Thinking that I am already done with three years of my college career is unbelievable. I just finished my sixth semester in college and now I am officially a senior. In about a year I will be graduating college with two degrees, crazy right? Time really does fly by when you are constantly working, having fun, and building up successes. Now that classes are done for the year, I am trying to figure out exactly what I want to do this summer.
Like every other college student, I have been interviewing with companies trying to find that internship for the summer. Going into summer with no plans of doing an internship or anything else is kind of scary. I am always prepared in exactly what I want to do so not knowing what I am doing this summer is different. It has given me the freedom to work on myself and figure out what I want to do in the future. Knowing me, I always know what’s next for me, I live my life on a laid out schedule so doing something different out of the norm is sort of refreshing.
Everyone stresses about doing the same thing everyone else is doing, which is finding those internships and jobs because you feel obligated to. I remember last summer I did that because I wanted to do an internship for the experience. However, this year when I was applying for applications I didn’t have the same energy and excitement of getting an internship as I was the previous year. I was more thrilled about being in a different location such as California or New York than the actual internship itself. After evaluating how I was feeling about the entire situation I started to realize that the only reason I was wanting to do an internship was to get out of Iowa. For those of you who don’t know, I am born and raised in Ames, IA and still live and go to college here. Therefore, having the summer roll around I knew I didn’t want to be in Iowa.
Once I realized that, I started to think about being around my team and being in Florida for the summer. Every time I am around my team I get so energized about doing the best I can to create new projects within the business. It’s about the synergy that the mastermind creates in order to reach those successes that you possibly couldn’t without the right mindset. When we had the Young Entrepreneur Convention this year, I was so fueled with positive energy for those three days I was in Des Moines that it didn’t even feel like I was 45 minutes away from home. It’s sometimes more about the people that you can be around rather than the location in where you are at.
After talking to Brandon and a few other people from my team, it really comes down to exactly what I want to do this summer. Mainly because I can work with my team online (which is what I have been doing) or I can move to Florida for the summer and physically be with them. No, I haven’t made a decision yet, but now since I am done with finals I can sit down and make a pros and cons list of how It will and will not benefit me if I go to Florida for the summer.
It’s all about weighing out what options are best for you and running with it.
Sabah Ali
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