My Shoebox Autobiography

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While putting together my Shoebox Autobiography, I didn’t learn much about myself. I’m an insecure person and probably always will be, so I didn’t want to give any information that could be used against me. I mostly talked about things that I think about often. The only mildly surprising thing was my anxiety, as it was much worse than I had thought it would be. I don’t believe that I displayed any strengths of mine because of this; I was just a stuttering, anxious mess who couldn’t choke out even the most basic information about them. If I was given the opportunity to redo my presentation, I would try to stay calm instead of have a mental breakdown like I did once my presentation was done. Both West and Eddy’s presentation’s stood out because,

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