FCCLA club state competition

Recently my club participated in the state competition in Provo. (This is why I was gone for a day and a little over half.) Interestingly, because I competed this year I viewed the convention differently. So here we go.

Why did I dislike the beginning of the convention? The overall reason for this would be because I had to compete, and the judges were backed up for half an hour. See because I had to compete the morning was terrible because of the waiting around. Why would this cause a problem? It's because waiting for a long period of time before a speech causes nervousness since I had to speak well in front of judges. Therefore became nervous at the thought of having to speak in front of judges, so this made me want to get it over with. I began longing for the afternoon for when it would be over, but that would not happen for awhile. You see the judges were backed up by half an hour so I was going to present at 11:50 but I got in around 12:30. Why would this matter? It's because I had to wait for another long period of time that increased my nervousness. I just wanted it to be overwith but I couldn't get it overwith because I had to wait. Thus this made my morning there quite an unhappy time.

Yet in contrast as I predicted the afternoon of the convention was quit enjoyable. This was because I didn't have to compete anymore, therefore eliminating my nervousness. But the other thing that was enjoyable was that we got to sit around and basically do nothing. Why was this fun? It's because I got to have a period of relaxation which helped calm me down after I gave the speech. So in other words this made me more relaxed and gave me some time to become myself again. Thus the afternoon was much more enjoyable.

There were many ups and downs during this convention but it was an interesting experience which I'm glad I participated in because well.....I got a silver medal (but it was more like 5th place).