My First Oli
I did my chant in front of the class today.
It's easy to overstate or understate the experience, downplaying it modestly, saying how bad it was, or patting myself on the back as if fishing for compliments, saying how I faked it til I maked it. I will just tell it like it is: I am a person who has stage fright and can have low self confidence at times. I overcame my fear and did the chant in front of the class of 100 people. I did it all the way through without stopping, pronouncing all the words so everyone could hear even the people in the back. It felt weird as it was happening, but I told myself to keep going. When I finished, I smiled and modestly sat down and just said "thank you" to the compliments.
I consider the experience a success and just that, nothing more and nothing less, and one I will likely keep semi-private and won't bring up in conversation unless expressly asked about it by people who know that I was going to do it today and actually remember. The point of this experience is to show those who know me well what kind of person I am. As for everyone else, it doesn't matter what they think of me.
It's easy to overstate or understate the experience, downplaying it modestly, saying how bad it was, or patting myself on the back as if fishing for compliments, saying how I faked it til I maked it. I will just tell it like it is: I am a person who has stage fright and can have low self confidence at times. I overcame my fear and did the chant in front of the class of 100 people. I did it all the way through without stopping, pronouncing all the words so everyone could hear even the people in the back. It felt weird as it was happening, but I told myself to keep going. When I finished, I smiled and modestly sat down and just said "thank you" to the compliments.
I consider the experience a success and just that, nothing more and nothing less, and one I will likely keep semi-private and won't bring up in conversation unless expressly asked about it by people who know that I was going to do it today and actually remember. The point of this experience is to show those who know me well what kind of person I am. As for everyone else, it doesn't matter what they think of me.