Enthusiasm

A month ago I was convinced I lost my enthusiasm. I had no idea that all I had to do was to look a little bit outside the box I was living in and talk more to other persons than the ones I worked with. But now it's back. Briefly, my enthusiasm was brought back by the people I met lately (the ones that dream big) and the diversity around me. And I'm gonna keep my enthusiasm. Because now I know that sheer beauty that surprises me every moment is just around the corner.

Being enthusiastic about what I am doing or about the people I work with is something that defines me. And I want to remember this for the rest of my life. And I will take this into account whenever I have to make a decision about my future, especially about my professional future.

Just to make sure that I will have forever this enthusiasm with me, I will always surround myself by 2 basic things: people that dream big and diversity.

People with beautiful, big dreams are like matches for me. I think that all the energy and good humour I have is like gasoline stored in several recepients. Each recepient needs something to be set on fire. And I don't always have the matches with me. So this is why I need those fabolous people around me. Finally, I do believe what a wise friend of mine told me repeatedly more than a year ago: "people like happy people" :)

Diversity is the second type of matches. It's mainly about diversity in mentalities and behavious, but also diversity in landscape and people I hang out with. I am simoultaneously fascinated and challenged by diversity. Sometimes it takes me long to understand and accept it, but I am always involved with all my being in this. Diversity challenges me and all the time when I meet something new, I end up knowing even more about myself. I end up being more aware of what is outside my universe, but also I get to see a glimpse of the boundaries of this universe.

And I'm really happy I found these 2 sources of enthusiasm in AIESEC, which can only make me want to continue being a member of this organization and actually bringing the added value that I can bring. The future seems pink and shiny for me :)

Friendship

I think that only now I realised that Roxi is one of the persons I took for granted. And I miss her and our endless conversations.

Soricel.

Goal setting

How do you set goals? This is something that I've been thinking about for a couple of years and I still didn't figure out what's the best way to do things.
We all set goals. For our personal life, for our professional path, when it comes to sports or competitions we enter. But my questions is about how high should be this goal? Should we believe that impossible is nothing? How far should we go with our optimism?
Personally, I don't believe in "Aim for the moon. Even if you don't reach it, you'll land among the stars". I think that we should set goals according to our internal resources: our commitment, our ambition, our willingness to sacrifice things for what we want.

It took me a while to admit that this is what I believe in. And I think setting goals you can reach builds self confidence and it leads to growth step by step. And I am convinced that by having more self confidence, any person will challenge himself/herself even more and more and in the end have really high standards.

Back here

It's been a while since my last post (many reasons, but mainly procrastination).
A small update of my life lately: I graduated, no more AIESEC Cluj, a small trip to visit Lore and then Paris, 1 week at home and now back to Cluj for an unknown period of time.
And most of all, many new thoughts running through my head. Many things I want to start, some of which I started already, some that are on hold.
But I think that the most important thing is that during this trip I discovered myself and I started being happy again. I actually forgot how it feels to be happy, to enjoy what is happening to you, to take chances, to smile and see the beauty of all the things around you.
I like my life again. It's full of color and surprises :)