We might be born into a family with already an elder sibling, or we might have been born into one without but parents decided to give birth to a cute little sibling. As cosy as family might sound, there’s definitely going to comparisons at some point.

Amidst revision for the next examination, we might ponder if we really need to complete our education to succeed in life. Apart from gaining content knowledge in school, what else do we even learn anyway? If I can learn all that knowledge on my own at home, do I really need to stress myself to keep up with an institution’s requirements?

Schooling is like a rollercoaster ride, we face ups and downs and when we do experience too many downs, we start to question schooling’s necessity. We tend to escalate into such thoughts when the downs take a toll on us, and we start viewing schooling myopically.

While it is good to reflect and understand your emotions better, comparing emotions is a big no no. When we start to wonder why we feel stressed by school workload while others don’t, it might be time to take a step back to even consider why we are comparing in the first place.

Sometimes no matter how hard we try to get some good progress, we always just terribly progress in school. Do we even deserve help anymore? We might feel that people should spend time on others since spending time on us will just result in just nothing.

Getting stressed by the people around us is one of the most common reasons why we get stressed in this world today. We think about why we would get stressed by them, and really wish that stress just seizes.