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Hillary
Rae
Congratulations on your new move! And thanks for the share!
In January of this year, I though I needed a jumpstart in my life. So I decided to pick up and move to New York City. I was in the big apple for 3 months until an opportunity opened up in San Francisco for me to more easily build out my company - and I jumped on it. I've had to make some major and hard decisions recently and sometimes the anxiety and impatience gets to me BUT I realized that once I made those hard decisions, things started to fall into place.
I hope that things start to fall in place for you as well. Keep fighting the good fight;)
Julie
As someone who has had at least 3 or 4 internships thus far, I have seen that while some are exactly as you've described, others can offer a lot more hands-on experience.
In my experience, you kind of have to choose name or experience when selecting an internship. The more well-established and prominent businesses I have interned for tend to offer less career-oriented experience and more grunt work but can be great additions to your resume or name-drops.
Conversly, smaller businesses and start-ups often let you take the reins and get more "important" tasks done. Future employers may not know who you worked for but they'll soon notice the skills you gained at these types of internships.
I think what you write about going above and beyond is always good advice.
Chloe
Yup. I think it's good to lose weight if you want to improve your health, but people should realize that not everybody can be stick skinny. We all have different body types and your true beauty comes out when you are confident with yourself no matter what size.
Chloe
Hehe, I remember when I was little I once used to want to work for a circus. Not those acrobats or anything, but just someone who helps manage the circus team. I don't even know why, but I think I was just attracted by all those colors. I think director is actually a really interesting job. Hard to make money off of it unless you make it big, but it definitely uses your creative juices :)
Speaking of childhood dreams, should they sadden us because they remind us again that we are being suppressed by reality as adults and have to choose more realistic jobs? Or should they bring us nostalgic joy and melancholy as we remember our youth when we thought we could do anything?
Chloe
Boredom, especially at a workplace is such a horrible thing. I actually think it's even worse than being bored at home because at work, you are still in your tense work-mode. You can't roll around on the floor, watch a movie, or eat a pint of ice cream, or anything else that you can do at home to alleviate your boredom.
Hillary
I really like your line "why do people resort to beauty in order to find satisfaction with themselves?" People often think changing their appearance will solve everything, but it hardly ever does.
I think the same applies to people being overweight. So many people feel like if they just lost 20, 30, 50+ pounds, they would finally be beautiful and happy and people would like them more. I've battled weight gain for a while now and have both gained and lost significant amounts of weight and when even when I lost 60 pounds, I was the exact same person. Nothing really changed for me, not even really how people perceived me. Losing weight isn't a miracle cure, neither is plastic surgery. I feel like if someone wants to change themselves they need to do it from the inside.
Chloe
For me, it's hard to not regret if there is guilt involved. For example, if what I did might have hurt someone else close to me, I still keep on worry over it because I feel so bad about what I did. In such cases, regretting shows you that at least you have a conscience. But I agree that you shouldn't let regrets take over your life. So most of the time when I am on the verge of "regret attack," I just tell myself such and such thing was meant to happen. In other words, I convince myself that it was the course of fate or my life's path and then I try to keep a positive outlook on my future.
Natalie
It's funny, because I feel like I got my "No, no, I'll pay for it, I'll pay for gas money, let me pay for SOMETHING" thing from my parents, but now they won't let me do it back to them! ;) I agree, it's best to just wave the white flag and say "Thank you so much!" instead =)
Natalie
It's hard not to feel guilty sometimes when our parents help us out.. but I think your mom is right, and it's something hard for us to understand. We at least know they don't want us to feel guilty because of their help, so we should try and replace those guilty feelings with feelings of gratitude! Expressing thanks and love instead of guilt or sadness is one way we can try and return the favor.
Wow, I can definitely relate to this. Ever since high school I've wanted to move to Chicago once I graduated college. To make the transition easier, I thought I would get an internship there this summer. It has definitely been the best decision I have ever made. I love everything about this city and I'm really sad to leave in three weeks. Congratulations on deciding to take the pludge and move to the place you always wanted to be in. I really hope you find a job soon. Craigslist has actually proven to be a very good job resource for me and some of my Chicago friennds. You definitely have great writing talent, so if you're looking for a job in writing/journalism, your clips will help you a lot. Good luck and I'm interested in knowing how everything goes. =)