What is your idea of perfect happiness?
- Perfect happiness is filling your life with people that care about you. The lack of insecurity: financial insecurity, social insecurity, relationship insecurity. I feel like once I have that comfort/certainty, that’s where I find a lot of my happiness.
If you could go back I time and tell your younger self one thing, what would it be?
- It’s ok to not be a part of the mix. I think when I was younger, I was pretty consumed with having a bunch of friends and things of that sort. Now that I’m older, I understand more about valuing yourself. Enjoying time with yourself and people that are close to you. Not trying to be at every party, because they all kind of start to blend together when you’re looking at them from a larger perspective.
If there was one thing you’d want people to know, what would it be?
- When I meet people for the first time, usually the questions are like “what do you do for a living?” or “where do you go to school?” I think when people find out that I’m a paralegal or that I’m in law school, they assume that my personality is business causal. That’s not the case at all. I like to joke around and tell jokes.
What motivates you to get up in the morning?
- Somedays I don’t know. But, someday I feel like my parents made sacrifices to be in this country and give me and my siblings the best opportunities possible. I feel like it’s only right for me to honor their sacrifices and be the best person that I can be.
What do you think it means to live a good life?
- I think living a good life means you’re taking every opportunity you can to help the people around you. The content of your character is really judged by other people’s perspectives. You’re a culmination of how you treat people. So, if you want to be a good person/live a good life, treat people well.
How do you find comfort on bad days?
- On bad days, my first instinct is to be by myself. Shut myself into my room and do nothing. Maybe watch Netflix or something like that. I think when I finally let myself hang out with somebody or be with my friends, that’s what really makes me feel better. After I let myself experience an emotion, I feel like I need to let it go.
How have you changed in the last 5 years?
- In the last five years, I think I’ve become more “to myself.” I’ve become more secluded. Five years ago, I was more interested in sharing everything and being a part of everything. Now I kind of feel like less is more. Having quality experiences over the quantity of experiences, friends, and so forth. That’s been how I’ve changed over the past five years.