SSC is over, as are all future public endeavors. It's simply amazing how one leopard print bra and some bright red lipstick can change one's future so drastically.

But in all seriousness, SSC was for me, an extremely satisfying experience. First and most importantly, I was able to truly connect with my Leadership team. The girls, myself and BS are closer now than we ever have been before. It's a comforting feeling, knowing how much we understand and care for one another. This conference, more than anything, turned all of us on, all the way on, for AIESEC Cornell this semester. The energy we all have is tangible. You can see it when we're talking, feel it when we're working, simply amazing. It's only a matter of harnessing it, and passing it on to the next generation.

Next to my own members, working with Ali, Arthur and Izaz on the subgroup output was amazing. For me, it was a learning experience that has long-lasting effects that I will be congnizant of for a long time. For me, more than anything, it was an experiment, doing something of the likes I had never tried.

Finally, at this SSC, I met so many great people, AIESECers that truly live the principled life that AIESEC strives to achieve. talking with them, getting to know them, hearing their stories, has forced me to question myself, my motives, why am I doing this?

I've reached on of those times in life when true self reflection is necessary. It's a fork in the road, with one road being the life I'm currently living, working to get by, never truly dedicating myself, accepting of what others think of me, and not what I think of myself. The second fork, is a life where I strive for true understanding and involvement in my endeavors, a life where learning is done not for merit and awards, but for self fulfillment. Where satisfaction is not an A on an exam, but complete confidence in my own understanding. While this decision may seem obvious, and it is, the changes that need to be made are great, undercutting my life, from AIESEC, to school, to my friends, to my love. Its a crazy, scary, exciting, incredible time.


Sorry for my melodrama.

Luke b