. Trust me, it works wonders!


Q) How to navigate which associations you join?

If you’re a first year, do not fill up ALL the sign-up sheets. If you’re a second year, fill up 2 instead of your 5 ambitious sign-up sheets. If you’re a third year, fill up ATLEAST one sign-up sheet. As you move through the years, your enthusiasm to be a part of something more will slowly die out. Hold on to atleast one association that resonates with you each year. Don’t hesitate to move from association to association each year if it doesn’t serve your ideals.

Before you sign up, make sure your principles align with that of the association. Tiffs with your secretaries should not be your biggest concern. This is an extra-curricular so find a space that you can enjoy and people that you can call your own. Of course, if you’re a writer, a thinker or someone with an opinion, Carmel Beat should be your first option!

- aamina azhar