I Am a Leader
When I first started interacting on this website nearly 3 years ago, I was pretty much a nobody in my own mind. I had nearly no friends and I did not have any purpose in my life. The only thing that kept me going was being on the Internet and interacting in my own small ways, like participating in my school's marching band. This was back when I lived in my college campus as a freshman.
I lived this way for about two years until one day I was checking out some posts on my college's "secrets" page, which was a student-run Facebook page. After scrolling through many secrets, I found a secret that just spoke out to me. In the secret, a particular resident on campus was sick and tired of his/her roommate staying nearly all their time in the room, accusing the roommate for being an introvert. Since I usually spent a lot of time in my room (and also because I was really mad that day because of a homework assignment that my professor didn't notify me about until the day before it was due), I finally snapped.
Starting from that moment, I spent more time outside of my room than normal. I would leave my room early each day to get some breakfast, but have enough time to review a subject before going to class. After class, I would then either find a place to study or go grab food somewhere on campus depending on the time of day. I would always make certain that I stayed away from my room for several hours at a time.
What was occurring in my mind during this period of time was some sort of catalyst that was changing the essence of who and what I was. I desired something that I could never experience in the past before. I wanted purpose. I wanted a reason to keep moving forward. I wanted to achieve something, if not for myself than for others who can achieve it themselves. I wanted to improve the image of myself so that eventually I could look at myself sometime in the future and say that I'm glad I made this decision. And I am glad.
This past spring and summer, two events occurred that paved way for me to develop even more as a person. First, I was nominated to become a section leader for my marching band, something that might not have ever occurred before this time. Secondly, during the summer I got my first job working with a moving company. Although I didn't particularly like the working environment there, I did like some of the people that I worked with. From this job I learned to communicate with other people that I knew little about. It also gave me courage to do what I normally wouldn't do such as speak even if I shouldn't. I even learned how often mistakes are made on a day-to-day basis in the real world environment. People need to be accountable for their actions, and this includes myself. I had to become absolutely as transparent about myself as possible in order to become a better worker, and even a better person, in the workplace.
Which leads to this fall: I became a leader of two different positions on my campus. The first, which I already mentioned, was being a section leader of the marching band. I officially began the position during late August, when band camp occurred. For some odd reason, my social skills were absolutely remarkable. I initiated conversation with many people during this short week and gained respect even among peers that I already knew. The other position, being a programs coordinator, was a huge responsibility. Although there were three other people with the same position as myself in my residential hall, I was expected the one to be "in-charge". At first, it was hard to be responsible because I didn't know any of them too well and they seemed busy, but I finally managed to get them into my social circle after some hard work.
Which leads to now: what will my future incorporate? I've been extremely busy these past few weeks. In addition to these two positions, I'm also in charge of leading a group project which I have to present in about a week. I also am working with another group, which again has to present a separate project in about two weeks from now. So I imagine I will continue to be busy and involved with my camps involvement at least until I graduate from college. I want to become involved in my life outside of college, BUT I hardly know anyone outside of my college environment. I hope I can start increasing my social network by linking to more people and even create my own business cards to promote what I can do.
If you are reading this, then this may well be my last experience I post on EP. I now have a busy life that I need to experience. This place has helped me when I was in my lows, but now I am in the clouds and beyond: a place with endless possibilities, dictated by the number of stars out there. I am thankful that I created an account here, but now I must finally depart on my journey to the skies beyond our own planet of EP. Thanks and farewell! Perhaps I'll one day meet some of you out there!
I lived this way for about two years until one day I was checking out some posts on my college's "secrets" page, which was a student-run Facebook page. After scrolling through many secrets, I found a secret that just spoke out to me. In the secret, a particular resident on campus was sick and tired of his/her roommate staying nearly all their time in the room, accusing the roommate for being an introvert. Since I usually spent a lot of time in my room (and also because I was really mad that day because of a homework assignment that my professor didn't notify me about until the day before it was due), I finally snapped.
Starting from that moment, I spent more time outside of my room than normal. I would leave my room early each day to get some breakfast, but have enough time to review a subject before going to class. After class, I would then either find a place to study or go grab food somewhere on campus depending on the time of day. I would always make certain that I stayed away from my room for several hours at a time.
What was occurring in my mind during this period of time was some sort of catalyst that was changing the essence of who and what I was. I desired something that I could never experience in the past before. I wanted purpose. I wanted a reason to keep moving forward. I wanted to achieve something, if not for myself than for others who can achieve it themselves. I wanted to improve the image of myself so that eventually I could look at myself sometime in the future and say that I'm glad I made this decision. And I am glad.
This past spring and summer, two events occurred that paved way for me to develop even more as a person. First, I was nominated to become a section leader for my marching band, something that might not have ever occurred before this time. Secondly, during the summer I got my first job working with a moving company. Although I didn't particularly like the working environment there, I did like some of the people that I worked with. From this job I learned to communicate with other people that I knew little about. It also gave me courage to do what I normally wouldn't do such as speak even if I shouldn't. I even learned how often mistakes are made on a day-to-day basis in the real world environment. People need to be accountable for their actions, and this includes myself. I had to become absolutely as transparent about myself as possible in order to become a better worker, and even a better person, in the workplace.
Which leads to this fall: I became a leader of two different positions on my campus. The first, which I already mentioned, was being a section leader of the marching band. I officially began the position during late August, when band camp occurred. For some odd reason, my social skills were absolutely remarkable. I initiated conversation with many people during this short week and gained respect even among peers that I already knew. The other position, being a programs coordinator, was a huge responsibility. Although there were three other people with the same position as myself in my residential hall, I was expected the one to be "in-charge". At first, it was hard to be responsible because I didn't know any of them too well and they seemed busy, but I finally managed to get them into my social circle after some hard work.
Which leads to now: what will my future incorporate? I've been extremely busy these past few weeks. In addition to these two positions, I'm also in charge of leading a group project which I have to present in about a week. I also am working with another group, which again has to present a separate project in about two weeks from now. So I imagine I will continue to be busy and involved with my camps involvement at least until I graduate from college. I want to become involved in my life outside of college, BUT I hardly know anyone outside of my college environment. I hope I can start increasing my social network by linking to more people and even create my own business cards to promote what I can do.
If you are reading this, then this may well be my last experience I post on EP. I now have a busy life that I need to experience. This place has helped me when I was in my lows, but now I am in the clouds and beyond: a place with endless possibilities, dictated by the number of stars out there. I am thankful that I created an account here, but now I must finally depart on my journey to the skies beyond our own planet of EP. Thanks and farewell! Perhaps I'll one day meet some of you out there!
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