Ankita Bhatia

SDM Sophomore
Answer these two simple questions…
...and let the answer evolve over a few days....

1. What kind of a person/ professional do you want to be?

I want to be someone who attains all her external goals such as academic and financial
success. However, what's more important is that I want to be empathetic, dedicated, hard
working, compassionate, humble and honest. Apart from that, I also want to be someone who’s
always there for others, and help as many people as possible. I want to be that person that
others can easily count on, without having to think twice.
Last but not the least, I want to be someone that no matter what, trusts the process, and always
works on constant improvement, in order to be the best version of myself.

2. What occurrences around you bother or affect you? (Revised)

There are several occurrences that take place on a day to day basis that bother me. As I
introspect at this very moment, while writing this answer, I realise how I’m actually bothered /
affected even by the minutest of things. Which is actually the first botherance, I.e. the fact that
I’m bothered by so many things, no matter how little they are or may seem. This constant
botheration leads the way to overthinking and everything beyond that.

Another thing that I constantly feel bothered about is the fact that I find it difficult to open up to
people. It takes a while for me to open up, express myself and show my “true side”, and break
the social awkwardness there lies between myself and someone new.

Apart from the above mentioned, what I also feel bothered about is the fact that I am hardly ever
able to say “no”, especially when it comes to work related tasks. I need to understand that it is
okay to say no, especially when I’ve done my share of work already. For example, in group
projects, I will readily take up my teammates share of work as well, because of my hesitancy to
refuse.

Botheration to Crisis
What concerns or bothers us and how we plan to deal with potential crises will contribute to
what kind of a person or professional we will be.

Reflecting upon the occurrences around me that bother/affect me, the one that may lead to the
biggest crisis is the fact that I find it difficult to open up easily to people. Although this may not
seem as major, I do know for a fact that if I continue to remain this way and not work on myself,
it will lead to a crisis in the future, especially while working in a professional environment.
I need to understand that in a professional environment, I have to work with people I’ve never
met or seen before. If I don’t open up and speak up, I won’t be able to pull off the given task with
my peers, because of the lack of communication that may take place from my side.
 Ankita Bhatia
SDM Sophomore

Another botherance that may lead to crisis in the near future is that of my hesitancy to say “no”.
I feel that not being able to refuse a certain task, especially in a professional environment, will
lead to people taking advantage of the fact that I don’t refuse as much, and take up work on
myself without thinking twice. This, eventually, will lead to my stress levels increasing because
of all the workload, and there will not be any healthy professional boundaries between my peers
and I.