So, I’m going to tell you about a lesson about confidence that I don’t think that I can forget in my life. So, it was actually a year ago when I had a chance to perform in a showcase that my high school art club organized and I was a member of music department that means that I need to perform. But to be honest, at that time I’m not a good singer at all. I was not confident about everything, about my vocal chords, about my singing, like how I deal with the melody and the note. So, I was really shy and like anxious and depressed about everything. And when I got into the state, like a sense of shyness and depression just got just there. And then I can’t help but ruin the performance. And then after that I cried a lot, but like a day later I realized that, oh, it’s such a lesson of confidence. And like many of my core who is like older than me and had more experience than me told me about, like it’s okay to fail something and you just need to be confident. You just need to be confident and they say that my voice is cute. They compliment me a lot. And then after that, like that lesson is like a bond for me in my core. And also it’s such a memorable lesson that I found out myself more, much more confident in the other performance that my art club had. And I feel happy about it and I feel great too because I’ve been taught such a memorable lesson without having to pay anything.
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So, I'm going to tell you about a lesson on confidence that I don't think I can forget in my life. It was actually a year ago when I had a chance to perform in a showcase that my high school art club organized, and I was a member of the music department, which meant that I needed to perform. But to be honest, at that time, I was not a good singer at all. I was not confident about anything, about my vocal cords, about my singing, or how I dealt with the melody and the notes. I was really shy and anxious and depressed about everything. When I got into that state, a sense of shyness and depression just lingered. I couldn't help but ruin the performance. After that, I cried a lot, but a day later, I realized that it was such a lesson in confidence. Many of my peers, who were older than me and had more experience, told me that it’s okay to fail at something and that I just needed to be confident. They said my voice was cute and complimented me a lot. After that, that lesson became a bond for me with my peers. It was such a memorable lesson that I found myself much more confident in the other performance that my art club had. I felt happy about it, and I felt great too because I learned such a memorable lesson without having to pay anything.
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