Stressing out?

Adolescence is such a crucial phase of life where you experience new things, that transforms you into a more mature person. So here, in the next few paragraphs I will very "maturely" explain fellow adolescents on how to be content. 

The dynamics involved at this stage of life are too much to handle. You are due with 10 assignments every other day, concurrent exams, relationship problems, irritation due to small things AND SO MUCH MORE. 

Just yesterday I was reading a news where a 12-year-old kid suffered a heart attack. Should this period really be so stressful? is a question that popped up in my mind. Well, the question is ambiguous.

Some would say if not work now, then when; others would say enjoy the innocence right now deal with the problems later.

I say that we do need to work hard today to have an easier life tomorrow. But it is not worth losing our mental and physical wellbeing in the process. There's already too much competition in the world, why don't we focus on making the world a better place? And I know this sounds cliched but if we really focus, we will realize that small things do make a big difference.

Whenever I feed a homeless (not promoting beggary), or when I donate clothes or even if I switch off the lights while leaving a room, it makes me feel like a wonderful person. Not everybody else thinks like that. The larger part of the population is focused only in becoming successful.

But what even is success? I don't believe that the definition of success is confined to already set parameters (that we all know about). Success is not defined by the amount of wealth you have but by the work you do to make yourself, others and the earth contented. 

A person must work hard in his life to attain as much as he has dreamt of but the idea of becoming the "greatest of all time" or the "best" shouldn't be instilled in young minds. Some adolescents don't even try to pursue what they like because they fear that they won't get "success" in what they're doing. Not everyone is born an Elon Musk. Teenagers such as you and me, should understand and accept our capabilities.
Moreover, parents mustn't set unrealistic expectations and not promote the "ideal" life laid down by the society i.e. having a big house, big car, big bank account etc.

Don't run behind being successful and lose yourself in the same process; instead, water your plants, plant more tress, worship and get a college degree with a decent job (the simple things). That'll work out just fine than any other plan that you had of becoming the next Einstein.

But yes, if you really do have the potential to do something extraordinary, go for it. Afterall, everybody is unique and not everybody can be extraordinary, some just have to be ordinary and some not even that but that doesn't mean that the others are not successful. 

We must focus on building and leading a simple, progressive life and most importantly, a stress-free one. We're just kids and in the end, everything will get figured out. The only thing that is required is staying truthful and loyal to oneself, and to the process that is being followed to reach the path of our desired "success".