Before I started working, I bought a journal to document the cool things I experience as well as use it to take notes during meetings.

Here is the first entry:

Dear Oyinade,

By the end of this internship, you should feel 100% more confident  in your work than ever before. You should feel like you can write a press release on anything as easy as 1-2-3. Drafting design elements such as infographics and posts for social media should be thought out completely. NO SECOND GUESSING! You should feel like you can walk in a room full of people and introduce yourself with no sweaty palms.

You have the diploma to prove you are skilled in a variety of areas and now you have the experience. NOTHING CAN STOP YOU! After this internship, I want you to go out into the world and do great things. And its not to say you aren’t doing great things now, but life is all about learning and growing. So never stop searching for what makes you happy and a better person.

Although you may be apprehensive about things now, no one can stop what God has planned for YOU! You are well on your way to starting, becoming and being everything that God wants you to be.

Today, the day you read this and look back on your highs and lows, just know the best is yet to come. Just know that all of your hard work WILL pay off ten-fold!

You are a beacon of light that shines forever. You are an inspiration, a tell-all book waiting to be written and a permanent fixture in American history waiting to be recognized.

Love-Live-Life

Oyinade Koyi

10/13/2014 1PM