A Short Trip

I had planned on attempting to get housing in Florida without actually driving to Florida, which I will admit was a lofty goal. I figured I could maneuver it through online photographs and possibly sending over a friend to look at the place if I needed to, which I understand is completely naive and potentially dangerous. Also, that whole not driving to Florida thing fell apart pretty fast when I thought I found the perfect apartment.

I knew the second I was offered my position, and even before I was offered my position, that I wanted to live in Celebration. I had fallen in love with the little town and how you can walk anywhere and everything, how there’s a sense of community the second you step downtown, how there’s always something to do in town and if there’s not you’re 10 minutes away from the parks. Celebration was my one requirement, and I was dead-set on finding someone to live with me there.

Which led to several conversations with other accepted interns of “Oh, but have you thought about Winter Garden?” Yes, I have. And no, I don’t want to live there. Yes, I’m sure. No, you can’t convince me.

Celebration is closer to my office; it will take my roughly 10-15 minutes to get to work when it would take me 20-25 from Winter Garden. Celebration is actually relatively cheaper; if you actively look at all the listings and if you talk to realtors, you can find apartments at the price of Winter Garden apartments or cheaper than Winter Garden apartments. You can actually walk around and do things with your community, a thing you can’t really do in Winter Garden.

The apartment we ended up settling for isn’t the idyllic one I saw on the apartment search websites, the one that I originally drove down for. I won’t be living above the Celebration Town Tavern with a view of the lake and the fireworks and that’s okay. I’m starting a new job in a new town, and at this point in my life I value the affordability and added amenities of the larger complex we chose that’s further out from downtown. There will be a time for closer apartments, for ones with bigger windows and better views, and that time is not now.

On my impromptu trip to Florida, in which I left mid-day on a Friday to arrive a few hours before sundown, my first stop was of course WaWa. After eating and checking into my hotel, I made a point to go explore Celebration some more, focusing on where parking lots were and what the flow of traffic and living was like in the area (since I was looking at an apartment in downtown at that point). I tried to contact a few places to book additional viewings the next day and didn’t immediately hear back, but I wasn’t concerned.

The next morning I went to WaWa again (because I have a problem) and then went over to Celebration at 8:30 in the morning, wanting to get a feel of the town on weekend mornings. Due to a very large car show, downtown was busier than I had ever seen it, but it was still enjoyable. The crowds weren’t overwhelming, and I still enjoyed walking around downtown occasionally petting dogs and peeking up at buildings to see if there were apartments up there. I ended up viewing four places with an old roommate (thank you, roommate!), and immediately left from the last one to drive back to Georgia. What was supposed to be a six hour drive turned into a nine hour drive with the end of spring break travel, but I eventually got back home, entirely weary from a ridiculous amount of travel in just two days.

The moral is that even though I won’t be living in the most ideal apartment, that I still have time to work up to that. I am at a good place for my current season in life, for adjusting to a new place and a new job, and that’s okay.

Dreams Come True

Last spring semester I was able to schedule everything to be in two days, having continual classes from 9AM until 5PM. I considered this schedule ideal, despite the fact that I had to commute in rush hour both ways. It made me get up early and go straight to school, it didn’t allow me large gaps between classes in which I would be able to consider skipping my afternoon classes, and it saved me from spending multiple days driving two hours to and from campus. This spring, however, I was forced to take classes three days a week, with a long break between two of my classes that I figured I would spend doing homework or studying. In reality I spent this time eating food I couldn’t really afford to order and staring at my jobs dashboard willing one of the positions to move. It’s amazing that while I had 18 credit hours I still spent a large amount of time obsessing over whether my applications with Disney (and with other companies) were advancing, but that’s what happened.

Honestly, I never thought I would get a Professional Internship, let alone one of my top two roles. I had applied in the past, receiving a phone screen only to never hear from a recruiter after. I approached this season with a heavy dose of realism, fully prepared to come away empty handed again.

In ways I was a star candidate for the positions I was applying for. I had experience with the company gained from two separate Disney College Programs. I spent my time in the trenches of Quick Service Food & Beverage, selling Mickey pretzels and turkey legs in Magic Kingdom for what felt like years but in reality was only about 3 months. I had the honor of returning and learning to be a PhotoPass Photographer, a time of my life I would title “Photos With Trees” for the millions of photographs I took of guests in front of the Tree of Life and various Christmas trees. I could boast that I had the opportunity to work in all four parks (and Disney Springs!). I knew my way around property and knew how each park worked and what their goal was. I had a deep appreciation for Disney, for the happiness it created, for the magic that I was part of.

