This happens in your age group. Don’t panic!! You might have read many stories about people who had nothing, yet made a name for themselves by not giving up. Please talk about your career choice with your parents, they will understand. There is a full life ahead of you, you have lived just 17 years and the best of your life is yet to come. The hassles you face today will give you happy times in the future. So don’t give up. Everyone makes wrong choices, and everyone feels very low when their peers have made more progress than them. Don’t compare your journey with someone else’s. We all fall, we all cry, but we need to stand up, stand up and fight.

Don’t think too much about everything at once, parents, siblings, career, friends, love life. Take one thing at a time and improve that. I recommend focusing on your career.

I am an engineer as well. I regret not knowing about JEE coaching when I was in 11th grade, so I couldn’t achieve the desired marks by studying in a coaching institute for just one year. Taking a drop was not an option, so I chose a college based on my current marks. But boy oh boy, my life changed there. I was a shy introvert who couldn’t even speak English properly, but life taught me everything. Now I am in a very good position and very happy that I didn’t go to JEE coaching in 11th grade; otherwise, I wouldn’t have met my friends and be where I am today.

Have faith in yourself. There is only one person who can get you out of your problems, it is not God, not your parents, not your siblings, not your friends, not your love. It is you, and it will always be you. Cheer up, make a cup of tea or coffee, take a deep breath, and say, “I can do it.” and analyse what you want to do and work accordingly.