Today was my second day on the job and I was quite excited to return to the work world. Another day on the job means that I get the opportunity to experience something new in the field of Event Planning. I remembered that a child must learn to walk before he or she can run. I must take the steps necessary to build up to event planning and to get accustomed to the environment that I work in and the people I interact with every day. Today I got my daily reminder to take a step back and appreciate the little things.
Just like yesterday, I walked across the street to the building where opportunities blossom. Today, however, my nerves were drowned in sweat from the humidity in the air. It was quite warm outside, 90 degrees to be exact and I was not happy with it., however the light at the end of the tunnel also know as AC was only a few feet from my grasp. As I pulled open the Admissions doors a gust of cool air shot across my face, instantly feeling refreshing as if it were a full body ice pop. As I sat in my office waiting for my assignment from Paul, wondering what amazing task I would do today, I noticed a pile of boxes with stacks of files with names on them and loose papers thrown in them. I wondered what they were for and why they were there. I would be given the answer.
Paul noticed me looking at the pile of papers and handed me a piece of paper. I looked at it and it was a printer copy of the brochures he would give out at college fairs. He asked me to proofread it and then when that was done he would have another assignment. So, like any good intern, I rushed off to proofread the paper and came back minutes later with the OK to run the print.
My next assignment was what reminded me to take a step back. In my head, I thought my assignment would be to work on a project planning an event or sit in on another meeting, but alas. I was handed the stack of boxes I just so happened to be looking at earlier and was instructed to go through the files and cross off names on a roster provided of students who have a file. I learned the files were transcript files for the freshman, so if at any point a student wanted to transfer, the files would be accessible. Sometimes you have to do the work you don't want to before you do the big tasks. Today was one step closer to being able to say I helped to plan something major for the school.
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