Kavya NaikDropperSample· 7d ago
December, when my brain just switched off
I thought burnout was for lazy people who gave up. It turned out to be what happens to hardworking people who never stop.
@kavya_n · joined 15 Jul 2026
Dropper, NEET. Still here, still trying, amma says I'm stubborn. Cheering for everyone's comeback. Off-duty: badminton, folk songs, travel.
I thought burnout was for lazy people who gave up. It turned out to be what happens to hardworking people who never stop.
Why I started writing down her words and measurements in my drop year.
Nobody posts the March where you cry in a stairwell. This is that post, written five months in.
I used to guess between them and hope for luck. Now I ask four questions, in the same order, every time.
A wet, honest attempt to understand the thing my whole coast organises its life around.
One day in the Western Ghats during my repeater year, when nobody asked me about NEET.