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Transformation Through Personal Growth
Zeynep Duru GÜL ‣
Transformation doesn’ t always happen all at once, in fact it often takes time to progress, but it really depends on what kind of a transformation we are talking about. Are we talking about emotional transformation, technological transformation, academic transformation or a life-changing experience that made you transform in a way as a human?
Growing up and facing new challenges every day helped me improve in life and made me feel more confident and mature as a person. For example, I joined a karaoke show at our school in seventh grade which transformed me by helping me become more confident and less stressed in front of big crowds. Since I have always struggled with social anxiety and stress, speaking exams and presentations used to be very difficult for me to proceed. However, that karaoke show, also the speaking exams and presentations that I mentioned before, helped me face my biggest fear and made me push through uncomfortable situations. These improvements in my confidence didn’ t happen overnight but over time, the journey that I went through made me feel better in specific ways and transformed my mindset.
Before these events, I often doubted myself like“ What if I embarrass myself, what if I do something wrong?” But after challenges that I went through over and over again, I kind of got used to it and realized that making mistakes is okay, everyone is human and we all make mistakes, plus no one is perfect. So, the most important thing to do if you are also facing similar problems and want to transform your mindset into a healthier version; just go for it, face your fears, trust in yourself and you will get used to it, which results in becoming the version of yourself that you want to be.