I had a meeting today with a media professional about a project that I and a small group of students are currently pursuing. Three of us met him for an hour over a coffee, with documents prepared and questions ready to go.
What he told us was of immense value, and I listened to it all with my full attention. What caught my attention during the meeting was not his mannerisms or actions though. This meeting left me reflecting on the patterns of my friend Simone.
During this meeting, Simone spoke in her regular rapid style of confidence, eagerness and an innate sense of curiosity and passion that I do not find in many my own age. She maintains eye contact for the entire duration of the meeting, and delivers her words sharply, as if she had rehearsed everything she was about to say a hundred times.
Although she is only six years my superior, it is clear that those years were spent forming who she is today. I have often asked her what is was like for her as she was approaching her twenties, an age of which I am still unsure of what holds for me. Even she cannot quite describe how those six years have affected her, but she seems sure of who she is now and what it is she wants from the future. I often wonder when it is we’re supposed to know these things, as I feel that at this age I’m being constantly challenged with new concepts and ideas. I suppose I cannot let it bother me too much, but I wonder what it would take to make me naturally progress to someone more like Simone.
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