“What can you do now and today that will contribute to your future” – R, Editor in Chief of STATUS Magazine
** Disclosure: LONG ENTRY. This is for posterity’s sake. Pictures included after the jump
Months before summer began and prior to my internship there was only one thing I wanted to do – take a step into the working world and get a taste of where in the industry I wanted to walk for at least the next 5-10 years of my life. Luckily my persistence and constant declarations to the universe paid off because after months of stressing out I got what I wished for. Two months later and I’ve got more out of the experience than just another line in my resume. From the nonsensical to the most practical, I’ve picked up things that I never expected to such as…
- Fashion friendly vocabulary which now includes: Uppers and Tongue Tip (Street wear), Colorway (synonym for color palette.) Yes I’ve become somewhat more fashion savvy.
- SUPRA designers are insanely creative. They seem to constantly come up with a new style every week! How they do so is beyond me!
- When in doubt, google.
- I’m secretly in love with Banksy and his work. Genius!
- I get a kick out of covering events and scribbling in my little notebook
- The importance of research and keeping updated! My googling skills have improved so much!
- It’s possible to tastefully use douche bag in an article/blog
And now that I’ve gotten a glimpse of what’s out there, this is what I’m certain of…
- As much as possible I don’t want to go corporate. I love power suits but I love the fun, creative, and fresh working environment that I’ve had this summer even more. I want an office where wearing shorts is part of the dress code.
- I need a job that keeps me on my feet and puts my people skills to good use. I enjoy writing but I think I need another outlet for my energy besides my computer screen.
- Journalism is awesome but maybe it’s not totally my thing partly due to the aforementioned reason (although it might be something I do on the side.) Sometimes you have to experience it yourself to figure out what does and doesn’t work for you
As for everything else in between…
- In whatever industry you’re in there will always be someone who’s better than you in one way or another (and vice versa.) So, the best you can do is to learn as much as you can from them, and immerse yourself in your environment because you’ll learn more about yourself in the process
- Ask questions and be open minded about your strengths and weaknesses. As long as you’re always putting your best food forward you’ll keep on growing in the right direction and in time you’ll see that you’ve gotten so much better.
- Always give quality work because not only does it show but someone out there will eventually notice and reward you for it.
- As Diana Vreeland said “The rules of good taste were bendable, as long as you did it with style.” Style. There’s something admirable in taking a chance and expressing your individuality in front of judging eyes. Those people have guts.
- When you’re passionate about something, getting paid doesn’t matter that much. That’s why there’s not much money in publishing haha
Overall I love that it takes me 2 hours to research and write two blogs when it used to take me 5. I love that I’ve gotten faster and more straight to the point. I love that my articles/blogs bleed less and less after being edited. I love that I’ve discovered new awesome bands to add to my playlist. I love that I was able to interview someone cool and get my words printed in a magazine. I love that I know what hypebeast and highsnobiety are. I love that I can include attending coachella to my bucket list.
But most of all I love that I made this happen all on my own. I’ve had many unfulfilled goals before partly because I never followed through in accomplishing them. Not only was this purely my initiative but I did anything and everything to make it happen without the help of my parents or anyone else.
I may have sacrificed a summer of being able to sleep in and bum at home, but looking back it was definitely the write kind. I have no regrets!
Click to see pictures of my last week!
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Sorry for the surge of blogs but I’m feeling particularly inspired, trigger happy and busy this week! I stayed home tonight mostly to update this haha.
