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Personal Narrative: Kelsey

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Kelsey is the most creative person I know. My older sister Kelsey is one of the most important people in my life and I’ve always looked up to her. I was actually surprised when Kelsey said I could interview her, she usually tells me to go ask mom whenever I’m asking her something. After interviewing my sister, I learned a lot about her. Before interviewing her I didn’t know how hard it was for her to get through school, I had no idea it was such a big commitment for her to make. I already knew she loved what she does for a living, just didn’t know how much it meant to her. We sat at the kitchen table talking, as my mom cooked dinner. I began the interview by asking her how long she had been in the cosmetology industry. She took a minute to …show more content…

She sat and thought about the question, “Not really, I mean I kind of did during school. She explained to me that school was basically a job for her and it was hard. “People don’t think school is tough, but it is.” She had absolutely no social life during her two years of school, and made a huge commitment when she enrolled. She told me that she did think about doing a different career before she thought about cosmetology. She had looked into graphic design because again, it was something creative for her to do. Kelsey laughed and widened her eyes when I asked what she thought the hardest part of her job is. “The indecisive clients. When they have no idea what they want done and describe like ten different things. I don’t have any kind of reference of what to do so it makes it difficult.” She then went on to tell me a story about her very first client, who happened to be her first indecisive client too. The woman sat in Kelsey’s chair not having a clue of what she wanted done. She said how nervous she was because she didn’t want the lady to not like what she did. As she told me the story she shook her head a lot and explained how nervous and how worried she was. After just the first five minutes of the interview I knew Kelsey was passionate about her job and the things she does each

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