The next morning, I woke up feeling like a worn-out Android phone—slow, laggy, and in desperate need of a factory reset.
Last night had been rough. But I was still here.
I sat up in bed, staring at my books. They stared back, judgmentally. NEET syllabus wasn’t going to study itself.
Aarav barged into my room, as usual. “Bhai, uth! Aaj se naya chapter shuru.”
I raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean?”
He grinned. “You failed the last test. I failed the last test. We’re officially bottom-tier students now. But what do all underdogs have in common?”
I sighed. “They usually die in the first half of the movie?”
“Nahi, idiot. They make a comeback.”
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Plan of Action.
Aarav and I decided to change things up. Clearly, whatever we were doing wasn’t working.
Step 1: Fix the daily schedule.
No more waking up at 11 AM. No more scrolling reels till 3 AM.
Step 2: Start with the weakest subject.
For me, that was Physics. My worst nightmare.
Step 3: Use the secret weapon – ChatGPT.
I opened my laptop.
"How to study Physics if you're bad at it?"
ChatGPT responded instantly:
"Start with the basics. Master NCERT. Solve 5 conceptual questions daily. Active recall. Teach someone else. Small progress is still progress."
Seemed logical. I decided to follow it.
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First Study Session.
Physics textbook open. Notebook ready.
Question 1: A ball is thrown vertically upwards with an initial velocity of 20 m/s. Find the maximum height it reaches.
My brain: Error 404.
I attempted to solve it. 5 minutes passed. Nothing.
10 minutes. Still nothing.
Aarav looked over. “Bhai, tu likh kya raha hai?”
I glanced down at my notebook. I had written:
"Ball goes up. Ball comes down. Life is meaningless."
Maybe I needed a break.
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Understanding the Concept
I opened YouTube and watched a basic video on kinematics equations.
From what I understood, when a ball is thrown up, it slows down due to gravity (g \= 9.8 m/s²) until it stops at the highest point. At this point, velocity becomes zero before the ball starts falling.
The formula to calculate maximum height is:
v^2 \= u^2 + 2as
Where:
(final velocity at max height)
m/s (initial velocity)
m/s² (acceleration due to gravity, negative because it acts downward)
(height we need to find)
Substituting the values:
0 \= (20)^2 + 2(-9.8)h
0 \= 400 - 19.6h
19.6h \= 400
h \= \frac{400}{19.6} \= 20.4 \text{ m}
I finally got the answer. 20.4 meters.
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A Small Victory.
I stared at the answer for a moment. It was just one question. A small thing.
But for the first time in weeks, I felt like I could actually do this.
Aarav patted my shoulder. “Bhai, tera dimag finally chal raha hai.”
I picked up my pen.
Back to work.
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