The Search Begins
In my quest for a perfect internship, I nearly harmlessly navigated various online platforms. However, despite so much optimism, the tussle ahead still worried me. My perseverance, however, ingrained it was, yielded more-or-less- nil results, and the dream of finding a paid internship and having a paid position in an internship felt further and further away.
After a complicated journey of sorting through loads of internship listings, I focused on each application, which went on with an innocent zeal and learning desire. Initially, the long days of waiting for my inbox to light up were more than enough, almost too comforting to express my doubts.
However, as the weeks passed, the silence began to haunt me, making me question how possible it was to have a sustainable career in my field of interest.
With each subsequent rebuttal, the discouragement of failure filled me with the disillusionment that I could no longer overcome bumping into my career growth.
The banks of anxiety were at full risking the possibility of managing my university commitments and the demands of the unpaid internship were another factor that added fuel to the fire.
Balancing Act-
Being a university student made up of two major aspects of the academic world and the practice of the profession, an unpaid internship would have been a financial problem.
The fact that my traveling to London every day was expensive, and the job itself was not offering any financial incentive, was eating deep into me.
The daily bumps and grinds of the London-bound commute as well as exciting preparations for my move threatened to drown all my dreams and stifle my ambitions.
Along with each ticket and each kilometer traveled I had to struggle with the fact that the investment of time and resources I made in this counterproductive activity was completely justified only after leaving my comfort zone.
Despite the tough financial circumstances, my rise in mood and heart would not put my resolve to a halt and discourage me from continuing to do what I like. I am sure all of you know that I, like every single model around, had some misgivings about immersing myself in the frenetic side of fashion. But the urge to experience it first-hand was stronger than any other fear.
Embracing the opportunity-
Overpowering with a mix of nervousness and enthusiasm, I slowly inched toward the office with the realization that I would have an honored occasion to experience the so-called “Fashion World”. Conversely, the seemingly impossible journey ahead never shrouded my confidence since every problem must be a chance for self-development.
The turning point was when I got off the carriage in London which was overflowing with the streets lined with all sorts of dazzling colors, I knew that the transformation was well underway. The internship would turn out to be a steel-crucible method for getting a proper learning method, of mixing and melting the creative elements to make new creations.
Looking forward-
While I have already started losing myself, I am incredibly excited about the future because I know what awaits me is a myriad of new, and most importantly educational experiences. Armed with an unconquerable drive and hunger for learning, I am irresistibly propelled towards every single challenge that comes my way and assuredly hopes to face off in the internship `tapped with knowledge and strength. It's time to kiss this chapter of my internship goodbye and watch for the next.
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