Who am I? A very complicated question in three, simple words. I’m still trying to figure this out, but every day teaches me a little bit more about who I truly am. My emotions, the way I react to situations, and my interactions with other people – all of these things make up who I am.
So far, I have learned that I value having a good relationship with friends and family. I rely on having a support system of people who I can laugh and love with. These are the people that matter to me the most, so I make an effort to maintain these connections. Moreover, I value my education and my future career, and am willing to put in blood, sweat, and tears to achieve my goals. However, sometimes I am so focused that I forget to live in the moment, always trying to find the next best thing, whether it be better grades, extracurricular activities, etc. Oftentimes, I can get stuck in a perfectionist mindset {add Forbes here}. This is something I have struggled with, but I have become better at reminding myself to look at the big picture and reflect on how stress or anxiety won’t help me at all. Another obstacle I have faced is my tendency to procrastinate. {Expand w/Ted talk} Finally, something that I hold close to my heart but also struggle with is my culture. Growing up as an Indian American girl in the United, {Expand} In the marketing sense, my name is Simran Khanna, I am a 19, Indian American girl, and am a sophomore at UC Berkeley. I plan to double major in both Business Administration and Environmental Economics and Policy, as well as minor in Food Systems. I was born in India, but I’ve lived in Vietnam, Singapore, and California, so I am quite well-traveled. I like to think that I view the world through a ‘glass half-full’ perspective, giving people the benefit of the doubt and trying to find the positive in situations. After watching {Name’s} Ted Talk, I live by the motto that grateful people are happy people. If you practice mindfulness and are grateful for every single moment, that ultimately leads to one’s happiness. Finally, my mother taught me to believe in the idea of karma, so I try to never do anything that I wouldn’t want to come back to me. {Expand} For fun, I love to do anything artsy such as painting, drawing, or creating collages. There are several things that make me happy, but food is definitely at the top of my list. {add pic of myself w/biryani + green chili} Even though I’m not the best cook, I am a huge foodie and I love to try new dishes. I love listening to new music, regardless of the genre, language, or artist, and pride myself on the 80+ playlists I’ve created on Spotify. Tiktok does take up a lot of my screen time, but VSCO is by far my favorite social media site because I can post all of my crazy pictures with barely any people seeing them. Furthermore, I am passionate about environmental sustainability. I feel that we are destroying the planet, so we need to make a conscious effort to help save it. Similarly, I would like to have my career in sustainable agriculture, perhaps helping to promote eco-friendly farming practices that could give back to the land. {Expand, add research for this} At Berkeley, I am involved in several different extracurriculars. I volunteer at the Basic Needs Center’s Food Pantry, where I help with food recovery, sort through donated goods, and serve customers. I am the VP of Administration at the Berkeley Women in Business Club, which focuses on Empowering business-oriented women with leadership and skill workshops. I am responsible for coordinating all logistical matters as well as creating shared resources for the club. Finally, I am a part of Project RISHI, a student-run nonprofit that promotes sustainable development and growth of rural Indian communities. I am the Education Co-Lead, so I lead a team that works to increase the quality of education, tackling problems of infrastructure and teacher absenteeism. This past summer, I got to go to India for one month and implement the projects we had been working on. That trip was truly transformative, it made me realize the amount of positive impact one can have on people. To algorithms, I am a young adult who is a feminist, likes shopping for clothes, and watches either murder mystery or rom-com movies. Algorithms {pew} probably know which classes I am taking, my favorite restaurants, my location or the places I go to most frequently, and my search history. Using all of the data algorithms have collected over the years, algorithms can then give recommendations and predict what search results I will like. Thus, when I research, the information finds me. In other words, the algorithms predict what articles I will gravitate to, which headlines will result in me clicking on them, or what post I will spend the most time on. It chooses what websites will be shown to me on the first page vs the second page vs the 10th page. An algorithm can significantly impact the research I do, as it controls what information I see and what is hidden from me. {Add cognitive bias about confirmation bias + NPR} Who am I? In conclusion, I am a daughter, a sister, a student, a businesswoman, a reader, a traveler, a foodie, a perfectionist, a friend, and so much more. However, this is who I am today, not tomorrow or in the next 20 years. I will have new ideas, value different perspectives, change my favorite color, and move on. We are the sum of all our experiences, and these experiences keep changing and evolving. Essentially, we are like a sponge; we soak behavior, traits, good or bad deeds, and so on. We squeeze out during our interactions with other people or ourselves, showing the world who we are. As I grow older, I will continue to soak in new experiences and squeeze out different reactions — I will learn and grow and change. There are several things that make me who I am, and I’m excited to discover more about myself as time goes on. Sources: Multimodal
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