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Melodies, Snapshots, and Life Lessons feat. Elizabeth Xiong '15
In this episode, we're joined by Lizzy Xiong (‘15) as she recounts her love for music and photography, and lessons learned at Cranbrook. She reminisced about batch 2015's late-night projects and favorite teachers. Join her as she shares advice on balancing social life, studies, and adjusting to college life.
Having fallen in love with photography after discovering it accidentally, she continues to take photos to nurture her creativity. Visit her Instagram and Facebook page to see her amazing work. Elizabeth Xiong currently works full-time at Oracle as a program manager.
- Email: [email protected] |
- Elizabeth Xiong on LinkedIn
- Elizabeth Xiong on Instagram
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
[00:11:13] I wish I had the mindset of “don't sweat the small stuff”. There are so many small things in high school, but at the time, you're young, and they feel like big things. So, I feel like it's very easy for those things to hold this massive grip on your life. Your day-to-day life at the time but it will pass. I think when you're young, you feel like it doesn't. And even now, I'm 23, sometimes it feels like it won't pass, but it does. So, I would tell my freshman year self, it will pass.
Your Life is Your Own
[00:12:54] Your life is your own. I think it's very hard when you're growing up in this community where they're trying to make you this young professional to take on the world. I think a lot of that, you start putting these pressures on yourself of like, “I need to do this club and I need to do well in this class. I need to impress all these people around me, and I can't let my parents down.” I mean, don't let your parents down, but I think, you can balance that. I think there's a lot of pressure to make yourself this perfect person at this age. I'm sure this is a life lesson that people are always trying to work on at any age of their life.
Cranbrook Friendships
[00:06:43] I felt like going through my pictures, my friendships have been the best thing about Cranbrook. When you're put into a smaller community, I think for some people, they might struggle with it. You know, being able to find their people in a smaller pool. But for me, it's easier to foster these relationships in a smaller group.
Finding Her Love for Photography at Cranbrook
[00:04:42] I didn't know I was going to get into photography… I was like, “Okay, let me just bring my camera to school. Like I want to try using it. I want to try doing something new.” And then it ended up that I was capturing these small happy moments in our day-to-day school lives. From there, it kind of just grew into all the photos that would be used for yearbook and newspaper and like my personal photo keepsakes. By the end of our senior year, I had captured our Cranbrook experience from like 10th grade to graduation.
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By Cranbrook KingswoodIn this episode, we're joined by Lizzy Xiong (‘15) as she recounts her love for music and photography, and lessons learned at Cranbrook. She reminisced about batch 2015's late-night projects and favorite teachers. Join her as she shares advice on balancing social life, studies, and adjusting to college life.
Having fallen in love with photography after discovering it accidentally, she continues to take photos to nurture her creativity. Visit her Instagram and Facebook page to see her amazing work. Elizabeth Xiong currently works full-time at Oracle as a program manager.
- Email: [email protected] |
- Elizabeth Xiong on LinkedIn
- Elizabeth Xiong on Instagram
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
[00:11:13] I wish I had the mindset of “don't sweat the small stuff”. There are so many small things in high school, but at the time, you're young, and they feel like big things. So, I feel like it's very easy for those things to hold this massive grip on your life. Your day-to-day life at the time but it will pass. I think when you're young, you feel like it doesn't. And even now, I'm 23, sometimes it feels like it won't pass, but it does. So, I would tell my freshman year self, it will pass.
Your Life is Your Own
[00:12:54] Your life is your own. I think it's very hard when you're growing up in this community where they're trying to make you this young professional to take on the world. I think a lot of that, you start putting these pressures on yourself of like, “I need to do this club and I need to do well in this class. I need to impress all these people around me, and I can't let my parents down.” I mean, don't let your parents down, but I think, you can balance that. I think there's a lot of pressure to make yourself this perfect person at this age. I'm sure this is a life lesson that people are always trying to work on at any age of their life.
Cranbrook Friendships
[00:06:43] I felt like going through my pictures, my friendships have been the best thing about Cranbrook. When you're put into a smaller community, I think for some people, they might struggle with it. You know, being able to find their people in a smaller pool. But for me, it's easier to foster these relationships in a smaller group.
Finding Her Love for Photography at Cranbrook
[00:04:42] I didn't know I was going to get into photography… I was like, “Okay, let me just bring my camera to school. Like I want to try using it. I want to try doing something new.” And then it ended up that I was capturing these small happy moments in our day-to-day school lives. From there, it kind of just grew into all the photos that would be used for yearbook and newspaper and like my personal photo keepsakes. By the end of our senior year, I had captured our Cranbrook experience from like 10th grade to graduation.