Shira Simchon

Hi Everyone!

My name is Shira (pronounced “she-ra”). I am an upper Sophomore/Junior here at Baruch. I am a transfer student, so this is my first semester here. Some interesting facts about me: I graduated high school a year early, and I am a property manager at a real estate office – dealing with way too many tenants and issues that come along with living in buildings. I love to look on Zillow, cook, sing, act, travel, and spend time with my lovely boyfriend.

I also love music, broadway, and all of the aspects that come along with theater. I grew up religious, so juggling religion and theater was really difficult. A while ago, I decided to give up pursuing a career in theater, as it would interfere with my love for family time and religion. Theater still holds a really special place in my heart, as it allowed me to express feelings I normally was not comfortable expressing from my own person. It let me step out of my comfort zone, while also contrarily comforted me. If an opportunity ever would come up for me to pursue theater part time, I would jump on it. However, as of now, I enjoy it from a distance. While going through this time in my life of what to pursue, I stumbled upon Real Estate. I now work as a property manager, managing over 30 properties over Brooklyn and managing over 1000 tenants. A more recent inspiration though was to pursue architecture as well. However, I am still unsure.

A book that I am currently reading is called “Atomic Habits.” I am sure many of you have heard of it; but if you have not, it is about how to build constructive habits to establish productivity. One line that stood out to me was “Imagine a plane taking off from Los Angeles and directed to New York. If the pilot decided to adjust the course by 3.5 degrees to the south previous to departure, the plane would slightly move few centimeters, and no one would probably notice. However, throughout the journey, the impact of that little change would be tremendous––to the point that the plane would land in Washington DC, instead of New York.” (Clear, James, Atomic Habits)

This stood out to me because, in life, we can change our direction which will change the outcomes of future possibilities. For example, let’s say I got an F in a class in high school. I probably would not have been accepted to Baruch, and be in this class now. One mile, one decision is one opportunity or destination missed. Keep in mind that I did not write ‘Mistake’, I am a firm believer that almost nothing is a mistake, and we are meant to be where we end up.

I look forward to meeting you all soon!

– Shira