Week Three
Onto the third week! It's starting to come to the point where I had to go to Target and invest in a To-Do list. As the workload slowly accrues, and events I am expected to organize, conversations I need to provide my feedback on, it seems like my days are a whirlwind. I barely even dawned upon the fact that it's September, the only truly appropriate time the blast Earth, Wind, and Fire from the manual roll-down windows of my Chevy Spark.
That being said, this week was very rewarding in that one of the events I was fortunate to work in was attending and speaking during a classroom visit. It was very inspiring to listen to how driven these students were about pursuing their passions and how much of a community they've nurtured amongst each other to consider starting a student organization at this school. As their Professor had said, there are definitely leaders in that room and I hope to see them apply for some of the roles that we presented!
I also got to do poster hanging this week. A simple task it is, but I view it as an important responsibility to keep the students informed about what's going on not only within our campus, but around town. While being a SOL, I always made it a point to mention these boards and to keep note about what is going on. Amid this still quite new shift of remote to in-person activities, I find it very exciting to see all of the events and programming being held, and commend the organizers for the work they do to give students the opportunity to connect with each other!
Moreover to my life outside of school: I went to a jazz lounge and read my poetry for the first time in-person. Besides a few virtual readings, I never really presented my poems to a live audience, even though the majority of the room consisted of my friends. However, that night I realized a lot of the courage to even step on stage rooted from my experience as a SOL and Ambassador. Never once would I think of voluntarily walking on a platform to talk in front of others. Yet having done it multiple times for in-person experiences, it was almost easy. While I read, a pianist was improvising behind me, and I realized that this performance also required active listening, communication, and teamwork. The piano was not background music, it was apart of the presentation, so I made it a point to stop reading for a few seconds to give the instrument space to be heard.
Overall that was pretty exciting, and I also wanted to point out that many of the supporters that came were from an organization that I am in: Student Government. I have found a strong support system by building relationships with many of the members there. It is an organization that I wouldn't have imagined still being in a year ago, but I owe a lot of why I still am due to Chris and his work on advising us on how to be leaders and why I took the leap into running for another position and helping students in any way that I can. That's all for now, see you next week!
