Things I've Learned From A Month of My Market Research Internship:
- I'm not cut out for office drama.
- I'm not good at finding things to do that are productive when I have nothing to do.
- Excel is not a strong point of mine
- Free food is still good the second day no matter who turns up their nose at you.
- Surveys are relatively easy to fail
- FRUSTRATION!
- Working with family isn't always a good thing
- Pandora music player is a life saver
- E-mail is a lot more complicated than people give it credit
- Christmas is so important to some people that they demand that decorations go up as early as they can possibly be put up, even if that is the day after Halloween.
- Surveys are complicated mechanisms
- Mozilla or Chrome?
- Desktop backgrounds should rotate automatically always
- Roads with lower speed limits save gas... it's actually shorter to go that way and I didn't know
- Interns don't get to say that they're busy even if they really are
- If you are easily angered, your temper makes people do what you want because they don't want you to get angry
- The older generations don't do well with technology
- Making money can be the only reason to go to work sometimes, even in an office
- Sometimes multitasking isn't a good idea because time moves too slow
- If you're "special" you can make your own hours
- Being the boss is over-rated when your employees are not happy
- Central Michigan University still thinks that I should attend there... thank you Pandora advertisements
- Work tends to stop half an hour before you leave
- Cube space is sacred
- Don't piss off the cleaning lady
My thesis is getting along alright. I work on it a lot... except for the time it took me to write this and then link it to Facebook where you will all probably find it. Thanks to those of you who answered my obscure questions about the WTO, your answers help greatly.
As December approaches, I'm getting more and more nervous about everything. Graduation itself is going to be a trip and getting there is looking scarier as I get closer. I'm terrified of what comes next and my lack of plans.
Encouragement is always welcome, by the way.
Stress has me snapping at small things and my poor boyfriend has gotten the brunt of them. If he can last through this then he's got life in the bag. I swear that I have to be the most difficult person to bare when I'm stressed out. I'm surprised that we don't shout at each other yet.
After graduation, the only plans I have right now are to move out. I don't know where and I have no idea what kind of a job I'll be able to find or anything like that but I'll have to figure it out some time soon I guess. I have however been applying to some places and I'll have to wait and see what comes of them. If my resume is as impressive as people tell me it is then maybe I'll catch someone's eye.
Next week is Thanksgiving and I'm planning to head home for the weekend. Mom's parents will be there and so will my brothers. I work on Wednesday and I may drive north that evening but I may not travel until the next morning depending on how tired I am. I plan to eat like the world will end the next day and then hope that my brain functions enough to allow me to work on my thesis and the research paper that I have for French Culture class.
Other than all of this, I don't have anything new to report. I've been pretty boring lately.
Things should pick up later, don't worry.
As always,
Bright Blessings
