I am Today Kelly

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I am really going to miss this place, I do not want to leave, I am dreading the day of my flight back! I got a really good taste of what the work life will be like in this industry and I am going to love it and I plan to thrive in it. 

So Ive realized, I'm in love, with this city, and the people, and the job I have been doing. .. So I have created a CV and want to start looking for a job. I have been considering for about 3 weeks now, not doing my final year at university. It would mean losing a lot but i would gain 3 times as much, and I would gain the life I am trying to get.

I have so far, worked on every event here at The Box SF, weddings, corporate, birthday parties, product lanuches, indusrty events and soon ill be helping with an art show. 

So I have been working here only a month and already they have trusted me enough to train the new employee. I, the Intern trained the new Venue Manager, It feels really good and I felt very confident at doing it. 

So I have about 3 weeks left! Time flies when you're having fun!

So far I have got a clearer vision of what I want for my future, I have helped out at weddings, birhtday parties , gay gatherings and vibrtator give-away days. Its a great job ;)

So its been almost 3 weeks now that I have been working here as an intern and In 3 weeks I have accomplished a fair amount. I have already been a part of 10 events of all sorts of industries, I have learnt to use the amazing dropbox, been given responsibility and had the pleasure of networking at the great Art of Networking Event, capturing 5 important contacts I plan to email later on today. 

People skills is something I never really had, I could occasional fake them, with a beer in hand or sometimes people made me  so nervous adrenaline kicked in and it worked. But I've never been one whom was able to keep a conversation going for too long. I was unsure of what to say, whether what i wanted to say was appropriate and sometimes my lack of confidence would fog my interaction and uncover my nerves, making my presence untactful and unnoticeable. 

But since coming to this internship, I have noticed, in the past 3 days, that my confidence levels have risen hugely and my people skills are massively progressing. I am suddenly very open to introducing myself and don't second guess what I want to share. It has become second nature to me, knowing what to say and knowing what is and isnt appropriate  I have made my presence noticeable and I am beginning to make the impressions I needed.

We were given so much instruction on how we should act during these work placements and how we should react towards them, however i dont think you can ever predict how you things will turn out in the working world. Some people will come back from their placements not knowing a thing about their work peers while others *ahem* will come back knowing everything right down to relationship history. 

But which is better? What do these relationships tell us about our work habits and personalities? 

If person A has a work relationship meaning; talking about work, weather and maybe showing a little interest in family, does that mean you have weaker work habits? Does that mean you are unable to talk to superiors? For someone like person A, in the industry of event management  surely that cannot be good, Or is it just a respect thing?

Does it show lack of confidence or surplus of respect? 

Now lets say Person B has more than a work relationship; they talk about work, of course, but they also talk about weekend plans, boyfriends and recreational dues. Does this make Person B unprofessional? or does this make Person B confident and friendly? Something someone in this industry should be! 

So I have really got stuck into my work. I have starting making timelines and uploading them to Drop box...which is an amazing invention! 

Its Wednesday, the begining of my work week. Today there was a busieness meeting and I was handed a delicious lunch! 

I wasn't given many tasks today so I started work on my presentation, trying to make it look like The Box SF stationary. I learnt more about the place here itself. I read article beyond article about the venur and the Refleteur, a branding company that is also based in this building. very impressive stuff ;)

So I have my schedule figured out for this internship, I'm doing awesome stuff!

Working a 3 day week +++++events ;) 

I've so far worked 3 days, and already made 5 excel sheets and seen all the portfolios of the past events. This is going to be an awesome place to work. ,