Why You Shouldn’t Give Up
By: Allie Sandoval
Tags: Positive Thinking, Motivation, Inspiration, Learning, Self Improvement

Yo, are you scared of messing up? Here’s the thing, you will never know if you are meant to do something until you actually do it. I’m speaking from experience.

Last semester, I tried to apply for my college’s ambassador program. I submitted my application video and I was actually pretty proud of how it turned out. I’ll link it here if you want to check it out! Anyway, I waited a few weeks and received an email saying that they liked my video and wanted to have an interview with me and I had to prepare a five minute presentation about why incoming college students should choose my college. As soon as I read that, my heart dropped. I was so excited and ridiculously nervous. My mind started racing with a mixture of positive and negative outcomes of my current situation. Lucky for me, I received the email before Thanksgiving break so I had some time to practice beforehand.

The weeks flew. The interview approached quickly and I was freaking out. I have a fear of public speaking and I’m really trying to overcome that now. I’ll let my fellow public speaking fearers out there know the secret formula for speaking in front of people once I figure it out haha. Anyway, the interview day approached and I got dressed up nicely. The day felt like it was moving so slowly. My interview was at four in the afternoon and I was more than prepared but incredibly nervous.

I remember I walked over to the interview building and I told myself I was just going to walk in with confidence. I picked up a water bottle on the way there, I was ready to go. It was all just a waiting game. The elevator doors opened and I stepped out into the waiting room. Someone did an online interview before me. My name was called and I walked in.

They had me sit down and I was asked a whole bunch of questions rapid fire. When I was in the room, I wasn’t nervous at all. I gave my presentation and I actually felt pretty good about it. We wrapped up and I left. I felt really good about everything. I called my parents and told them about it. I thought I had it in the bag.

Five to seven business days later, I get an email in my inbox that said that I wasn’t the candidate they were looking for. Not gonna lie, I was a little sad they didn’t pick me. I really tried my best. I always put 100% into everything that I do and it does sting a bit when you aren’t what people are looking for but that’s life for you.

Now, I really don’t know what I’m supposed to be doing but I’m sure I’ll figure it out. The mindset I’ve adopted is that when one door closes, another one opens. That’s the message I have to bring to whoever ends up reading this. Don’t stop trying things because one thing didn’t work out. It might hurt for a second, but eventually something will click. I haven’t found that thing that’s clicked yet, so I’m kind of teaching you something that I haven’t experienced. However, I have faith that things will eventually go the way they’re supposed to. Don’t give up. The world is scary and things won’t go your way but promise me that you won’t quit! Don’t get discouraged. Life is unfortunately filled with lots of disappointments. ):

If you have a story similar to this and just need to get it off your chest, feel free to put it in the comments. Or if you know me personally, just tell me about it on whatever platform you have. Send it randomly and I’ll know what’s up. Maybe we can learn from each other.