![]() ![]() But elected politics is not what I enjoy doing it. But if you mean, whether I’m glad I did it, then definitely yeah I am. Hm, I already did it once, so I wouldn’t do it again. I don’t know what’s in it, but my lips were constantly burning. I never really drank Red Bull before this, I was drinking Red Bull and Monster and they were both eating away at my lips. But yeah, I was really weak, I was physically exhausted. I lost a lot of weight, and I’m already pretty skinny haha. On the fourth day, all I had that day was a litre of Red Bull. I was living off Red Bull, elections were four days. The most intense period was the end of February, those last few weeks were intense because we had to get our materials printed out, our design work and video had to be finished, How were you by the end of election week? The planning process went on for a year, a lot of planning went from late October to March. That’s the worst, knowing you could have done better. But if I could have done more and I lost, you always have that knowledge that you could have done more. I like to underestimate myself and overestimate my opponents because I feel like if I put 100 per cent and I lose that’s okay because I did all I could’ve done, because what else could I have done? I did all I could have. In the video, it mentions a reporter asking 50 Cent who was working on a movie and recording the soundtrack at the same time, “’when do you sleep, 50?’ And 50’s like ‘I don’t sleep.’” There was a point where I asked my friend if I was sleeping too much at two hours a day because in those two hours, I was afraid my opponent was getting ahead. Sleep was a big one for me, but you miss out on opportunities when you sleep. More than partying, or looking cool, or sleeping. T talks about wanting to succeed as much as you want to breathe when you’re drowning underwater. ![]() I was just like, ‘whatever, who cares any more’ and then I’d watch this video, it’s called ‘ How Bad Do You Want It’. Lots of times when I thought I wasn’t cut out for it. There were lots of times where I wanted to give up. Emotionally, physically, and mentally it was very draining. It was the hardest thing I’ve done in university. I’d be postering on campus until 5am I’d go into my office at athletics, sleep in the floor and wake up at 7am. There’s this video I used to watch every day during reading week. it’s not like I had a choice, either I want to win or I don’t want to win How did you keep motivated? When people ask me how I did it, I just say I forced myself. Every hour you have to go to a different classroom, and in between you’re In the hallways talking to students. I had to look welcoming and happy it’s something you have to learn, going in front of an engineering class of 300 and pitching. After that first photo I had to do a lot more takes. We have to work twice as hard it’s that extra challenge to get people to ore for you we took our first photos and I did not like how I looked at all I didn’t smile in photos and I did heavy research into past members and past campaigns it’s always candidates who smile win. And typically you don’t see introverts on the board, you don’t see them on the RSU, you hardly see anywhere. ![]() I’m the only introvert out of the three of us. Because you’re running with other slates too. I learned that you need to run on as a slate, individuals cannot win unless you’re like a one in a million superstar. I wasn’t fed this, I had to fight and struggle to do it Now, tell me about your campaign. The best part was at the end of the day, I got to say I did this all by myself. They believed in me, but I had to earn it. I think the reason why I didn’t get that support because it’s easy to have something handed to you but when I have to work for it, it really shows what kind of person you are. I guess I was hurt in a way.Īfter I got elected, I understood why. I was lost and I felt alone its terrifying running an election like that. There were people withdrawing support just like ‘you’ll find a way know what to do’ I was very hurt. It was tough because I didn’t get as much support as I thought I would get. They didn’t feed me anything, they didn’t tell me what to do. So as you get more involved, you start networking the board just seemed like a natural progression, like, this was what my mentors done. They’ve all been on the board every year I was a student. Darius, Sid, and Osman had the biggest impact. ![]()
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