Ready to Conquer the World

I do not mean to imply that I wish to actually conquer the world. What I mean to say is that I am on the road to achieving more than I ever dreamed of. No longer do I cower in the shadows fearing incompetency, I say "Bring it on. If I can't do it, I'll learn how."

Last week I went to Xtown to attend an orientation and register for fall term courses. Being there made me reflect on how much I have changed, for the better, in the past three years. It was only three short years ago that I moved back to Ytown after moving away for a year. The circumstances of my move, both away from and back to Ytown, were certaintly not anything I want to brag about. Let's just say I did not have my shit together.

I found happiness in the most unexpected of places: in the periodic table, in dimensional analysis, in writing academically founded arguments, in taking derivatives, and in conversing with like-minded individuals who understood me. I learned to think for myself. I learned to like myself. As cliche as this sounds I cannot explain how free it feels to walk around happy in your own skin.

Never have I doubted that I liked science. What I did doubt was my ability to DO science. I was convinced I was stupid. Now I know that not only am I smart, I'm a hot ticket! I'm intelligent, have great work ethic, learn quickly, go above and beyond, and even have some decent social skills.

I no longer apologize for my existence. Instead, I shout "Watch out world, here I come!"

Thank you to everyone who has made me feel like a star. I'm the confident, happy, successful, lively person I am today because YOU took the time to show me how capable you believe I am.