Climbing the Ladder

It's been a long time since I've last blogged, mostly because I've been so busy. Lots of things have been happening since then. I have so many new ideas to write about and I'm really excited about it.

I wrote about my internship a while back, so I just want to talk a little about that today. Working at Curbed was a mixed bag. I gained a lot of experience, but I didn't get a lot of responsibility since I started out knowing nothing.

Here's what I've learned about interning-be prepared to do any type of work! Some days I received really amazing projects, such as researching restaurants JFK and Jackie O dined at in Boston and other days I had to count the number of blog posts per page for the last week. It wasn't always be the most interesting-but I tried to perform every task I was assigned with enthusiasm and a smile. The best moment of my time there involved covering an event hosted by Glamour magazine, celebrating 10 amazing college women. The event included a panel of powerful women from Wendy Kopp, the founder of Teach for America, Jessica Williams of The Daily Show, to Anna Chlumsky from Veep. My role involved asking some of the panelists and guests a questions relating to the event and take their picture. My question was, "What advice would you give your freshman self?"

I have never done anything like this before-so I was incredibly nervous. I stumbled and stammered when I spoke, I dropped my phone when I tried to take a picture of someone. It was a mess but I got through it fairly okay. When I finally left, I wanted to laugh and cry all at the same time. And I actually did. I was so petrified but so glad I did it.

Since then, I've interned at Curbed for about 5 months. But, as with most internships, I wasn't being paid very much, and as a college grad with students loans up the wazoo, I just couldn't afford the travel expense. I gave my notice at my internship, saying I couldn't afford to come anymore and I was wondering if there was a position available. And my supervisor said that there might be. I was expecting a full out no, so this was a pleasant surprise for me. Now I'm just waiting to hear back from her, Don't forget to follow up! People have jobs, they're busy, they can forget you unintentionally.
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In the mean time, I've picked up a few other jobs. I'll talk about these soon. Happy Thursday!