#intern morgan

I hate the term New Years resolutions because it’s just a term that sets you up for failure. However, I do have a few goals that I hope to accomplish this year.

I want to graduate college in the best shape of my life and not care what the scale says. 

I want to drink less soda, eat less processed shit, and work on my physical fitness and endurance.

I want to dress up more. Curl my hair, put on lipstick, wear heels. I love my sweats and Uggs, but it's time for a more professional look.

I want to learn to cook. I've learned a few recipes and discovered I'm not bad! I want to get several staple entrees under my belt and stop eating shit from drive thrus all the time.

I want to graduate Summa Cum Laude (with highest honors). I've been working my ass off to keep my GPA over 3.9 for the last 5 years. Yes, 5. So far, I'm on the right track.

I want to become an anchor for MTSU's MT10 News channel. I was a reporter last semester, but would like some more practice on the desk.

I want to accept a job offer in my field this year. I've done internships, extra curriculars, and kept a high GPA in hopes of landing my dream job. Failure is not an option.

I NEED to travel. I've not been on a vacation in forever. I need to cross the state line. May even try to figure out something in Europe. Hello senior trip?!

I want to get Chris Clark (my News 3 professor this Spring) to fall in love with my work. He's a tough critic, and I know if I impress him, I'm doing something right!

I got an internship with St. Jude's Radio Development Office this Spring and I want to ROCK IT. I've interned at The Bobby Bones Show for the last year, and I want to be just as much of a team player for St. Jude. 

I know this is a long list and I could probably add a lot more to it, but I just want to be my best self this year. It'll be difficult. Like always, I'll be juggling a lot of work with little down time, but graduation is in just a few months and I need to set my self apart from the competition. 

I read an article today that said companies don't want to hire millennials (18-late 20 somethings) because we are entitled, spoiled, and disloyal.

My response? False. False. and False.

I'm a 22 year old, proud millennial and I'm calling bullshit. 

I'm not spoiled or entitled. I'm furious. Society told us to go to college, because there's no way we could lead successful lives without a bachelors degree.

So we did. We racked up debt. A lot of it. Because if you didn't know, college is way more expensive now than the days our parents went (if they went, because they didn't need to to get a good job.)

And we didn't just go to school. We interned...FOR FREE. Because why pay us if you're in a position to take advantage of free help, right? On top of that, we had actual jobs to pay for rent, ramen and a slew of student loans.

Then we graduated and guess what? No jobs.

And we're entitled because we don't want to flip burgers to pay off the college degree that society told us we couldn't live without? Fuck that.

We aren't entitled. We're pissed. 

Neither of my parents went to college, but they both found jobs with health care and this thing we'll never see called retirement. 

Those days are gone. Most entry level jobs in my field are all part-time because companies don't want to pay for my benefits or God forbid anything over minimum wage.

I'll continue to work hard to get where I want to be, but don't dare call me "entitled" because I AM worth more than a job at the local Burger King. If you wanted us to be o.k. with just anything, you shouldn't have raised us to believe we could accomplish anything we set our minds to. Because we did, and that was a lie.

My sister's a first-year teacher and the school she works for made sure to hire her a month after they actually offered her the job. Why? Because state mandates were changing, and if she signed after July 2014, they wouldn't have to pay her retirement. Yeah..Let that sink in.