/b/ - Random

Question from a JEEfag. How many of you were actually good at academics? And how's life going for you now? Did being one of the top students or clearing the meme exam actually help you get the life you wanted? I have an elder brother who's always been good at studies. He wasn't some AIR topper or anything, just consistently decent. He's 29 now, married and lives separately, and earns around 2.5 LPM with yearly performance-based increments. His job is tight, but overall he's living the kind of life he wanted. Every summer he takes his family to hill stations for a vacation, every week enjoy night outs with friends and recently he told me he's planning to buy a PS5 just for GTA 6. That honestly made me happy because now I'll probably one of those jeets who are gonna get to play it on release too. Seeing him makes me feel that studying seriously is worth it. If you're preparing for a competitive exam, give it your best. Even if things don't go exactly as planned, the knowledge and discipline you build don't really go to waste. As for me, I'm pretty decent at academics too, but I'm also really lazy and get distracted way too easily. Because of that, I don't think I'm going to make the cut, and that's something I regret. Still, seeing my brother's life reminds me that putting in genuine effort is probably one of the few things you never end up regretting, I want to lifemog him in some other field, but I do not have talent or skills to do so.