I'm sure this post has existed here before. Same theme with a slightly different story. I am currently a student in a strong Canadian university studying Astrophysics. I have a high GPA and in most metrics I am very successful but recently I have been having uncertainty. With the pandemic and online learning in place I've found my perfectionist mentality to cause a lot of damage. Constantly checking multiple sources for assignments and work have flooded my days. It feels that even on days where I am free I cannot relax because I'm just thinking of what is next and what I need to mentally prepare for. I dream of just living a simpler life in a less stressful environment. I feel this constant conflict of wanting a simpler life but also denying it because of this unknown force telling me I can and should accomplish more. I feel so lost. I don't even know why I need to accomplish more or why I deny a simple life when I see so many people on this subreddit so content with it. I just want to be happy but I don't know how.
Submitted October 08, 2020 at 08:11PM by Throwaway50906070 https://ift.tt/36S4Fyh
