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Kat Coffee Company, Chelsea What three words would you use to describe what troubled you during your adolescence? Confidence, importance, and competitive. Confidence I guess is about lack of confidence? Both. Lack of confidence in how I portray myself. I think that’s very natural for people growing up, but I think I knew who I wanted to be. I always wanted to wear the sort of clothes I wear now, but when you’re a 14 year old you can’t really wear this sort of thing and not look weird. You know when you see a kid in a suit and everyone’s like “aww, they’re so cute”. I didn’t want to be seen as cute, but it’s quite difficult for a kid to dress nicely and not be deemed as either weird or cute. But then I had overconfidence academically and in hobbies. I wouldn’t be able to live up to the expectations I set myself. Is that to do with confidence? I’d say so. I’ve been told that I’m very hubristic, which isn’t something I liked about myself, but I’ve come to terms with it. It’s never nice wh