Well the title says it all. I should probably give a little back story. I am using my job as a technology consultant as my internship (officially), but I wanted to do something else that would give me firsthand experience in some other field. In a previous post I stated that I did get an internship at a venue/events coordinator company. Since it was located downtown and had connections to some of the more interesting structures and local companies in Phoenix I thought that I could get a really good idea of different aspects of the city. In reality, I got to get a good idea of how appease a bride. The company, it turned out, mostly catered to weddings and due to my schedule this was the only thing that I was going to be exposed to. I had a chance to blog for them (mostly about wedding stuff), but considering how much I enjoying blogging I thought it would be best not to pursue that.
I don’t like to quit and I am wouldn’t consider myself a quitter in any sense so the decision took me a very long time and I felt horrible about it. When I say that I will do something for another person in a business sense I take it very personally. They are relying on me and I have a reputation to uphold. With the internship though, I just couldn’t justify it in my schedule. If I felt that I was learning something extraordinary or that I it could open doors for my in the field that I am studying I would have stuck it out, but none of that was happening. I was answering e-mails and when I did work event s I was guarding art and greeting people. It just wasn’t worth it. So I quit. I have more time to for school and work now, which makes everything less stressful. It wasn’t a total waste, though. I learned what I don’t want to do, what kind of culture I want to promote, and that if it something is not benefiting me I should just let it go. Perhaps, it is not such a bad thing to be a quitter?
And proud of it!?
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