Look who's back

So, it has been a while (almost a year) from my one and only real post. :) My good friend Christina recently started blogging (designerintraining.blogspot.com)and inspired me to start back up again! She thought it would be a good idea to document her senior year and on and I agree because I love looking back on things and seeing my progress. The real challenge will be keeping up on this during the school year! But I have already found it as an easy way to keep track of my thoughts and organize them!

I recently bought my planner for the 2011-2012 school year which is pretty exciting. I always start off with a planner and usually resort to post it "To -do" lists by the end of the semester but I want to keep on top of it this year! I've already started entering dates for trips and birthdays which gives me something to look forward to!

In respect to my future, I've been thinking a LOT about it this summer. I find the thought of our internship we have to do in order to graduate very exciting. The possibilities of where we can go are limitless, it's just the task of actually LANDING one that will be tough. Another thing to keep in mind is to a) Try to find one with a company in a location you want to be for a long time so you can try to get a job there after your internship or to b) use that opportunity to go somewhere new and just gain a totally new experience and then leave after the internship, risking losing a potential future job. This is such a difficult decision. Also, it is scary to imagine living somewhere new by myself! So this summer I find myself bingeing on internship research at least once a month if not more, just because I get so excited thinking about it. Now the portfolio we need in order to start applying places is another story...

I was also reminded today how much I need to work on my social skills. I am really bad at making and sustaining small talk with individuals. It's not that I don't want to talk to them, I just don't know what to say and when I try to think of something I find myself freezing up and just making things awkward! Does anyone know any way to fix this or develop these skills? Haha I could use some tips. I will probably Google it after this. :)

I also am going to try to limit my Facebook use. I've found myself being the go-to girl for everyone when they want to know who someone is or dirt on so and so's life and I don't really enjoy having that reputation. I think this will be good for me as well because I often find myself on the computer doing nothing important. The only difficulty in this is that I am sometimes bored out of my mind at work and Facebook is a really good cure for that, at least for a few hours until everything is boring!

These are the thoughts on my mind right now, hopefully as a practice blogging they come out a little more organized. :)