Macedonia...experience as never before

One month has passed and so many things has happened in my life during that time...

Well, the most impactful experience was my travel to Macedonia for IPM, the conference where I went to stand for AIESEC International. I guess that the most of you already know the results. I was not selected but I'm not sad because of that, I do not feel like failing at all. Going through the whole selection process was an experience that will stay in my mind for a long time - huge learning as well as time when I got to know myself as never before.

Now I'm not talking just about the interview, I mean the whole process you go through once you start filling in the application. Everything starts with one click when you sumbitt your application. By that you hardly know what you're committing to. You just want to let others know that you're the one who has pictures in your mind about how the next year can look like. Then when the time comes and you're finally heading to IPM, you know that this is the conference which will change your life, you just don't know in which direction...

I felt the same, I was excited as well as scared from what's waiting for me there...But when I got there I realized that there are 35 more people like me, people who are feeling insecure about their future, people with sparkles in their eyes, people who are somehow connected even though they have never met before. I noticed that during the candidates dinner when we were sharing our feelings.

For me IPM was also about waiting a lot because I was the last candidate to be interviewed. Even though I spent more than a week waiting for my interview, I still can say that I enjoyed that time a lot...

There are several moments that stayed in my mind...
- going for a boat trip
- having reflections by the amazing lake that was near our hotel
- building deep connections with some other candidates by sharing our feelings
- having great talks with my close friends that I have not seen for a long time


The only dark side of IPM was the virus that has spread around that almost all the people got sick, including me. Which was quite challenging as the most important week of my term was waiting for me. But I have finally overcome that and in few days I am heading to Russia for Expro...

And what comes next? I'm not giving up my dreams...A new application and whole selection process is waiting for me again... But I feel to be different now, I feel to be stronger and more self-aware...
Let's see in few weeks...:-))