The Downside of Being a Topper Noone Talks About!



Hey! This post is going to be a bit different from the other ones. Being a topper (I hate to be called that way 😵) or in other sense, having done marginally better than my compatriots, throughout my life, I have realized that it isn't always golden days, and there are things which people should know. This post is exactly about these things.

The first and foremost thing is the pressure. People don't really talk about the pressure and expectations to do well that are there on toppers. It is assumed that things will be easy for them as they've always been. The pressure to do well in almost everything they do, every time they do it, is immense. And by immense, I really mean it. Even a slight mistake here or there is looked at as a big thing. The pressure to be perfect, to be the best is never talked about. Imagine going into an exam where irrespective of the level of the examination, you're expected to ace it. Mind-boggling stuff, to be honest. 🤯

The other thing is the convenient ignorance of the hard work and efforts. I've heard this multiple times throughout my life, and trust me, it isn't the best thing to hear. People will just come and say things like "Oh, well, things will be easy for him, he's a topper" and things on similar lines. They expect things to be easy just because that person has been a topper. They just completely shut out the hard work put in to reach those levels. You feel demotivated because nobody talks about your efforts but rather about you being lucky in a sense. It irks you to the core. 😤

The constant fear of failure is another thing. There is always a bit of hesitation to try out new things as well because of the unsurety of success. As toppers, you're always expected to excel at the things you try, not keeping in mind the degree of difficulty of the same. The expectations to always be doing well even at things you haven't tried is absurd but still exists. 😓

At the moment, this article might be short, but as time goes and I start recollecting various other aspects, this might grow into a huge one.
Well, I'm sure no one would read that 😆, but at least I'd feel a bit of relief.

Okayy then, till the next time—or better say, till the time I feel like writing something again, which I'm myself not sure of—I'll say goodbye.

Keep smiling! 😊 Bye! 👋



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