With almost three years of higher education under my Urban Outfitters braided vintage belt, I feel like I'm ready for some out of Oklahoma real world career girl adventure...... or an internship will suffice. So I've taken all the classes (about two majors worth, we'll call it diversity in disciplines), edited, reedited and tweaked my resume, learned to compose a cover letter in under ten minutes, printed my business cards and of course, chosen the perfect interview/everyday in the real world business outfit. However there's still one thing missing......I don't have that internship. Which is not due to lack of research on different companies or the type of internship I'd want to take on.
Just like on my path towards the right major, I've jumped around a lot on what exactly I want to spend my summer doing. I started researching internships about a year ago. Why would I already look at internships while still having trouble committing to a major, you ask? Well simply put, when faced with stressful or overwhelming situations I react in one of two ways, and sometimes both: napping the day away or looking to the future for things I can plan or organize. Doing this makes me feel more in control; lists and schedules calm me down. I'm the kind of girl that as soon as the schedule for next semester's classes are up I'm already making my own schedule. I'm sure the fact that this happens right around midterms is completely coincidental. Here's what I'm getting at; I've looked at internships with children's hospitals, nonprofits, schools, and more recently event planning companies, large event venues, and organizations needing interns for program development. To help you understand my internal battle its like this: in the numerous majors I've dabbled in, only two have come close enough for me to consider future type plans, and according to the little duo of Kent&Deb, they support your dreams up to four years; therefore only one of those majors could win. The two that I struggled with deciding on are Human Development and Family Sciences with an option in Child and Family Services (I was around 30 hours from graduating) and Hotel and Restaurant Administration (latest major working double time to finish in four years). My heart is all about helping families and children and my head is all about making a living. However, last week it was like BOOM or BANG or maybe BAM. I'm not really sure what the exact sound effect was but nevertheless I got a sign, an epiphany, a "hey you, here's the answer!" It actually makes a lot of sense, combining those two things: helping others and planning events. There it is; I can have my cake and eat it too. I can do something that I feel passionate about where I'm making a difference, all while still being able to pay the bills.
Now that I'm a second semester junior and finally feel like I've got my life mission figured out, it's time to do some real down and dirty work to land that perfect internship. I've looked at the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Susan G. Komen For the Cure, the YWCA, among others. I feel like this process would be a million times easier with some kind of connection to get me in, ya know? That perfect resume, efficiently written cover letter, and fashionable attire will only get me so far. Who knows, maybe Mr. CEO of Something Cool or Miss President of Pretty Things will get a sign telling them I'm awesome and they need to make it their immediate mission to recommend me to the events or program development director so I can finally be a career girl instead of just playing one in a blog. Until then I'll be applying for internships, working on the right amount of firmness in my handshake, picking up my business professional outfit from the cleaners, and practicing my answer to the worst ever interview question "So tell me about yourself."
Does anyone have any suggestions for getting an internship or better yet does anyone want to offer me an internship?

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