A steady cycle of work, side jobs, and studying has lulled on for the past two weeks, contributing to an almost school-like hum of productivity…
...Just kidding. Although all of the above activities have been going on, I have also be sure to keep up on my reading (How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie) and television shows (Great British Baking Show + various Korean dramas)!
Office life has been amusing, aside from staring at a screen for eight hours a day. Sure, the intern life has been a little rocky, especially after uploading forty-four incorrect code files to the online management system, and having to delete the files one by one (a process that sent an annoying responsible email that read: “Kaitlyn has removed one file from assignment ----!”), there have been some perks of being an intern as well.
For one, we are able to listen in on the juiciest of conversations, as full-timers seem to think that since we’ll disappear in about six weeks, there’s no harm in chatting to/in front of the intern. The office dynamic is certainly friendly, but the gossip is what makes it amazing. Furthermore, lunch plans between employees seem to begin around 10 in the morning, approximately an hour after arriving at work. Ping pong breaks and listening to stories of biking through Alaska also provide mental relief from continuous keyboard pounding.
A bout of existentialism has suddenly washed over me, but talking about it over boba with a friend has soothed mild panic about the meaning of life. It can be scary to imagine how you are a tiny, insignificant speck of dust in the universe, and how an entire life will consist of work, play, happy memories, and sad memories, until you exist no more. It can also feel futile, like how after attending my brother’s UCSD graduation, and seeing all the highly educated PhD and Master graduates all in one room, the world is still as it is. Therefore, even after striving to become highly educated, an impact is still hard to make. Despite these thought, I’ll continue to try to work hard, express gratitude, and find a job that I enjoy and feel meaning in. I will also practice the tips to become a master manipulator and cunning conversationalists, in order to fulfill my dreams of world domination ୧ʕ•̀ᴥ•́ʔ୨
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