Hey, everyone! I hope you're doing great.

I'm in my 12th grade and I've got my finals (we call it board exams here) in 5 days. It's a stressful phase with so much syllabus to cover and expectations of everyone including me. I so wanna give my best and do well. I wanna get into a good college and talking about college, I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW EXCITED I AM!

I've been hearing all my school life how once you're in college, everything changes for the better. You get to explore yourself, learn more, be with diverse people. It's an exciting and beautiful world out there! I've got hundreds of things that I have to do once my exams are over. Since I'll be done with my exams by the end of first week of April, I'll be all free till July-August.

In my almost 4-5 months break, I've planned numerous things. A few of them are

• Reading A LOT of books

• Start a novel/novella/short story. I've been writing poetry for the last four years and I'm ready to venture into prose.

• Volunteer in a local NGO.

• Try and get into teaching part-time in a school for under-privileged kids.

• Hone my art skills. I used to go for art classes as kid but lost touch with art as I grew up. So, I am excited to get back to art.

• Learn driving. I'm finally 18 so, this is just another tick in my bucket list.😂

• Learn a new skill - swimming, singing or something.

• Cook more frequently.

And the list goes on...

I can't wait for all these to happen! I'll be a lot more active in Wattpad once my exams are over. You can expect more poetry, new books and a lot more. I'm so excited for this new phase of my life.

Wish me luck for my finals.😁 I hope I do well and make myself proud.

Signing off,
Sam.💛