One Year Life Update

December 26th 2016 was my last post in this blog. Today, December 27th 2017 it remarks one year since the last post I haven't written anything here.
Well, Hello!
I know it's pretty inconsistent on my side to write eventhough I had a lot to write about this one past year. So here, I'll try to catch up all of the things I've been experienced during this one year back. I will update what did I do, what did I feel, how did I do it, and everything. Bare this long post!
Short story, after my last few post about the three LC President applicants, the applicants were added one more. It was me. I had a lot of things going on my mind exactly 30 mins before the intention letter submission deadline. I asked few of my close friends should I apply or not, and they said why not. So I applied and surprisingly got elected.
So yes, January 7th 2017 after all the long pre and election day process I got elected with 33 votes out of 40 valid votes. By the time I felt the water wet down my hair and clothes of the poured water by my current president at that time, The thing I felt was.. uhuh you'll get stuck in Surabaya until next year Vita, congratulations. My graduation was expected to be happened on around August or September, after that I have to stay in Surabaya up until my term ends but, at the same time I saw all of the people around me smiling laughing giving their best support on me made me feel blessed.
A president of a city based international organization. Pretty cool, huh? Well, you expect :))) I do enjoy each of the process that gave me new learning brought by all of the circumstances I faced as I bear the title.
However, it was not easy. The first few weeks, it was cool. I attended the national election conference for the MC President as a representative, bearing the title of LC President elected of AIESEC in Surabaya. Got invited back to Banjarmasin to facilitating AIESEC in Unlam's first local conference ever. Meeting all the stakeholders that AIESEC in Surabaya has. Not until I got my Vice Presidents. My own team. The problem was not with them, but with me. I wasn't aware enough of what actually happened in my entity. When I thought everything was great but it wasn't. "What did I throw myself into?" That was the perfect phrase to describe the condition at that time.
Short story again, we made it to analyse the core problem and form the strong team to fix it. Alright cool. We went to national conference as executive board elected of AIESEC in Surabaya 1718. First touch with national network. First time for me as well to feel what I've never expected before.
Before we went to the national conference, we took a top 5 strength definer test. As I always realise, I am a people person but, I never expected that it would be all people. I got 3 relationship building and 2 influencing. What I felt? Overwhelmed. I was in a denial phase. I rejected the fact that I have none of strategical, execution, ideation, or anything else you name it.
As I tried to deny it, the more I felt overwhelmed. Up until I had to gather with all of the LC Presidents of all entities in AIESEC in Indonesia network, I had to do analysis about my own entity, I had to plan the strategy and things. I bursted into tear when I met Pris after the session done.
Pris was MCVP of AIESEC in Indonesia 1617. We became close to each other after we both facilitating in a conference together that made her knows me more compare to other knows me. I told her I was afraid if I couldn't lead the entity with that kind of condition and I only have people oriented strength. "Vita, focus on what you are good at rather than what you are not," said her to me.
Not only to Pris, Kaja who was also MCVP in AIESEC in Indonesia 1617 also listened to me while I was bursting into tears and said "I believe that you were chosen because people like you that AIESEC in Surabaya needs." It meant a lot for me what they said.
It was my most stressful moment during my LCP journey, yet it was also my most joyful moment. It was the moment I was brave enough to be vulnerable, to let my VP knows my current state of condition, what I was afraid of. It was my most joyful moment because surprisingly after I told them when I was preparing myself that they won't accept me as their leader, they hugged me tight. I felt their support warmly hug my soul.
Now, it is only a month left till the end of our term in 1718 and choosing them as my team was never a mistake.
Yaaaaaas! That was the short story of my LCP journey and here is the other updates:
I am a graduate!!! I graduated from college on September as I expected hihihi thanks everyone who always supported me on the process and also God who let it to happen of course. I am proud of myself that I can balance my work and life hihi
Now? Now I'm an official employee hihihih I currently work in a media/news startup company based in Surabaya, Good News From Indonesia. I'll tell more later about it on another post.
Maybe that's all first that I can update!
Good night!