have never been the one to take every opportunity that has come my way — out of fear or just sheer ignorance that the chance was staring me right in the face.
It took me a while to realize that this time in my life, my junior year in college, was my “transformation” time.
I traveled to Paris by myself (which if you know me, was like pulling teeth) this past summer, cut a few inches of my hair off and set some crooked people in my life straight.
This was my idea of “transformation.” I was like the caterpillar that was stuck in her cocoon and was now ready to show how fabulous she is as a butterfly.
I thought my cute bob was the end of my transformation but it wasn’t until I began to be more active with campus organizations and share my transformation with others. I realized that in order to progress, you have to put in the work.
Don’t find yourself in an opportunity and leave the same way you came.
Allow yourself to transform, and as my BFF in my head, Carrie Bradshaw once said, “Maybe you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.”
Angelique Dyer is a mass communication junior and
The Maroon’s copy chief.
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