Today is my fifth month anniversary at my internship! Where has the time gone? Fall was a complete blur. I can’t recall if I actually did anything all autumn long. I consider five months at an internship a huge accomplishment. I have learned so much in such a not-so-short period of time and I feel thoroughly prepared to take on a full time position now. I plan to find out next week if my internship will move full-time, so sending happy thoughts my way would be much appreciated!
It makes me smile when I think about how I’m never quite satisfied. I went to high school and dreamt of college; I went to college and dreamt of New York; I moved to New York and my dreams have turned from Intern to Editor-in-Chief. While it’s important to live in the present (and I don’t do this enough!), I don’t think my quest for perfection is a poor quality per se – I always strive to be better. What’s the harm in that? My internship has me working part time, and while the time off is great, I want full-time. I have two days off a week that are just for me. I can do whatever I would like, and during those two week days I usually do three things: Catch up on my Netflix/TV shows from the past week, workout for a solid hour and search online for full-time jobs that will prevent me from doing the previous two things stated.
Most people hope to obtain a full-time job once they graduate college. People who rent apartments on the Upper West Side and have cable bills to pay hope to land a full-time position even more so. The reason I find my frustrations amusing is because I have a feeling in the next month or two, I’m going to have this all figured out. I will be working forty hours a week and comfortably residing in this beautiful city one way or another. I may even be able to attend more shows or go out to dinner more often. I should be enjoying these two extra days off right now because soon these free days will be gone forever. Eventually I’m going to have to commute on the subways on a Friday and wake up early again on Monday just like the rest of the world.
Instead of pouting on Thursday mornings when I wake up at 10am and watch Gossip Girl for several hours, I’m going to start putting my free time to good use. I have made up my mind to take my GRE exams this year. I have been away from school for too long and waiting any longer will only make it more difficult to study for an exam. So this Thursday, I’m going to find a little coffee shop near Columbia, take a seat next to a charming grad student (and maybe we’ll even start up a lovely conversation☺) and begin educating myself on math problems I haven’t dealt with since early in my college career – and that was a liberal arts math class where the professor wrote the first equation of the quarter on the board during week five and told us not to panic (Hmm, maybe that grad student can become my tutor instead?) My job search will continue, but I have faith in this great company I am interning for. They like me, I like them and I understand the job. The odds are in my favor, but just in case, I’ll also use my free time praying to the career Gods in hopes that they will help this job work out.
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