When I Was the President

It was an elected position, president of the Purdue Fencing Club, but when I ran, I ran unopposed. There was no one else who even wanted to do my job, let alone have the skill set to pull it off, which meant I was it. I had to be the president, there was no other choice.

In everything I've done since fencing, I've never had to be that thing. Someone else has been willing and able to step in and fill my shoes if I were to vacate the post. I've never had to convince myself in the last two years that I am a kitesurfer or that I am a glass maker or that I am a software engineer. I played the part, but I haven't believed.