Never have I ever been so stressed in my life. Until this semester, I have prided myself on my abilities to manage my time effectively. I was always the cool, calm and collected person because I knew at the end of the day, I would get what ever needed to be done accomplished. But that went all out the window this semester.
I don’t know if it was my impatience for people’s incompetence or if I really had way too many things on my plate. All I know is that I was on the brink of giving up. I was literally on edge, every.single.day.
Between my actual job at Big Brothers Big Sisters, planning a whole service project with Public Allies AND going to class twice a week, I was so done! Not to mention juggling group projects.
I know I am blessed with these amazing opportunities but I definitely struggled through it.
I specifically struggled with the fact that many people depended on me. If no one else took the initiative, it was always “Oh Oyinade will do it.” Not saying that’s a bad thing because it definitely shows I’m always on point. However, I kept asking myself why. Why can’t I be the person to give up? Why do I always have to have it together? Why can’t I be the person with the attitude?
I guess it’s simply because that’s not who I am. I try to not let things get under my skin because I know tomorrow’s a new day and I know there are far worse things happening in the world than not completing an assignment on time.
What’s the point of being frustrated about something you can’t fix or control? Doing things right the first time, eliminates the possibility of having to do things over again for a second time. That’s just how I approach situations.
None the less, all of my hard work this semester led to so many great accomplishments:
- For my service project with Public Allies, we made over 200 care packages for the homeless on Global Youth Service Day.
- Completed two communications plan: One for the The Howard Theatre and the other for Big Brothers Big Sisters.
- Scored my capstone client: The Hamilton!!!!
- And last but not least nailed my group client presentation for the DC Improv!
Our presentation was so good we made our client cry! Our teacher loved it too. She sent us this in an email afterwards,
“I’ve been teaching at Georgetown for almost 7 years and yours is one of, if not the best client deliverable/presentation I’ve seen.”
While the semester was a challenging one, I’m still continuing to learn more about myself and my career field every day. I don’t know where my drive and perseverance comes from but it officially has me on a natural high!
I have one more semester to go and then I’ll be done! I can’t wait! Lol