With the semester ending and everyone getting stressed, I think this is a good opportunity to look at some of the positives in my life. The past few weeks have had their good points, my present days are filled with new endeavors, and the future is looking up! I have a lot of reasons to be thankful.
Firstly, while my technological advances haven't been great leaps like they were a year ago, I am still learning new things and my iPhone keeps getting new apps. I can't seem to cure my Candy Crush addiction and recently I downloaded Vine! I'll be making videos of my pet fish, Snoop, until I have mastered the "touch-and-release".
Secondly, on a slightly more serious note, I've never felt more comfortable with the choices I've made academically and professionally. I love being able to say that I'm a public relations major with minors in psychology and Asian studies. It's a mouthful, but it feels right!
Just the other day, I had an epiphany about how to put the things I'm studying together into an awesome career. I would love to research different cultures before an international product launch, for example, to prevent embarrassing cultural blunders on the part of global companies. Training executives and other representatives in cultural etiquette would be fulfilling, too. I'd get to learn new things all the time, teach, promote cultural understanding and harmony, feed my curiosity with research, and help companies build relationships! What could be better?
To get there, I'm going to have to do some work. I've already started the process with my current internship, which I've really grown to enjoy. I've learned so much from it and met some of the nicest people. I'll be sad to see it end! Still, I have high hopes for life after internship #1. I've got at least one internship lined up for the summer (I'm hoping to get a second), and both are very different from my previous experiences and each other. I can't wait to learn new things and meet new people!
Speaking of summer, I'm pretty sure this will be the best one yet. I've got my own, super-classy, hipster apartment (I plan on putting a typewriter somewhere in it--don't judge), as well as a super-classy, hipster roommate. We will get into all sorts of shenanigans, like figuring out how to cook for ourselves (eek!), going to concerts, and of course figuring out how to fit our internships into all the fun! I am so excited to see what else Milwaukee has to offer when the semester ends.
I'm so excited that I've even started looking ahead to the fall, when the new semester will begin. That's a pretty big deal for me, since I usually don't plan ahead much more than a week! I've decided that I'm going to keep the positivity going. In addition to taking classes that I think will be pretty awesome, I'll get back to one of the things I love most: singing. I signed up for gospel choir to do just that. I have very little experience with gospel music, but I'm ready to work my alto range and learn something new!
I think this is one of the longest blog posts I've written in awhile. Thanks for sticking with me for this long. I hope those of you that read this have just as many things to be optimistic about (or more)! Don't be afraid to share the great things that are happening in your life, and don't forget to be there for those who don't have as many great things going just yet. Happiness is meant to be shared!