I also had what I truly believe was a ridiculous amount of internship and professional experience. I had been doing internships since my sophomore year of college (well, my first internship was actually during high school, but my serious work wasn’t done until university), completing at least one (and sometimes more than one) internship a semester. I had done creative work as a Photography Intern for Atlanta Magazine and as a Video Intern for Spoon University, as well as my time as Associate Photo Editor at my university’s paper and as an Associate Producer for Georgia Public Broadcasting. I had marketing experience, having worked as a consultant for a local restaurant chain as well as a Marketing and PR Intern for the Zoo. I had international experience working with people from all over the world from my study abroad in Seoul, South Korea.

I don’t pretend to understand the mysterious ways of Disney recruiting. I have been told a lot of the process is luck, which I truly do believe. The amount of qualified applicants that go for each role is overwhelming, and I’m sure there were people that had done more internships than me, that had worked with the company longer than me, that had charmed the interviewer more than me. It was luck that I could be noticed out of the leaning pile of resumes, that I could be noticed out of the countless people that received phone screens, that I was chosen out of the dozens of people interviewed for the role in which I was placed. Don’t get me wrong; this luck was backed with a lot of hard work, with a lot of research, and with a lot of discussions with friends, family, and cast members, but it was luck nonetheless.

To put my process into perspective, I applied for this particular internship on January 25, went In Progress (meaning they viewed my application) on January 27, had my phone screen for all marketing internships on February 1, and then didn’t hear for another interview until March 14. I scheduled my second interview with the team for March 21, and received a request for a transcript on March 23 followed shortly by a request to schedule “a short phone call.” I was then offered my position on March 24 and accepted the same day.

I’m going to be honest; my dashboard was a thing of nightmares and I was 100% one of the people they warn against saying “you’ve applied for too many things!” My dashboard scrolled because it was full of so many applications. Because I had such a diverse background of experience I qualified for a diverse array of positions. I would categorize the jobs I applied for into four departments: Marketing, Photography, Video and Miscellaneous. And yes, I am aware the fourth category is a cheat, but it included roles such as leader positions within the parks as well as teaching and education positions with Disney English in China, and only totaled roughly 5 positions. I’m not going to list all of the positions in the other categories because 1) that would be embarrassing and 2) that would be ridiculously long. I will say that I also interviewed for a position with Marketing in Disney Photographic Imaging (which fell under the Marketing Internships umbrella if you’re interested, and yes is marketing the role I had previously been in) which had the same phone screen as my accepted position, but required two additional interviews and a submission of writing and social media examples.

My point is that applying for a lot of positions isn’t the mark of death because hey! I got one! I would recommend keeping them related and not applying for things you aren’t qualified for, but don’t feel that you’re not going to get anything just because you applied for a lot of positions.

The role I accepted is Social Media & Character Strategy Intern, a role that is in the Creative Entertainment department. I truly am overjoyed to be able to take on this role, to be able to work on the team helping to make magical moments for guests. I naturally gravitate toward the entertainment in the park, toward the shows and the meet and greets, so to be able to help create a strategy that allows more guests to enjoy and experience the magic is a dream come true. Some of the most rewarding parts of my PhotoPass program were being able to see children (and adults!) light up when they met their favorite character, and I can’t count the amount of times I started to cry while photographing a meet and greet. From the little boy meeting Mickey and Minnie for the first time who was able to tell Minnie that he dressed up as her for Halloween and that his entire bedroom is Minnie Mouse themed, to the little girl dressed as Pocahontas getting to meet the princess herself alongside Meeko, to the teenager with hair that rivaled Merida that started to cry when she finally got to hug her favorite princess, to watching a little girl dressed as Elena waving to the princess on the stage of the castle in her royal welcome, my experience with characters is nothing short of magical. To be able to work on a team dedicated to making these memories for guests is more than I could ever hope for, and I hope that this journey is just the start of my time making magic with the company.

