You may plan all you want. You may think you have had it all figured out. But life has its own way of hitting you in the head and telling you, "I have something else planned for you!"
This has happened to me countless times I am now thinking I should stop making any plans and just let life takes its own course. But then I am scared life's gonna screw me if I stop planning and worrying. ( I am a pathological worrier, you see.)
The most recent event in this long list of events is my summer internship placement. Even before I joined college, I was pretty sure I wanted to take up marketing. When I joined college and was put through the process of "deciding what you want", I wanted a marketing internship. On being told that I might not get many marketing shortlists, I decided to look into Consulting as another career option. As day zero got near and tensions ran high, IT sprang up as a last resort.
But a finance company never featured in my list of companies for summer internship. I had applied but never thought I would make it or I was suited for a role in finance. But the universe conspired to make me end up just there - the slotting of companies during the summers process played a big part and it needs discussion if the existing process is unfair to students and if a change should be brought - and here I am today with an internship offer as an operations analyst at an American bank.
Truth be told, when I was offered the internship, I wasn't expecting it at all I didn't know how to feel. The interview had gone pretty well but I just wasn't ready to accept that I would go there.
In hindsight, I am happy I got it. And it should turn out good. This does not mean that I am not scared of what the future holds. Of course, there's still five odd months before internship starts and I am going to prepare for it. But the apprehension is there, I feel it. All I am hoping is I will learn and do well and live up to my potential.
This has happened to me countless times I am now thinking I should stop making any plans and just let life takes its own course. But then I am scared life's gonna screw me if I stop planning and worrying. ( I am a pathological worrier, you see.)
The most recent event in this long list of events is my summer internship placement. Even before I joined college, I was pretty sure I wanted to take up marketing. When I joined college and was put through the process of "deciding what you want", I wanted a marketing internship. On being told that I might not get many marketing shortlists, I decided to look into Consulting as another career option. As day zero got near and tensions ran high, IT sprang up as a last resort.
But a finance company never featured in my list of companies for summer internship. I had applied but never thought I would make it or I was suited for a role in finance. But the universe conspired to make me end up just there - the slotting of companies during the summers process played a big part and it needs discussion if the existing process is unfair to students and if a change should be brought - and here I am today with an internship offer as an operations analyst at an American bank.
Truth be told, when I was offered the internship, I wasn't expecting it at all I didn't know how to feel. The interview had gone pretty well but I just wasn't ready to accept that I would go there.
In hindsight, I am happy I got it. And it should turn out good. This does not mean that I am not scared of what the future holds. Of course, there's still five odd months before internship starts and I am going to prepare for it. But the apprehension is there, I feel it. All I am hoping is I will learn and do well and live up to my potential.
