Last Wednesday was my last day at my internship. Last Friday I turned in my internship materials. And like that my summer is over! The past 11 weeks have been an incredible experience. My placement at th Decorative Arts Center of Ohio was right out of a movie, like the stars aligned to make it so. I seriously had the best time this summer, and it easily surpassed all
expectations.
My summer at DACO helped me realize that my last few years at The University of Akron have proven to be useful, and that I've been working towards my future for awhile now. Last semester I took New Venture Creation- in which we had to get into groups and create a new business idea, made easier by my taking, Introduction to Entrepreneurship in the fall, in which we had to do the same thing, the only difference with this class was my group was chosen by the professor to compete in a competition comprised of other Northeastern Ohio universities where we had to not only present to our peers and their mentors but also to a panel of investors. Which made speaking to total strangers this summer a breeze.
The sewing classes I assisted with were made easier by my quiltmaking class I took this past spring. Being I was already made aware of everything a sewing machine could do making helping and teaching children how to sew that much easier. My Strategic Merchandise Planning course from the fall also proved useful when working in the museum gift shop. Finally, the many Qualtrics surveys I've made in my countless business classes made making my final project testimonial questions that much easier.
Meeting Randall Thropp, the curator and spending my summer learning about Edith Head, further exasperated my aspiration of becoming a costume designer. And the encouragements I received from total strangers and other volunteers further excited me and reminded me that humanity isinherently good. How could it not be when total strangers are wishing you well and future success.
This summer I was able to go to the Princess Diana exhibition in Cincinnati and it was truly amazing. Then following the Charles James exhibit at The Met in Anna Wintour's Costume Center in NYC on the internet. I was able to leave my bubble and mind and see that there are many avenues to success. And further accept that at 22, when I graduate I don't need my dream job right out of college. It takes awhile to become the person you're meant to be, so why wouldn't your dream career be the same? I have plenty of time to have multiple jobs, live in multiple places on my way to the dream job. Why can't I be a costume designer? And have my own boutique? Why can't all of my favorite things: clothes, music, books, coffee, art all be under the same roof?
My only limit is me.
Therefor...
The limit does not exist.
"Don't trust anyone that says your dreams are too big"
xoxo
KJB
ORIGINALLY POST AUGUST 2014