How Living Abroad Fixed My Anxiety

I’ve always had an anxiety problem. I remember sitting in the backseat of my parents’ car on the way to elementary school and having my stomach curl with anxiety over going into school that day. This feeling never really went away, and I have repeated the feeling over almost everything in my life. Simple things like going to a cashier in a store or asking for help from a stranger causes massive anxiety for me. I got my official diagnosis for my Generalized Anxiety Disorder during my sophomore year of university, when my schedule and circumstances surrounding my university experience were causing crippling anxiety. My anxiety has improved and worsened throughout my life in a cyclical fashion, but has been noticeably better since I studied abroad.

Something about spending time abroad made my anxiety disorder considerably better, though I had no idea it would have that affect. Before going, it was worse of course and I was terrified of going to a country that I had never been to, let alone going abroad for the first time in my life. I was moving to Seoul, South Korea, for four months and I only knew three words of Korean (hello, thank you, and the word ‘friend’). In retrospect I was woefully unprepared to move abroad, but that didn’t stop me. I knew one person who was going with me, but otherwise was on my own across the world from everything I knew.

I’m not sure if it’s the exhaustion from initially going (the 48 hours of constantly travel it took in connecting flights and drive time) or if it was knowing that there was no other option than to push through what would usually stop me. I remember my therapist recommending that I go on a trip by myself when my anxiety was especially bad, saying that the experience and knowing that I could do it would help my anxiety. At the time, I followed her advice and went on a solo trip to New York City, though I met my friend there and wasn’t alone except for transit and the times she was in class.

I assume the same holds true for living abroad. I assumed that I would be forced to figure things out on my own and to live entirely independently (without parents, without roommates) for the first time in my life. Things as simple as trying to buy laundry detergent became a heavily involved process as I couldn’t read anything on the packages and nothing was the same as what my parents had bought. I couldn’t work the laundry machine on my own, I couldn’t order food on a menu on my own, and I couldn’t figure out which direction the subway was heading most of the time. The independence that I had assumed I would gain was entirely incorrect.

I learned to ask for help. Whether this was my assigned buddy answering questions about when the supermarket was open (it closed every other Sunday), or waiters answering questions about what was inside certain dishes, I was dependent on others to live. When I realized my apartment had no heating and that the floor heating they advertised was non-existent, it was up to me to fix the problem. I went to the supermarket (think Walmart of Korea) and was left staring at a wide display of space heaters, entirely uncertain of what I was getting myself into. I had to ask for help. Eventually I had a store attendant plugging each machine in and showing me how they worked, communicating on my part in broken Korean and gestures.

My anxiety over daily activities lessened during this time greatly, because walking the same path to school didn’t seem to draw the anxiety it used to when I knew I could navigate across the country without the language needed or even knowing how to say train in Korean. Forcing myself completely out of my comfort zone ended up with my anxiety initially worsening but then greatly improving. I became more confident in my ability to figure things out in any situation, and for that I am forever grateful.

(Originally written for Odyssey)

The End of Summer Classes

Today was my last two finals of summer semester, meaning that I’ve survived! I did it! I quickly found out this summer that I had gotten in over my head with two internships, three classes, and other writing commitments, but I wasn’t raised a quitter.

Any time you double the pace of a course, it’s going to be harder. I know it’s a little corny, but I’m so proud of myself for what I’ve done this summer. I’ve worked hard to advance myself in my education and my experience and it’s going to pay off. It’s already paying off, and I’ve come out of this summer much stronger than when I went in.

I feel entirely confident in my ability to handle stress and a busy schedule, to commute a long distance on little pay to better not only myself but to better my country and the welfare of animals around the world. I feel confident in my abilities as a marketing professional, as a social media professional, and as a constant student.

While I’m glad this semester is over and that I’m moving onto my next adventure (Disney World!) ends are always a little hard. See ya in January, Georgia State!

Kelly + Tara

Tara the African elephant

Since World Elephant Day was today (Saturday) at the Zoo I’ve decided to talk a little about my girls. Kelly and Tara are both African Elephants and they’ve been at the Zoo since I was a little kid. I’ve gotten the opportunity twice to meet Kelly, and both ones have been some of the best experiences I’ve had.

When I went to Thailand in 2015 I set out a goal to see an elephant (my friend wanted to ride an elephant but I wasn’t so sure about that). My host family took us to a botanical garden near Pattaya where I got the chance to see several Asian Elephants up close and even feed bananas to a calf. While there, though, it became very obvious that these animals were being abused and it was a hard truth to swallow that I had just paid to contribute to that.

