I think
my overall experience with my internship was pretty good! I wish I would have
gotten to do more. But even though I didn’t I still learned a lot from what I
did do. However with that being said I really wish I would have had the time do
my internship somewhere else; and explore other options of what I could do with
my degree. I think sometimes we make our minds up on “what we want to be when
we grow up” and it hinders us from everything that we could do and it limits us
to our true potential. If I had one bit of advice for student looking to do
their internship in the future is don’t put it off, and don’t be afraid to try
something new. When reflecting back on my internship, I know I could have done
so much more. I just recently saw an internship opportunity for working with
Mayor Greg Stanton, but I didn’t have time to apply to it. I looked like so
much fun and a great learning experience. So my second bit of advice is don’t
over load yourself with work and school you have to find a happy medium. My biggest
regret to my entire college experience was I didn’t make enough time to enjoy
the student activities. I was all work and no play. You have to find time for
it.m Because before you know it you will be in your last semester wondering
where the time went.
Tammie,
ReplyDeleteI can completely agree and relate to you on this. I always view the "internship" as a requirement more-so than an opportunity and I think that also hindered me a bit on being so narrowly focused on what I had to do vs what I could do. This not only affected me academically but also socially. Thankfully, I was provided with a lot of opportunities on campus, but many of these came with other requirements. While I am thankful for them, they also tied up a lot of my time and it was a struggle to find "me" time, which I've found to be so valuable. However, just keep pushing. You are so close. You can do it!!!