4 Positive Learning from the Book ‘Trust Your Instincts’ by Janvee Menghrajani

Some books leave an indelible mark on our shadows and souls. Though the book can be clubbed as self-help and memoir, yet it feels like reading a journal of a young girl revealing her quest of self-discovery by highlighting the funny firsts from her teenage phase. Serious anecdotes of teenage life may look funny now…however, a learning is hidden in all those days of golden days to first juvenile misadventures.

The book ‘Trust Your Instincts’ by Janvee Menghrajani is abundant with new perspectives on life. But I will highlight a few, some in her words, some rephrased that moved me for a life that is yet to be lived…I must not pause despite all jumbled up failures and feats.

1)

Accepting the Change:

As I confess and believe that teenage is the phase when we experiences change in our physical appearance and mental well being. We are so stubborn and unable to grasp things as they come but little did we know that change is our destiny, it is invariable.

“As teenagers we tend to live in a state of oblivion until we get exposed to a newer world outside, whether it’s meeting people, knowing their perspectives, or understanding our selves. It’s always said that change is necessary but it is never said that accepting the change is a necessity too.”

2)

College Life was Different:

Yes, I agree to the author that college life is lot different from our home and school, where parents control our movements. In the college premises, we intend to make our own identity, leaving behind our old perceptions and inhibitions.

College is the golden period of life. It’s golden not only because it is a phase where you learn, preach and grow with people around you in an unknown environment and start getting identified as an individual not coming from a known family.

3)

Self-doubt is Normal:

If you feel a sense of not being able to achieve anything or maybe taken aback because of how big everything seems, you need to calm down. Life will never be the way you want it to be.

4)

Goal and its Outcome can be Confusing:

We get attached to the outcome of the goal, and not to the goal. This is mentally exhausting. The author was preparing for board exams during school with high pressure…but she was worried about the outcome after the board results. What will she be doing four years from the board results? She had no answer then. As a result, she got detached from herself and surroundings.

There ensues chaos when we fail to see the bigger picture in our life. But as life routes through tender age of adulthood and teenage, the ability to see bigger picture is felt limited because of the flash of the front view. We want to see the outcomes of the goals in a picture.