Still Kickin'
So it's been about 10 days since my last post. It's crazy how much can happen in so little time isn't it? I mean, just a few hours or minutes or seconds can go by and your world can change. It's also crazy how much you can get done in so little time. If you're rushed or nearing a deadline, your brain and body kick into overdrive, scrambling to get the work done.
On that note, I want to talk about deadlines today. When you're in school, you constantly think "I can't wait to get out into the real world where I don't have to deal with projects and tests and final deadlines." Except the irony of all that is: the real world is exactly like school, but with money.
If i've learned one thing throughout my internship so far, it's that the real world is a lot like school. You have projects to work on for clients You have deadlines for articles and press releases. You are tested by your boss every single day according to your performance at the company. What ever you turn in, sure, you're no graded on it. Instead, if you do horribly, you just get fired.
Sure the real world has it's perks. Like freedom and identity and money. But it also has its downsides, like freedom and identity and money. What I mean by that is in the real world, everything is all the sudden supposed to just be figured out. One day you're in college partying, and the next day you're thrown out in the world and expected to make a living, buy a house, pay your bills, start a family, not get fired, and try to refrain from getting stressed out by your relatives.
It's just another transition. We transitioned from being babies to being toddlers; where we found out voice and our style and what we like. We then transitioned to being part of a crowd in this thing they call elementary school where we find out how to read and write and actually use our head for more than just running into things. From there we transitioned to junior high were we were put to the test of becoming teenagers and having responsibilities. Then, the transition that formed our lives happened: high school. Where we learned to find out what we truly want to be in life. It's where we found ourselves and figured out where out true voices were. We made life long friends, and created memories that will last a lifetime- until we got to college of course. College is high school on steroids. It is the place where you think you figured out what you want to do with your life, then you watch the news or read an article and decide you want to do something completely different. It's where you made mistakes, and promises. You laughed and cried and partied and... grew up. All of these transitions were just getting you ready for the most important traditions later in life. The ones where you fall in love- whether that's with your soul mate, or your job or your car.
Basically, growing up and going through life is a right of passage. But every transitions has things in common. The "real world" has always beed the real world, we just didn't realize it because we're always comparing it to something.
So if you have a job, or an internship. If you're in high school or college or out there at a big boy to big girl job; remember the transitions that built you. Think back to what you learned in the past that helped you get to where you are and where you're going.
This internship has taught me much more than what goes on in the PR world. It's taught me reality and what is yet to come. I'll always be thinking about the real world; but the real world will always be my past, my present, and my future.
On that note, I want to talk about deadlines today. When you're in school, you constantly think "I can't wait to get out into the real world where I don't have to deal with projects and tests and final deadlines." Except the irony of all that is: the real world is exactly like school, but with money.
If i've learned one thing throughout my internship so far, it's that the real world is a lot like school. You have projects to work on for clients You have deadlines for articles and press releases. You are tested by your boss every single day according to your performance at the company. What ever you turn in, sure, you're no graded on it. Instead, if you do horribly, you just get fired.
Sure the real world has it's perks. Like freedom and identity and money. But it also has its downsides, like freedom and identity and money. What I mean by that is in the real world, everything is all the sudden supposed to just be figured out. One day you're in college partying, and the next day you're thrown out in the world and expected to make a living, buy a house, pay your bills, start a family, not get fired, and try to refrain from getting stressed out by your relatives.
It's just another transition. We transitioned from being babies to being toddlers; where we found out voice and our style and what we like. We then transitioned to being part of a crowd in this thing they call elementary school where we find out how to read and write and actually use our head for more than just running into things. From there we transitioned to junior high were we were put to the test of becoming teenagers and having responsibilities. Then, the transition that formed our lives happened: high school. Where we learned to find out what we truly want to be in life. It's where we found ourselves and figured out where out true voices were. We made life long friends, and created memories that will last a lifetime- until we got to college of course. College is high school on steroids. It is the place where you think you figured out what you want to do with your life, then you watch the news or read an article and decide you want to do something completely different. It's where you made mistakes, and promises. You laughed and cried and partied and... grew up. All of these transitions were just getting you ready for the most important traditions later in life. The ones where you fall in love- whether that's with your soul mate, or your job or your car.
Basically, growing up and going through life is a right of passage. But every transitions has things in common. The "real world" has always beed the real world, we just didn't realize it because we're always comparing it to something.
So if you have a job, or an internship. If you're in high school or college or out there at a big boy to big girl job; remember the transitions that built you. Think back to what you learned in the past that helped you get to where you are and where you're going.
This internship has taught me much more than what goes on in the PR world. It's taught me reality and what is yet to come. I'll always be thinking about the real world; but the real world will always be my past, my present, and my future.
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