Asian elephant in Thailand (2015)

That’s why my time watching Kelly and Tara at the Zoo has been so amazing. These two girls are cared for extremely well and it’s always so wonderful to see how much the elephant keepers love them. Honestly I would love to have the chance to work with them through a keeper internship, but I don’t know if that’s in the cards for my future.

While at the Zoo I’ve gotten to learn so much about elephants and conservation affecting them. Obviously I’ve not learned as much information as the education interns or the elephant keeper intern, but working social media has a sure way to make you learn about several topics, and elephants have came up several times. At the Zoo we work with 96 Elephants, which is a wonderful conservation organization to help African elephants in the wild. Additionally, not buying ivory or supporting the ivory trade are excellent ways to reduce the killings that are happening.

A Very Panda Party

Today was the day we’ve been looking forward to for a while: the panda twin’s birthday! Mei Lun and Mei Huan, the only twin pandas born in the United States, turned 3 today in Zoo Atlanta. Since this is their last birthday in the US, we decided to make it a big celebration.

This is the first event that I’ve got to be intensely involved in during my internship. I was involved in the early research about what other zoos had done for birthdays as well as other events in AZA organizations. I helped with different creative aspect brainstorming and I got to help actually run this event!

It was a very busy day that seemed to start as soon as I got in the office. We set up the decorations around the Panda Veranda early, including the adorable panda paper lanterns that a coworker created. I helped coordinate volunteers around our crafts table as well as helped with the crafts themselves. We had birthday hats with ears that kids could make as well as postcards that they could color and then send to the pandas!

At noon we had a visit from our zoo mascot and I got to play character attendant for a while, helping with meet and greets and making sure he got to go inside for break on time. Atlanta’s pretty hot for pandas, so he had to go inside pretty often. At two the pandas received their ice cake, a thing I didn’t actually get to see.

Throughout the day we were working with a new social media, Periscope, to help bring a more live feed to guests that couldn’t make it to the Zoo today. We were also making very quick posts about what was happening, and it was overall a very brisk, exciting pace.

Working the twins birthday today really helped to solidify the decision I made this week to go to Disney for a fall program. I love working in park, even if it is a lot of work, and I’m looking forward to be able to do that again doing something I love, especially for the big events that will be happening this fall.

History has it’s eyes on you

One of the kangaroos 

July has felt like life is just continually trying to punch me in the face. Great things are happening! I’m doing really cool things at my internship! I love my coworkers and I love working for such a great organization! But I’m so stressed out it’s getting hard to even sleep at night!

My university classes are really starting to ramp up with what seems like a test every other day, and covering four to five chapters on the days we don’t have exams. Keeping up with readings and assignments feels like a full-time job on its own. Thank god for the calendar app in my phone because I would be struggling to keep everything on time.

The zoo is a blessing as always and I am continually glad that I’m working with such amazing people. Not only do they care deeply about animals and conservation, but they care deeply about every they work with. I know that if I’m feeling overwhelmed at work (which honestly is very rare) that I can ask anyone for help. If I ever get too stressed out or bogged down, I can always go into the zoo and take photographs to social media, too!

I think the majority of my stress is stemming from two sources. The first of which is my video internship. This started out seeming like it was going to be simple and structured. It’s turned into a nightmare of sorts. I’ve been doing these videos for roughly two months now, producing something like 4 or 5 final products. I don’t believe that there’s been two weeks or two cycles that have had a similar path line, and they are continually changing the formats on videos and when things are due and what you need to turn in before/during/after the shoots and it’s just getting to be ridiculous to keep up with. I feel like I can’t even move forward because I’m constantly having to go back and re-edit something in my old videos.

I understand these edits are stemming from analytics on what is performing well in videos on social media. I know that this is to get my videos better traction, but it’s so frustrating and disheartening when it happens every week. It also takes an incredible amount of time as they usually involve completely redoing the video! I’m debating what to do as to this amount of stress in my life, so we’ll see how that goes.

The other recent source of stress is that I have applied to and been interviewing for a pretty competitive internship in Atlanta. I’m not sure why I applied to this (that’s a lie. I do. It was in one of my fits of “No I shouldn’t go do another college program at Disney. I should stay and graduate.”) but I’ve very, very quickly moved through the interview process.

