Perform or Conform

Everyone carries great dreams and strives to achieve them as much as possible. We wake up early in the morning either to go to work or school, and we mostly endeavor to reach the highest of ranks. Situations may differ, stress may differ, hard-work may differ, but we all aim for something we look at as success. 

The person who strives to make his life glitter among other lives always lives in frequently visiting stresses and changes. We all are aware that nothing comes easily except the unworthy, but everything valuable calls someone to follow a rough way, but we should keep in mind that rough ways are relative and who sees them as rough ways only, makes his life miserable, but the person who looks at it as a refining stage will come up with the sweetest fruits.

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We all have stress and among the branches of stress is pressure, but how does pressure arise. Pressure arises and introduces itself into someone’s life in two colors namely: striving to perform or striving to conform. 

A person who drew for himself a great road that he shall follow to achieve his goals will work day and night to reach what he aimed for. He shall face challenges that may knock him down temporarily but he shall stand and complete the journey overcoming the pressure exerted upon him. This kind of pressure is an intrapersonal struggle that can be evaded using different tactics as long as you are able to address your inner-self clearly, and knowing that you are willing to create for yourself a respected being. Having a clear goal, and a working mind, makes you enjoy the work that you are doing even if it appears strenuous at some times. Being aware that hardships are the leading way to achieve the best and those who strive get the ripest fruits is a notion enough to help you stand robust. 

On the other hand, comes the external pressure that arises from the community and the social environment around you. For physics students who are aware of vapor pressure, which is the pressure that the liquid particles get in order to overcome the atmospheric pressure so that they can flee as gases. When the atmospheric pressure increases, more vapor pressure should be reached in order to overcome the high external pressure. I find this a nice comparison to the pressure of conforming to what people expect from you. When a student in her first test gets a high score, her parents will always expect high grades from her and they will not accept excuses if she gets lower marks. She is now bound by a great external pressure that only expects from her the best and this pressure of conforming to other's expectations is more tiring then the former one, as this one depends upon the intellectual makeup of the people who are pressuring you, but also there are ways to overcome it as long as your personal skills are in good shape.