Kasauti Jury ke stress ki

Some relative came and asked me - tumhare exams nahi hote kya?

Exams nahi hote but there is this one-day presentation known as THE JURY.

Jury is that complete 4 course meal that has to be made using all your skills that you have obtained until now with all the knowledge acquired and that meal has to be presented in the final round of Masterchef. And the judges will decide on which dish is the best and which is not, but in order to deliver a satisfactory menu, you have work equally hard everyday so that the perfect taste is achieved.

Imagine, you have worked hard all over the year and then one day, a person with 15 or 20 years of experience comes and says "This design already exists" or "This design is nonsense" or "You are not supposed to study in a design college". 

Heartbreak, regret, sadness, grief, stress and all other synonyms of them start entering your heart one by one and make it sink deep into the ocean of demotivation.

This was my point of view until my second year first semester jury happened.

Date : 20th November 2023

Hours before my jury.

I was stressed out so much that it seemed as if the world was going to end. I couldn't think of any possibility of my jury going well as it is supposed to. There was this blunder of demotivation and diffidence that had hovered over me like a huge stone that would fall off the next second. 

My father called me. I couldn't even utter a single word confidently. But the next half an hour of motivation exposed me to a whole new perspective towards the jury.

Jury is a flight of steps that has to be climbed in order to reach the terrace of becoming a successful designer. The lift won't assist you until the end but your own legs will. In short there is no one other than me who can control the outcome of the Jury. If I don't work during the whole year, I will never be able to justify my ideas. Design is never right or wrong but it has to be justified. You can't win a competition if you don't practice and improve consistently. If I have worked sincerely and properly around my ideas, then it is definitely going to set a mark in front of the jurors. 

Obviously, I didn't set my expectations high, but my stress had definitely reduced by 60% and I could speak confidently and present my work. Of course there were mistakes but I was completely aware of them. The jury went well and those 30 minutes of advice from my father made me realise that a jury seems bad only if you are making a big deal out of it. It is the job of the jurors to criticise your work. But if you are successful in taking it positively as a feedback, then you have won the final round of Masterchef.

Stress is inevitable but don't let it overpower you. The 4 course meal will seem tasty day by day.