President? I'm a Bad Bad President :)

Today I just realized, I'm a pretty bad president

Why? Honestly, I'm quite bad at following conventional pre-made methods

Yeah, really, one look at my club and you won't really notice that its Rotaract

Because a year ago when I became president

I was given a blank canvas

And I decided to paint it with something else instead of the Rotaract sign

Strange, isn't it?

Again I'll say, I'm quite bad at following pre-made conventional methods of doing things

I prefer to experiment new things and break the rules

hence if you know my club well, you'll find we're pretty weird in many ways, such as the way we conduct meetings, etc etc

Right now I look at the members, and I feel, wow, they've really came quite a long journey with me, even though its not even a year yet since I recruited them.

Those that stayed, I really appreciate them, even though all the hard times have came upon us they still stayed.

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Think about it. Wouldn't it be more interesting this way?

I'm giving them freedom. Freedom to choose their path.

I didn't paint Rotaract on that blank canvas one year ago.

I painted things like hope, persistence, never giving up, and many other things that act as a much more reliable foundation.

Now, that my time is nearly over, when they do take over, they get to choose what they want to be, whether it be Rotaract or something else.

To me, Rotaract is just a name, you can do anything you wish to do, why restrict ourselves?

That's right, they will discover their own identity, sooner or later.

Isn't it more interesting that way?

We did accomplish much more in this one short year than in the previous years of Rotaract. Out of the 3 years of existence, this one was the most lively one.

It really did not make sense to me as to why I need to follow the conventional methods of Rotaract when my own ways suited the club so much better.

And I believe that in times to come they will be even better, even after I am long gone. I believe that much.

Why? Because important values like never giving up and believing and having hope are far more important than anything else.

Without those good values, then nothing good will come of the club. Really. The previous year it was just all about "who was right" and "who should be blamed" and "there's no members so we can't do any events"

Trust me when I say, having the right values come first before anything else.

Though, I have not been a perfect president. Many mistakes I have made. Many members I lost along the way. And you know what? It makes me treasure those who have followed all the way and stayed even more.

So yes, I am a bad president, if you look at it from a Rotaract aspect. I'm probably the lowest score among all presidents in that aspect

But I dare say that in other aspects I do score some good marks. I probably got 100 marks in unique-ness of running a club. Haha.....

So yeah, that pretty much sums up the truth about my presidency. Personally, it is actually much more satisfying than if I had to follow the Rotaract rules etc. I'd rather be a bad President than be a President that I'm not.

After all, I'm a rule-breaker :)