We have just made it past a huge checkpoint in ISM. The Research Showcase is officially over with. The turn out ended up being incredible, and my table was full the whole night. At one point I thought that my voice would stop working because I had been talking constantly for such a long time. Everyone that came up to me told me that they loved what I was doing, and that it was so relevant to society right now. I also had a few people tell me that I have an incredible mentor, to which I could only reply with: “I know, right?” It was incredibly encouraging to see that I could already make an impact on people’s lives, before I was even in college. It feels so rewarding to be able to spread everything that I’ve been learning this year to other people. I’m hoping to keep doing the same with my final product. Everything is still in the works, but I keep coming back to the idea of creating a YouTube channel that educates people on how to handle different emotions, and inspires creativity in others by thinking deeply about emotions as if they were people. I also want to have another event, probably one that involves people volunteering to come to the office and contribute their words to my videos. Ever since Anxiety Acts, people have been telling me how much they would love to come back again. I’m very pleased with how everything has been going this year, and I can’t wait to finish out my last semester of high school doing more of what I love.