I applied on Independence Day, got approached for a phone interview on Tuesday after, did the phone interview on Thursday during my lunch break, and was approached Friday for a follow-up in-person interview the following Tuesday. The application deadline for this particular one isn’t until late July, too, so I’m not sure why I’m being streamlined through. It might be because it’s at the only other AZA accredited organization in Atlanta, and I do have experience in the nearly exact type of organization doing much of the same things that I would be doing for them. Being pushed so quickly through this process for an internship that I assume is highly competitive because of the organization’s rank in Atlanta as well as internationally is amazing and I’m blessed.

But.

I have this other opportunity in Orlando that I’ve known about for months now. Going to Florida for a semester has its benefits and drawbacks, while the other internship in the city does as well. Ultimately I will just have to decide what I want most and what path I want to follow.

Halfway Reflections

Yang Yang the giant panda

My internship with the Zoo is two months old now. My classes are one month in, with 3 weeks to go. My internship with Spoon University is also meeting it’s half mark. It’s weird how the centers of all of these things have converged around this weekend, but I figured it would be a good time to look back on everything I’ve accomplished and worked towards.

At the Zoo I’ve become much more comfortable writing and producing social media content to where now it’s an enjoyable routine rather than an anxiety inducing task. Looking back to see which posts get the most interaction (pandas) has helped me to be a better content producer as well. I no longer feel overwhelming dread making paid social advertisements on Facebook and I’m slowly getting used to Google Ads even though they are still intimidating. My research projects have always been my strong suit, but the one I’ve been working on for the past two weeks has been exceptionally rewarding as it pulls together a lot of information from not only Atlanta but across the United States.

My classes don’t have pandas so they’re obviously a little less fun. Regardless, I feel like I’ve done well with the situation that I’ve been faced with. Since Korea I’ve felt more “myself” than I have since I started university. I’m back to the fantastic student who’s always prepared and knows what’s happening (although this takes so much more time in university than it did in high school). My grades since my return from Disney have been fantastic and I’m looking forward to my last 7 courses (3 of which I’m currently taking) being just as fantastic. They’re not easy classes at all, but I’ve learned that if I apply myself during lecture regardless of how tired I am that it pays off.

Spoon is what I’m least involved with right now, but that’s because the role is constantly evolving. I’m glad that I’ve gotten the opportunity to do so much content creation this summer between photographing for the zoo, producing videos for Spoon, and writing for Odyssey and Spoon. Even with the weeks that it’s hard to churn out yet another article on top of all of my school work and internship work, I’m still glad that I’m doing it. Writing takes practice and time and the best way to get better is to just continually write.

Overall, am I happy with my summer so far? Yes. It’s not the fun adventure packed trip that some people in my university seem to be taking right now, but it’s engaging, it’s enriching, and it’ll be good for me in the long run. I’d rather be busy doing things that will help me in the future than sleeping and sitting on my hands for an entire summer.

Teaching Dogs to Growl

Art from Art Gone Wild Sale

Week #3 of the madness schedule is complete!

Sunday I worked at the church daycare that I’ve been working at for a little over two years now. I love working there and it’s always fun for a few hours. I actually hopped around to a few different rooms on Sunday, setting up the Kindergarten room, starting in the baby room, and eventually moving to the Elementary room. It was the last day that one of the regular families was coming before they’re moving states, and it was a little bittersweet to see the children that I’ve seen grow up the last two years leave.

On Monday I had my second test of the semester. I got to campus super early (partly because I was driving a friend and partly because I wanted to force myself to study) and spent a good amount of time in the library. I got my test grade back from marketing research as well as a project grade and a homework grade. For my professor telling me I did “very well” I expected something higher than a 90, but I’m confident that the rest of my semester will go well. As for my exam, it was in marketing metrics and I believe it went well.

On Tuesday I went to my internship in the morning. I was a little nervous because it was the first full week without my manager and it was Takeover Tuesday. There’s always a massive amount of posts to schedule for the day and Tuesdays in general are a little hectic. I made it through the day, though, and got a good amount of work done. I shot some photographs of the art at the Art Sale and Show as well as finished some more work for my competitive pricing strategy and wrote the social media posts for the rest of the week. I went to my afternoon class after, but not much happened.

My consumer behavior professor told us a story about how he apparently trained his dog to growl every time he says “Hillary Clinton” so that’s an indicator of what we’re learning in that class.

