To start off let me just tell you who I am. I am a former ballroom dancer who likes expressing herself through the movements of the body and music. It’s the only way to take myself away from the hardships of reality and fall into the fantasies of my dreams. I enjoyed dancing, going to competitions, doing my make-up, and designing my dresses. Unfortunately, that part of my life ended about two years ago when I experienced some difficulties in my last partnership. Now I am just an ordinary girl who goes to college and tries to get her ass through this world. When my dance career was over, I became very bored with my life and did not know what to do with myself and my time. Just imagine having a major part of your life taken from you. One day it’s there, and the next… it’s gone! I became almost depressed. There was no longer enough excitement in my life!
Well, now you might ask, why didn’t I go back and look for another partner? And the answer is not as simple. Max and I were truly amazing together. We connected very well with each other. We were fantastic dancers and held together for over 2 years, with wonderful results. We traveled a lot around the US and the rest of the world. We’ve been to States like Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, and Utah, and also traveled to Germany for one of our international competitions. Competition after competition we showed constant improvements. Basically such success made a great impact on me, and once we split, I completely lost the spark! I miss it tremendously! The other reason why it’s difficult for me to go back is because it is an extremely expensive hobby. The lessons, the make-up, the shoes, the dresses, the participation in competitions, the travel expenses: all of these things cost BIG money! And by BIG I mean that we saved enough money for a downpayment for a house over the course of one year that I wasn’t dancing! So now you have a little clue of what professional ballroom dancing really is.
To cope with the loss of excitement, I started looking for a job. I became a cashier in a hardware store called Doody Home Center. This was, and still is, my first and only job. Despite the attitudes of certain customer, I love it there, because of great coworkers. We are like a family, no joke. Recently I was promoted to a little bit more serious position – a salesperson. I am a helping hand in putting out stock and keeping the displays neat and organized. However, as much as I love this job and don’t ever want to leave, I want to become someone important and successful in the field of business. When I graduate Baruch, it is my goal and dream to become a business woman; most likely an accountant. I want to work at an elite firm in NYC and be well known by many eminent organizations. In order for me to do that, I need to work intently, participate in many extracurricular activities, and graduate college with exceptional grades. But so far, the 1st semester of my 1st year here, it does not look too good!
Through the years, I have become a very joyful person. I am very outgoing and love company. In the summer, not so much now with college and loads of work, I used to go out to party every week, if not twice or three times a week! That’s how wild I am and the amount of energy stored in me is totally limitless. I am also usually satisfied with mostly anything that comes my way. If it’s something that disappoints me, I try to make it work, or in any case cope with it, and understand the fact that EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON! There have been many incidents in my life that taught me to be optimistic. They helped me realize that there is no point in wasting the precious, limited time on arguments and regrets. My motto came to be “Joy of Loving, and Love of Living.” I love because I enjoy loving; not because I am forced to love. I love learning new things, falling into different situations, figuring out the solutions, and living my life to my fullest potential. I try not to waste any second of my life, because I want to become someone influential in other people’s lives!
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