SAMPLE ESSAY1:
SELF-EXPLORATION VIA SCRIBBLE
As a high school graduate, exploring the world was the first thing that came to my mind as I left my college hostel and proceeded the next phase of my life at the Kathmandu valley. I had never expected that I would ever find myself in the Management field, but now this has become an inevitable truth of my life. As a student with a pretty good science background, I have always tried finding some practical applications of my class-room lectures. And this time it was management. I spent a lot of my time contemplating if I really made the right decision for myself. Later, I joined the Scribble club of the college which made me realize that my decision of joining the management field was the best decision that I could have ever made for myself.
I still remember my attending the Scribble’s meeting for the first time. Till that day, Words like “shy” and “introvert” described me well as an average student. I was good at certain activities but was usually too shy to actually participate in them. The first day meeting was pretty good, but I took the works of Scribble for granted. Later, when I was designated as a member of the Marketing department, I was required to bring the new of myself, the one who is very assertive, social, open-minded and most importantly a girl with a very convincing power. The designation of mine in the marketing department generated an amazing vigor within me.
Scribble acted as a catalyst to shake me off my dormancy. Till date, we have organized various programmes ranging form college-level to social level. Initially, the club was business oriented and I was not so much convinced by this fact. Later we tried extending the horizon of Scribble’s efficacy by engaging ourselves in the social activities as well. We firmly believe that organizing programmes, dance parties should not be the only priorities of the college’s club, but we also need to extend our services to the society where we belong to. With this new philosophy, we moved forward to celebrating “VALENTINE’S DAY” in OCCED,naxal and Pashupati Bridhha ashram. After all, Valentine ’s Day is not just for love birds, but just an occasion to celebrate love with dear ones. Donating clothes, money, charity and spending some time with those orphans of OCCED may not be a big thing. But the greatest achievement of ours by this event was that we got to see the charismatic power of child’s innocent smile, learn the cruelty of life, and the deceiving of fate.
This isn’t simply the end of Scribble’s wide dimensions of extra-curricular activities. We have also published “The Spirit” magazine at national level. The magazine is mainly targeted to the youths. The project of publishing the Spirit magazine was possibly one of the painstaking assignment we had undertaken. We had to rush at various places searching for the sponsors. Few greeted us with a smile but turned down our proposals, and few took no seconds to show us the way to exit. The situation made us frustrated at times, but also urged us to work harder for it, for a good task does take lot of time and labour for its accomplishment and we are yet to give our 100%. Finally, our hard labour paid us when we finally convinced some of our sponsors and the dream to the publication of “spirit” magazine was now a reality. The publication of spirit magazine left us with the two word success story- WORK WORKS.
Scribble, meaning a group of people working together has taught us to work in a team. Team work, unity, and commitment to the tasks are the characteristics of Scribble. Today we aim to serve our college with our programmes, and tomorrow we aim to serve the nation.
The membership of Scribble has definitely led to a new discovery of me. The marketing policies that I carry along with myself when I go out to seek sponsors or supporters for our new project, has raised the bar of confidence in me, and I consider this confidence as one of my virtues. The activities that Scribble requires me to do has added to the momentum I had already gained. This has also brought appreciation from my family and friends and I am now getting a lot better with my interpersonal relationships and extra-curricular activities. I have now realized why opportunities had not been knocking; I had never built a door.
As the returns are overwhelming, I now tend to participate in new activities with greater confidence and the will to commit myself to work hard. Life has now become more exciting and active. Sense of accomplishment, realization of one’s potentials, excellence in academics, and social well-being are only a few concomitants to active life. However, I cannot say that I have completely conquered my introversion. I still seek periods of time alone and undisturbed and like to keep a fair share of things to myself. I would say I have attained a kind of a fine balance between introversion and extroversion via Scribble and I consider this as one of my virtues. I can be best described as an extroverted introvert or an introverted extrovert.
The fact that I have transformed into a more successful person now certainly does not mean that I never fail. Even now, when I go out for marketing, I come across situations where failure seems the only likely outcome. I need to reiterate those magic words to myself. I need to take some time convincing myself and again get back to work with the knowledge that even in case of failures one gains important experience. All these activities and experiences have helped me to understand myself better.
Process of self-exploration is an amazingly pleasant experience. Now I feel the increasing love for everything around and the increasing faith on myself and on the fact that work works. I believed it, practiced it and it worked for me more often than not. I continue to get into more of valuable and novel experiences. The magic words have now become one of the guiding factors of my life. And all Thanks to Scribble.
