Lets see. I wake up, play all my scramble games (for all you scramble addicts you know where I'm coming from/ get at me- jnorton36) think of everything I have going on that day, head to class, do some homework, go to meetings, find time to talk to my ma and pa, eat, procrastinate on the things that don't seem interesting and aren't do for a few more days (Kelsey, I told you discipline was NOT one of my strengths).. and yeah that is about the extent of my day. Nothing that the average person doesn't experience.
But why have I chosen all these activities as a part of my daily routine though? Well scramble is boss <Ernest> and class is mandatory, meetings are... well.. meetings and also mandatory and the rest is self explanatory. The unique thing about all of this, is I actually really thrive on the things I do every day. Lucky for me, I had some weird epiphany Freshmen and I was able to find my passion. So since changing my major I enjoy all the classes because I know its pretty much exactly what I want to do. Knowing what my passion when coming to OSU, I was able to strategically pick the groups I wanted to be involved in. MCEC- provides me with experience and insight for my career path, BLF- One of the reasons I joined was because it sounded awesome and the fact we were the inaugural class, but also because I can tell this is preparing me for my future in ways I never imagined. AKPsi- Networking, friends, opportunities, etc. Rent The Runway- Again, experience for my career path as co-event planner.
I must say, I am pretty proud of where I am and what how I have chosen to spend my days.
Looking back on this past year it's hard to think about what my crucible moment has been. I guess I would have to say it actually happened fairly recently. It was when I was turned down from the Hershey Internship. While interviewing I was almost positive I was going to get the job, maybe I was over confident. Unfortunately I was unable to receive feedback so Ill never know why but what I do remember is how I felt during the interviews. I wasn't interested. I came to Ohio State because of my major, and now I was looking for a job outside of my major just because it was good pay? Yeah, as a broke college student that sounds extremely appealing, but isn't that kinda defeating the purpose of changing my major and following my passion? So I was pretending to be way too interested in this job when being interviewed and to be honest, I think I even convinced myself. If offered the job, I would have taken it. When the lady called to inform me of not getting the position I was a little upset. I guess it just hurt my confidence because I was so certain they would offer it to me; but in addition to being upset, I was so relieved. It reminded me of my purpose of being here. I think it happened for a reason, and a good reason that I didnt get it. Sometimes it takes something to reopen your eyes and remind you of your goals and mission; and thats exactly what Hershey did for me.
Something I haven't considered in a while- my future.
why? Well because I use to do that a lot in high school. I wanted to think about my future all the time. Once I came to college that changed completely. I think I was scared to think about what my future will consist of; I didn't want to have any expectations and end up disappointed so I have just been taking it day by day and thus far I've been happy. Sometimes I want to think about the future but I stop myself and I'm not sure of the reason. But I am going to take this time to ponder about about my future and hopefully in a blog to come I will write about my thoughts and if I am going to stick to not thinking about it or if I ended up liking it and will continue to do it.
I must say, I am pretty proud of where I am and what how I have chosen to spend my days.
Looking back on this past year it's hard to think about what my crucible moment has been. I guess I would have to say it actually happened fairly recently. It was when I was turned down from the Hershey Internship. While interviewing I was almost positive I was going to get the job, maybe I was over confident. Unfortunately I was unable to receive feedback so Ill never know why but what I do remember is how I felt during the interviews. I wasn't interested. I came to Ohio State because of my major, and now I was looking for a job outside of my major just because it was good pay? Yeah, as a broke college student that sounds extremely appealing, but isn't that kinda defeating the purpose of changing my major and following my passion? So I was pretending to be way too interested in this job when being interviewed and to be honest, I think I even convinced myself. If offered the job, I would have taken it. When the lady called to inform me of not getting the position I was a little upset. I guess it just hurt my confidence because I was so certain they would offer it to me; but in addition to being upset, I was so relieved. It reminded me of my purpose of being here. I think it happened for a reason, and a good reason that I didnt get it. Sometimes it takes something to reopen your eyes and remind you of your goals and mission; and thats exactly what Hershey did for me.
Something I haven't considered in a while- my future.
why? Well because I use to do that a lot in high school. I wanted to think about my future all the time. Once I came to college that changed completely. I think I was scared to think about what my future will consist of; I didn't want to have any expectations and end up disappointed so I have just been taking it day by day and thus far I've been happy. Sometimes I want to think about the future but I stop myself and I'm not sure of the reason. But I am going to take this time to ponder about about my future and hopefully in a blog to come I will write about my thoughts and if I am going to stick to not thinking about it or if I ended up liking it and will continue to do it.
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