Me and My… Storytime of being a Chief Guest (Part-1)

But don’t compare your life to their life, they only post the good

Would I make my life perfect? Only if I could

But don’t compare your life to my life, I only post the good

AR Paisley (Song: Still grateful)

My mom is a Python teacher for grades 11 and 12. Along with this, she is also an enthusiast of finding opportunities in her school which she can drag me into. Don’t I have an option to say NO, you ask? HA HA HA… I want food in my belly (if you know you know). If I refuse, my mom either doesn’t talk to me or she asks me at least a thousand times and frustrates me to my core. So, this time I became the chief guest and Judge at the science exhibition at my mom’s school.

Neither do I have the experience of being in authority nor I knew how to dress the part. It took me two days and still I wasn’t happy with my outfit (extremely important for my fragile confidence). At the end, a normal shimmery black t-shirt, black pants and pink leather pumps came to the rescue. The affirmations in the mirror worked, coz I felt confident (emoji with the black shades)! One good thing is that I live near the school, so I took my two wheeler. I wore flats & kept the heels in my scooty’s trunk. I parked away from the school of course- coz who would take a “chief guest on a 2-wheeler” seriously (laughing emojis). Chief guests are the people with pride, prestige & confidence (I had none except the confidence which was also just because of the outfit).

This is what I reminded myself every time my confidence dipped.

When I tell you the amount of respect I got as a chief guest – Bro trust me a 22 year old CANNOT digest it. That too at the school my mom works in. I was a guest in disguise though. No one knew that I was the daughter of a teacher here. Although there is one thing that I have realized, God really doesn’t spare me. He keeps on bringing up my insecurities. Here I am, stuck and unable to find an explanation for “what the future of this blog is”. I keep getting people who are from the Science Background (check out my dilemma tales to know what I am talking about).

My co-judge had the exact same educational background as me. She had also completed her Bachelors in life Sciences and Masters in Biotechnology. Cherry on Top though was her Amazing attempts on the entrance exams for PhD. Those exams which I am not even close to clearing. I was at a loss of words when she asked me what I wanted to do further with the blog. Not gonna lie, I just Said, “Blogging is my Passion project!” out of shame. I don’t regret it, but I’m sure about one thing. Now at least for a month, my mind is gonna be stuck on finding a valid answer to her question!

Anyways, as the competition continued, I got into my Science student mode, fully invested in it. While we were judging the model making competition- I had given feedback to a 10th grade participant. She politely called me to the side & asked “Mam, will this affect our Scores?” I couldn’t stop smiling because the motivation freak in me was about to take over.

When someone talks about science, things get serious for me (laughing emojis)!

I told her “Um, we are not allowed to say anything about your scores. But just know that even if it does, it will be fine. You gave your best on your project and this was your first time presenting this model. So that in itself is a big achievement. You should be proud of yourself. And as for the mistake- No one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. What matters is how fast you learn from them!” I didn’t want to stop but I reminded myself that this isn’t a counseling session (internal dialogue- “Nayan Control”).

But that was truly the most memorable part of this event, along with me receiving a momento from the principal with a label saying JUDGE: Nayan Katyal (still in awe) and the lunch with the principal of the school my mom works in at the end of the event. All in All- I Said yes to the event to leave an  impression on the students of what a confident, classy woman will look like. And the “BYE mam”(with a smile) from a girl at the end of the event confirmed that.

My mom didn’t get it in 19 years, so I got it for her!

I just feel that if I behave like the person I aspire to become, I can project that energy onto other people. Still not sure if I needed this event or this title of a “Judge” to build confidence, but it definitely helped. I hope this wasn’t the last time I become a guest at an event, coz this was an amazing experience.

Journal time: I want you to take out your journal and write about the physical appearance of the person you want to be in the future. And then make a list of the qualities of that version of yourself. The only thing that will be left after this my friend is to “Act like it”. 

Until Next time, Adios amigos.

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