Author Archives: Laura Stamm

My name is Laura Stamm. I’m from long island but moved to Manhattan to go to school at Baruch. I miss my family more than anything. I will forever believe I have the best family in the whole entire world. However, I felt the need to get out of the house to further my education here. I’m really glad I got into Baruch because business has always been a huge interest of mine. I’ve always been jealous of listening to my dad and brother talk about business and me not knowing what they are talking about. I intend on traveling the world and learning about as many cultures as possible because I feel left out only knowing about the long island culture. Therefore, I’m going for international business and am hoping that I thrive in it.

The breast cancer walk that we attended on October 16th was a great experience. Well, it was extremely cold at first, and I was confused as to where i had to go to meet everyone and what exact time they left but I didn’t make it there. I just stood, cheering for walkers by myself but I very quickly started talking to people around me. Small talk at first, but then they we really got into the conversation. I learned about someone’s sister and someone’s aunt who had breast cancer. It was sad, but it made me feel great to be doing something for a real cause.

I am my family. Every thought, moral, and interest comes from them. I am a mutt between extremities of personalities. My father and brother are extreme type A personalities; my mother and sister, type B. I was bombared with so many qualities at once. I am the baby and I can honestly say that I did get the most attention-from every single person in that house. My siblings take care of me like no other and they are my favorite people in the world-my role models. My brother taught me how to be happy. He taught me to keep my head up through anything and that absolutly anything is possible no matter what hand your dealt. My sister taught me how to be responsible. She is always there to anchor me down and tell me where I went wrong or went a little bit too far.

My clash of personalities do make me contradict myself all the time and I hate it. I’m indecisive, but I can’t handle having only one option. I lack confidence, but sometimes it seems as though I shoulda been an actress. I’m curious. I need to know what everything is like for myself. I learn from my own mistakes, not others. I am pretty stuborn that way. My biggest regrets are not that I’ve done something wrong, but that I didnt do anything at all.

My goal for life is to see and try everything. My favorite quote comes from Albert Einstein: “The only source of knowledge is experience”. We only live once and I’m horrified of spending my one chance to live on doing the wrong thing for me. There is so much out there and I’m willing to keep my mind open so I could find the place where I fit in. It’ll take some trial & error but I’m determined to find happiness.