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Just like another fish in the sea. Lost and generic as every other fish in the draft. There’s simply no other way , but to swim astray from the run in order to make it in the vast blue ocean. It is about standing out and “selling yourself.“ Making the best representation of all that you have to offer and pleasing those who run the work.

So this is how it goes, we need to find a way to effectively establish our credentials and showcase our qualities simultaneously.  Beginning with a resume we give a brief rundown of our intentions, accomplishments and qualifications. Here the employer may conclude on giving you a chance to further explore your personality in regards to the work environment through an interview. Thus, you must sell yourself! You just need to boost boost and BOOST about yourself.  Although, this is not to say be an arrogant fool, making claims with no back-ups. SUPPORT and BALANCE is key to an effective representation that leaves the overseer not overseeing your talent.

Presently I am a fry, swimming amidst the school of fish. Unestablished and personalities unmasked to the recruiters in the field. From this career exploration workshop, I come to reflect upon my necessities to make it. To make it into the vast blue ocean and into the working force. Building up my own credentials and shining my personality are the essential antecedents to a future. Alone? No, guidance is always available and reality is that opportunities are also filled with mock ups. Independence? Absolutely, I must exert the efforts to excellence on paper and in person. No one else can assist as much as embarking on this journey alone to self-discovery and self-confidence in all which we do.

The panel discussion on the East-West Identity: Journey & Transformations gave me an insight of my personal reality and identity. Charles Li states that those two aspects of an individual’s life is dynamic and changes according to our contacts and our environment. That perhaps, it is a reflection on our own actions that constitutes a sense of reality. So, I ponder upon the choices in my actions. To an extent, I would say my actions are a result of emotional state and not necessarily emotional rationale. I tend to react, identify myself and bring to reality my existence though the emotions that are at state. It may be called being true to yourself or doing as your heart feels. But, sometimes life demands circumstances that aren’t always crystal clear on what is rationale and what is emotional. Its those times when an individual takes takes his/her own road or journey of decisions to further identify his/her life.

Here we discover in life that people make what they become of in the future. They choose their own paths and go on their own explorations of identity. Through this process people are socially constructed along with their born identities. So, I concur with Katrin Hansing that to discover ourselves is to “see it as a process, be open to it and embrace it.” Our reality is essentially what we make of our identity and to establish that like Bruce Payne states is to be free of imagination and not to be bounded by society. To express freely our emotions and feel liberation.  Therefore, it is in our own hands to pick and explore the journeys in our lives that make us who we are and uncover our personal identities.

Living life is living the way we want to and only taking into account others as a supplement of our actions. I know that life is real when I get to do the things I want to do, laughing at the jokes in life and loving every moment I live. To me, Love conquerors all and it’s my driving passion to achieve. Love is like my personal kind of drug. It makes me do things I normally wouldn’t do and continue to live on through all walks of life. Love is probably the best invention of voluntary motivation to do anything and everything that comes along. Therefore, the most important people in my life are the people that I love. That includes my family, my friends and my boyfriend because they give me a purpose in life. They give me a reason to strive for the right things and a reason to laugh. These people are the meaning of life and the checkpoint of my reality. They are the most real that real can get.

However, I am far from personal satisfaction, of course I realize there are aspects in my life I can improve on or even just have to deal with. I dislike how I am short. I dislike how I worry too much. I dislike the idea of not living up to parental expectations. The list is basically endless, but one thing I did learn is to be optimistic. Whatever the situation may be or however bad it gets, I know it can get better. I know life moves on and this is only an instance or that there would always be compensation. I always look for the light at the end of a long dark tunnel. So, my optimism allows me to live through any situation and bring light to others as well.

Bringing light to others is important to me. I believe happiness is a result of social interactions. By caring for others, others care for me. One thing I fear is being alone, having nobody to share life with. Loneliness makes me detached from others and every situation in life harder to bear. I’m needless to say a social person and live for the interactions between people. Another fear of mine is not living life to the fullest, by growing up too fast. I don’t want to go through the motions of life and miss out on the small things that makes life enjoyable. Its easy to pass by life on autopilot, going to school, getting married, having a family and growing old; but it’s the times in between that constitutes life. Life is not about just being in it, but being a part of it. I go on in my life to, not only be something, but to do something.

Live. Laugh. Love. These are the three words that harmonizes my life. I’m living my life to the fullest, laughing to my heart’s content and loving beyond all words possess. My life continues to grow day by day as I become more aware of the person I am. Eighteen years of life’s obstacles have made me the chill, knowledgeable, mature, understanding and optimistic individual today. I approach situations in a realistic manner and highlight the goods behind every bad. My ambition to succeed and be true to myself, involves my chapter of life in Baruch College. As a freshman, I’m fresh to the school. My concerns in Baruch are being involved with the school community, living up to grade expectations and balancing out school life with social life. I am also new to the city itself so I don’t wish to stay out too late, but all the clubs and activities don’t start until later in the day. I need to be accustomed to my surroundings first before I can be committed to multiple clubs. Doing well in school is the main focus of my interest and that means in order to do well, I have to worry about living up to the independence of college level studies. Then comes balance of both, doing well and having a life. How will I manage for both aspects to grow evenly and keep me sane?

School is always going to be school, whether it be high school or college. There isn’t much difference except for the level in material and independence. We learn through time to adjust with our dependence on others and we become more prepared for all that we have to face. In essence, Baruch is not much different than high school. Perhaps people are not as interested or close knit with each other initially as if it would have been in high school; but it takes a friendly reach out to make people a part of your social network. That is something that I am shy about, but I believe after my first year in college it will all change. I will be a more outgoing individual and initiate my friendships, initiate my social life and initiate my control on the people person I want to become.  I would hope that after being a freshmen at Baruch, that I’ve grown more mature and independent in everything. Change is the main drive to Obama’s victory for presidency and change will be my main success in life.

Day by day I will grow from the friendships I acquire, the professional relationships I encounter, the individual dependency I must live up to and finally the knowledge I obtain to better myself and the community. One year is enough to make me a little more prepared in life and one year is enough to uncover a bit of potential inside of me. So, Baruch will be a ground for learning, discovering, experimenting and growing if I give it my all. After all, life is consistently prone to changes and it wouldn’t be put to it’s test without the college experience.