1461 Days Later: How Atomic Habits Changed My Fate

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Today, we delve into the “1461 Days Later: How Atomic Habits Changed My Fate”👇

Yeah, that’s what every tuition teacher told me and my parents after teaching me for a week or less.

After

1. Spending countless money,

2. Listening to countless insults,

3. Crying countless times

I changed my life, or, let’s say, God helped me in my dire times!

On one random Sunday, my mother said, “A new teacher would be coming to teach you today; do your best to understand what he teaches,” she said while chopping onions in the kitchen

I knew how it would go down: “another weekend, another trial class, another week of a teacher scolding me for not knowing how to solve linear algebra problems, damn this subject,” I thought, I absolutely ABHORED mathematics (for those who don’t know: I am currently pursuing master’s in data science under Department of Mathematics, studying topological Data Analysis, not to flex, which is pretty advanced mathematics)

This new teacher came at 8 a.m. sharp, and I rushed to brush my teeth and get seated beside him in my old house. I still remember the lines on his forehead indicating his old age, his white hair indicating his experience in teaching, he wore a mud-colored coat, which made him look like a university professor. His whole demeanor was formal and strict.

After my brief introduction with him, he started teaching me how to solve linear equations in two variables, needless to say, I was clueless about how to solve them, He patiently explained everything to me and said, “Copy the exact method that I am telling you and you will get answers right every time.”

Even after copying his exact method, I couldn’t get answers right because my brain wasn’t sharp enough to tackle even the simplest of the problems, which originated from the fact that I never practiced problems in my life, I sought shortcuts and literally memorized MATHEMATICAL QUESTIONS (I know right!, what the hell was I even doing?)

He got up after an hour and said that he would return to teach me the next day only on condition that I solved the problems he gave me, which were around 20. My mother rushed to ask him about what he thought of me, and he said, “He needs a lot of work, I can’t teach him if he wouldn’t put his efforts into solving problems, which I am giving him.”

I was determined to give my best this last time, because if I did not, I would not be eligible to take any STEM courses in my life. According to high school guidelines in my country, I at least needed an 8.0/10 GPA in order to qualify to sit in the classes of mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and an additional 85% on mathematics independently.

I sat down that day, hammering myself and trying to solve every question that my teacher told me to; finally, after 5 hours, I was able to solve everyone of them, following his exact method.

The next day he came, I could see that he already assumed I didn’t solve any problems, but when I showed him what I had done, he was very impressed. Leave him, but in my own mind, I was the king of the hill! It was like taking drugs; I felt that I had actually achieved something for the first time in my life without any shortcuts or cheating.

From that day, he gave me an exact schedule to follow, he gave me 10 sums to solve each day and a reading to do in Physics or Chemistry, like this he altered every day the subjects and readings, not overloading me but at the same time keeping me in track, what I didn’t notice at that time was that he was building something else, he was inculcating a habit of making small wins every day, so that I am always in that flow, never falling never exceeding that straight line, after maybe 3 months of him teaching me, I completely transformed my education and grades, I was now a top scorer in class, along with that I finished a book, a book which we can say is said to be the bible of Mathematics in India, RD Sharma

With my education in line, I started to focus on other aspects of life, such as my well-being and my health, I started small

I enrolled in a gym and took a personal trainer; he used to tell me to do small things continuously, I started gaining weight from 45 kg to 60 kg in my first year

I did the below-mentioned things consistently for 4 years:

Study every day, no matter if there is a festival or anything else, for a minimum of 10 sums per day. (I DO NOT PROMOTE GRIND CULTURE AS IT IS STUPID AND UNNCECCARY.)

I went to the gym consistently, and no, I am not stupid. If my body needed rest, I gave it, if my body required energy, I drank coffee, if my body was under stress, I meditated, I did not force my body to do something it was not ready to do, and I recommend the same to you: do not walk off the pain, it is never smart

I brushed my teeth twice and never allowed plague to accumulate; as a result, I have good oral hygiene

I meditated for 10–15 minutes every day, I also described what happened to me after meditating for 6 months in detail in the article below

What happened to my brain after 183 days of meditation?

Practice meditation, and you could unlock the same benefits as I did

Results

I scored 91% in my exams; no cheating, no shortcuts

Took a Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics course in High School

Scored 89% in high school, with me holding the 200th rank in world in International Informatics Olympiad hosted by SilverZone

Got enrolled in Mechatronics Engineering for my college

If you paid attention, you would notice I did not do a whole lot of things at once; I picked up basic things, did them for some time, and eventually became good at them. You do not need to build a startup to make a name for yourself; you do not need to invent something from scratch to feel proud; its those little things that count.

This was my little journey from 9th grade until college; depending on how people respond to it, I will share my experience from college to post-grad!