Shloka Ambani’s advice to the same resonates with the youth as well, as she touched on important aspects of every college student’s life.
Shloka Ambani recently shared advice she would have given herself when she was younger in a video posted by the Rosy Blue Foundation on February 18. Its message resonates with the younger generation. Her advice is deeply rooted in courage as she encourages learning outside the classroom. Her advice extends to key aspects of young people’s lives, from career choices to friendships.
“Be less afraid and take risks,” she said in the video. Sometimes opportunities are presented as tough decisions, but do it and travel as much as you can, especially when you’re in college and before you come back, you’ll learn more on those trips and those experiences than you will in the classroom.“
What does that mean?
Her advice is relevant to college students and addresses two main areas: seizing non-traditional opportunities and travel.
The first part, on opportunities, encourages young people to step out of their comfort zones. College is one of the few stages in life where taking risks is possible. Trying something new, whether that’s a different course, a side project, an internship, following a passion, are all usually low risk. That way, if it doesn’t work out, there’s still time to have enough flexibility to start over.
Likewise, for Part 2: Travelling, Shloka’s advice is also useful. Planning an itinerary, making reservations, managing finances, coordinating schedules, and interacting with new people all build practical, real-world skills, whether decision-making or problem-solving abilities in tense situations. It’s time to convince your friends to leave the group chat, and for good reasons.
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These experiences cause students to learn more real and functional skills that are usually limited within a formal, structured educational system.
Why is it relevant for today’s youth?
This advice is especially relevant for young people today. With the prevalence of hustle culture in the lives of young people, especially those in college, from constantly improving skills to taking on back-to-back projects, many are focused on staying ahead and paving and securing the future through “experience,” and may miss out on the joy and experience that the present has to offer.
While ambition and hard work are important, they must be balanced, so that you can simultaneously embark on meaningful experiences of your own life lessons.
Some of life’s most valuable lessons don’t always come from formal academic checklists or certificates, but from adventures shared with friends. On the surface, these moments may seem like casual tricks for young people, but the truth is that they teach a lot, from independence and emotional well-being to resilience and better social skills.
Soon, work will have a dominant presence in life anyway in the future. As time passes, friends drift apart, schedules stop aligning, calendars clash, and life pulls people in different directions. That’s why there’s a nice window in college to explore, learn new things, and take risks. They become unforgettable, so when you look back, you can feel proud and satisfied.
Adrija Dey’s penchant for observation feeds her storytelling instinct. As a lifestyle journalist, she creates compelling, relatable narratives across diverse touchpoints of the human experience, including wellness, mental health, relationships, interior design, home decor, food, travel, and fashion that gently nudge readers toward living a little better. For her, stories exist in flesh and bone, carried by human vessels and shaped by everyday endeavours. It’s the little stories we live and share that make us human. After all, people and their traditions are the most natural and raw repositories of stories, and revealing them, for her, is like peeling an orange under the winter afternoon sun. Always up for a chat, she believes the best stories come from unfiltered chatter, where “too much information” is kind of the goal. An alumnus of Indraprastha Women’s College, Delhi University, and an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, Adrija spends her spare hours sipping on herbal tea and a sultry thriller, scribbling inner monologues that she loosely calls poetic pieces, often in the presence of her succulents. On lazier days, she can be found binge-watching, for the nth time, one of her comfort shows in the holy trinity: The Office (US), Brooklyn Nine-Nine, or Modern Family. However, dancing alone to peppy playlists is a daily ritual she swears by religiously.Read more
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