One of the panda cubs (I think it’s Mei Huan)

Wednesday was another full day of classes. I watched my professor try to complete 4 chapters in one class after a presentation about using personal computers to access GSU software. Turns out you can’t access the software you need with a Mac so I guess I’ll be working on campus for the rest of the semester! As for the chapters, she only finished three so we have less on our exam on Monday. In my class after we got our exam grades back and I got a 97.7%! It was the highest grade in class and I’m still very proud of it.

Thursday was pretty uneventful overall. I went to my internship in the morning and my afternoon class after. I got to take pictures of ice cream for a specific social media post so I had ice cream for lunch. #Adulthood

Friday was entirely internship. I got there pretty early and went out to take photographs before the Zoo opened. The animals are most active in the morning when they’re first going outside and it’s not 100 degrees. I got some nice photos of the pandas (well just one panda) as well as some of the tanuki. Halfway through the day we had some tragic news; the new eastern bongo calf died because of complications with it’s birth. After this, the office seemed somber and we stopped posting on social media to honor the little one. I actually ended up leaving early because I wasn’t feeling well.

Three weeks into the crazy schedule, and I’m starting to feel the tired. I’m hoping it’s just a side effect of also transporting a friend to the city daily as well as my manager not being at my internship for a week, but we’ll see if that’s still true next week.

“You Did Very Well”

Clothesline Sale from Art Gone Wild

This weekend was a little rough and, with the news from Orlando, I was feeling a little off for days.

Sunday: I ended up hanging out with some friends from high school at a coffee shop which is a thing I never do so that was a bit strange. I /tried/ to study while I was there but only got one assignment done before I figured that I wasn’t going to get anything else done. I’m glad I went, though, because it had been a while.

Monday was the first day of week two of summer school. I’m blaming it on feeling so off from the weekend and a series of bad events that involve cops blocking my parking deck, but I was a whole two minutes late to my marketing research class. I’m never late for class, so that in itself was awful. It was made worse by the fact that my professor counts you as absent if you’re even 30 seconds late, so I didn’t get credit for being there for the 2 and a half hour class period. She barely even let me turn in my assignments, one of which was a project, which would have left me screwed in my final grade.

Fortunately, I was able to turn them in.

On Tuesday, I spent the morning at my Zoo internship. Tuesdays are always a little chaotic with Takeover Tuesday posts on social media. There’s anywhere between 12 to 20 posts of photos and videos that have to be posted at specific times on these days. Pair that with the normal responsibilities and it’s a little messy for a while. On Tuesday I also got to eat lunch with the agency? Which I’m not entirely sure what that means but they were very nice people.

Wednesday was my first exam of the semester in marketing research. We had managed to go over 6 chapters in three class periods, so they were all on the exam. My professor has told me that I did “very well” but I have yet to see the actual grade so I don’t know if I fully believe that. I know I missed a few questions, but I’m hoping it’s a decently high grade because I want to get another 4.0 this semester!

Clothesline Sale from Art Gone Wild

Thursday was back to the internship in the morning. My new short days on Tuesday/Thursday seem to always be busy now. What little down time I had before seems to be almost completely gone but it’s a good busy. I make Paid Social advertisements on Facebook and write social media posts for the week. I have a few research projects that I’m working on for the marketing department that I spend time on as well. In the class I have after work we had a surprise quiz that I believe I did exceptionally well on but we’ll see when we get grades back.

Friday was the first day at my internship where my direct manager was not there. It was a little stressful, I admit. I was responsible for all of the Instagram posts as well as Google+ (who cares about Google+ though, let’s be honest). We were preparing for Father’s Day weekend so there was a lot of social media posts about specific animals and making sure we have the correct animals in pictures. I made it through, though, and I feel a little more confident in my abilities now (and if I’m doubting myself there’s always someone that I can go to for help).

As for my video internship, I feel like I don’t talk about it much on here. I’ve been signing up for video topics on Monday for the past two weeks, producing the video by Wednesday, and then doing edits through the end of the week. So far I’ve been doing restaurant round-ups because I’m waiting for the equipment they’re sending to arrive as well as for the deposit that I’ll use to buy my new camera. I want my videos to be high quality so for now I’ll continue to do the videos with minimal filming until I get everything organized.

I’ve learned the name of the game this summer is to be constantly prepared. I study and read before class, take detailed notes during class, and have everything that’s due scheduled into my phone. There’s not a lot of time for “fun” or “hanging out” right now in my life but I feel like this summer will be worth it when I’m graduating and will have such great experience on my resume. It’ll be worth it when I’m exploring Disney World this fall again.