About 4 years ago, if you had told me that I would be performing my heart out on stage all throughout high school and that I would actually enjoy it, I would have never believed you. But here I am, having performed in at least one musical production every year in high school, and still reminiscing about all the fun that I’ve had.
Participating in shows such as Festival of Nations and SING! not only helped me form strong bonds with a number of people but it also helped build me into the person that I am today. The ever so awkward freshman girl who could barely hold a conversation turned into the slightly less awkward senior girl who felt more comfortable in social settings. Maybe it was the endless laughs at practices or the nerve wracking anticipation right before it was time to perform but, either way, something kept bringing me back to that stage.
Looking back now, I’ve noticed that a majority of my most memorable experiences in high school are related somehow to these performances and I almost didn’t even do them freshman year. Thinking about this brings me back to the present because I am a freshman once again at Baruch and I feel maybe even more lost now than I did in the 9th grade. I don’t really know what the future holds, and that is both really exciting and really daunting at the same time. I’m not sure about a lot of things, but I am sure that if I want to make it in college just like I made it in high school, I have to try something new. I need to try out things that I never thought about doing before, because those experiences can end up being the most precious. Most importantly, I need to get out of my comfort zone, because I truly believe that only then would I be able to really enjoy my 4 years here at Baruch, however that may be.
