To be honest, I don’t like challenging things so much. And, unfortunately, life always gives us some challenging things probably one of the most challenging things which I have done was the 2nd day of my working life. And, uh, I after I graduated from university, I was starting as a company as an architect and first day, they say to me, you will go to Ansalia tomorrow, and you will set up a stand for drinking bet brands, and I couldn’t believe this because it was my second day. It will be my second day and I didn’t know anything about the sets of trends, set up stunts. And also, there are so many things which I didn’t know. And, uh, or in addition to do this, I will I will be alone that’s what this was the worst part of the or my challenging journey. Because I couldn’t ask anything about, and I didn’t know anything about setting up or something like that. There were so many parts like construction infrastructure system or electrical system, and I didn’t know anything about this. And, uh, also, workers ask me about so many things. And I need to answer all of this question that was this was really challenging for me, but I was really determined to manage this. And I say to me, you can’t do this because you do so many things. And and when I came home, I researched about the settings, tons, and also, I read. I read so many things, and I couldn’t sleep at that night because I felt very anxious and very stressful. And, But when I when I went to Antalya and and went to side area, I felt very confident because I was really ready for set to set up brands. I was because I was studying enormously. And at the end of the day, I luckily, I have I managed to set up
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To be honest, I don't like challenging things so much. Unfortunately, life always gives us some challenging things. Probably one of the most challenging things I have done was on the second day of my working life. After I graduated from university, I started at a company as an architect. On the first day, they told me that I would go to Antalya the next day and set up a stand for drink brands. I couldn't believe it because it was only my second day and I didn't know anything about setting up stands or trends. Additionally, I would be alone, which was the worst part of this challenging journey. I couldn't ask anyone for help and I was unfamiliar with construction, infrastructure, and electrical systems. Workers asked me many questions and I had to answer all of them, which was really challenging. Despite this, I was determined to manage the situation. I told myself that I could do it because I had to handle many things. When I got home, I researched setting up stands and read extensively. I couldn't sleep that night due to feeling anxious and stressed. However, when I arrived in Antalya and went to the site, I felt confident because I had prepared extensively. At the end of the day, I was fortunate to have successfully set up the stand.
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