Hello everybody,
My name is Mei Shun Lee and I am 18 years old. I have been living in the same house in Brooklyn since kindergarten. Before that, my family and I lived in a small apartment in the middle of the crowded streets of Chinatown, Manhattan.
It’s rather hard to decide about an event that changed me in my life. As you may know, I am a shy person that doesn’t like talking in front of a bunch of people. If it’s like a conversation among a small group then it’s still fine. Though it may be hard to imagine, I used to be shyer but after volunteering over the summer in high school, it helped a little. If I really needed to pick an event that changed me, it would be when my relative asked me to help her out at her store as a cashier. This experience allowed me to interact with strangers more easily, but it did not fix my fear of talking in front of a bunch of people. Working there I met many types of people such as people who aren’t even customers, coming to the store, asking us for favors even though their attitude is so rude, as if they are the king of the world and we are obligated to serve them. These occurrences caused me to have the belief of not having expectations from people you just met, because you never know what they’ll do.
In the first semester of college, I would like to start changing my studying and sleeping pattern. Because as I see now, it’s going to cause me a lot of trouble in the future. In college, I hope to change my personality, to become more outgoing and to build more connections.
Thank you very much for reading!
Hey Mei,
Thanks for sharing. I think you will change your personality especially because you identified and said you want to. Also, let’s talk about that cashier job – sounds very cool, would love to discuss!!
Mei, I 100% relate to you on the studying and sleeping patterns. I’m quickly realizing that I definitely am not where I need to be. It’s great that you have the motivation to be more outgoing. That’s something I struggled with when I was younger but I think I’ve mostly broken that shell. Good luck!
Hey Mei, I have already blabbed to you how bad my sleeping and studying patterns are so you’re not alone. Getting real world experience working is always a valuable experience because you never know what crazy/interesting people you might meet. A lot of people come out of their shells in college so I think you’ll achieve all your goals. Good luck!