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Hey folks,
Planning my first solo trip from Bangalore to Mulki for a 3-day surfing course in mid-May, and I’ve stretched my budget to around ₹10k total.
I’m a complete beginner (and not a super confident swimmer), so this is mainly about trying surfing + doing my first solo trip.
Rough plan/budget in my head:
Surf course (3 days): ₹5k–₹7k

Stay (budget/hostel): ₹1.5k–₹3k (for 2 nights?)

Travel (bus/train from Bangalore): ₹1.5k–₹2k round trip

Food + misc: ₹1k–₹2k

Seems like it might just fit into ₹10k, but cutting it close.
Things I’m unsure about:
Is mid-May a good time, or will heat + pre-monsoon waves make it tough for beginners?

Are there packages (course + stay) that are actually worth it for this budget?

Any budget-friendly surf schools / hostels with a good solo traveler vibe?

Best way to travel overnight bus vs train?

For a first solo trip, is this a good idea or too ambitious?

Also slightly nervous about going solo, but don’t want to overthink and back out.
Would love to hear from anyone who’s done Mulki on a budget or learned surfing there, especially around May.
Thanks in advance 🙌

This has been messing with my head a bit, so posting here.

I recently got into Amazon for an SDE role. The weird part is — the interview questions were not easy. They were genuinely hard, and I did manage to solve them during the interviews.

But even after that… it still doesn’t feel like it came from “hard work” in the way people usually describe.

I didn’t have a crazy grind phase. No 500+ LeetCode streak, no all-nighters, no consistent daily routine. In fact, I’ve been pretty inconsistent overall, and even now I sometimes struggle with problems people consider easy.

So now I’m stuck in this odd headspace:

The questions were hard

I solved them

I cleared the interviews

…but it still feels like I just got lucky.

Maybe the exact topics I happened to know showed up. Maybe things just clicked that day. Maybe the interviewers were more lenient. I don’t know.

And when I see people grinding way harder than me and still not getting through, it makes it feel even more undeserved.

It’s like logically I know I performed well, but emotionally it feels like a fluke.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of “I did it, but I don’t believe I deserved it” feeling?

Does it settle down once you actually start working?