My teenage self would be drooling over the awesome person I was today.

And that is enough. So proud I got through my first Big Girl interview for an incredible opportunity. Regardless of how things turn out, my inner 13 year-old is screaming in awe.

This whole job-hunting thing…

All of the positions I’m really attracted to have the following requirement: “Must have 3-5 years experience blah blah blah” NEED EXPERIENCE TO GET EXPERIENCE VICE VERSA HOW DOES THIS WORK.

In the process of handling an existential graduation-is-upon-me-now-I’m-job-hunting-what-even-is-real-money-or-jobs-ORMYLIFE kind of crisis.

Just submitted my very first real-job application.

Big breaths. Cross your fingers. Wish me luck!

A Chronological List of Reasons Why Haven't Started My Paper That Is Due Tomorrow. (7 AM - 11:27 PM) via whydoihaveablog →

whydoihaveablog:

• 7 AM: Forgot about paper
• 8 AM: Forgot about paper
• 9 AM: Forgot about paper, had class
• 10 AM: Forgot about paper, Internetted
• 11 AM: Forgot about paper
• 12 PM: Forgot about paper, had class
• 1 PM: Forgot about paper
• 2 PM: Forgot about paper, class canceled, celebrated by planning to take a nap
• 3 PM: Remembered paper, panicked
• 3:15 PM: I only slept 3 hours last night. I can’t write a paper in this condition. I’ll take a nap.
• 3:30 PM: Put on Reality Bites, panicked, fell asleep
• 4 PM: Napped
• 5 PM: Napped
• 6 PM: Napped
• 7 PM: Napped
• 8 PM: Napped
• 9 PM: Napped
• 9:20 PM: I should just respond to these e-mails.
• 9:30 PM: Sat in bed for half an hour contemplating dropping out of college because an adult woman who goes down for a nap and doesn’t come into consciousness for 6+ hours doesn’t belong on this Earth.
• 10 PM: I should eat a salad though.
• 11:22 PM: What am I doing.
• 11:27 PM: I can’t do this. This whole thing. This whole life. I can’t. I just want to live with wolves. I want to be the Jane Goodall of wolves.

This is seriously the summary of my entire college career. Especially this moment right now.

howtotalktogirlsatparties:

Warby Parker.

After purchasing my first Warby Parkers at the end of last year, I’m officially hooked. If I were a whiz with words, I’d absolutely be applying for a copy writing job to WP. Alas.

Happy new year!

It seems that the older I get, the faster time passes by. Wasn’t it just New Year’s Eve 2008 when my little cousin Isabel was born? Didn’t I just get my job at Madewell and then move out of my apartment in West Chester? Wasn’t I just in Paris over Thanksgiving break? Did I really just finish my second-to-last semester of my undergraduate education? 

Isabel just turned 3, and I’ve been working at Madewell for just over 2 years now. My trip to Paris was in 2010, and I’m about to embark on the most independent journey I’ve yet to face: graduating from college. I’ve been a linkedin user for a while now, but I’ve just started looking at my job options on monster.com, Career Builder, and various apps on my iPhone. I’ve envisioned my possibilities — moving to New York City, staying nearby in Philadelphia, or even doing charity work abroad — and it’s been hard for me to grasp. I try to take hold of my future, but my small, shaking hands cannot carry the weight of the opportunities that lie ahead.

I may be unsure of and intimidated by my future, but I am aware of what I am grateful for in the present. I am aware of the great change that has occurred within me over the past year or so, and I am ready to stay mindful and strong during this year of independence, big decisions, self-imposed pressures, and immense growth.

I am grateful for my family. My parents, who have done so much work to remain the strong, loving couple that they always have been. My aunt and uncle, my closest friends and confidantes, and the parents of the greatest joy in my life, little Isabel. My education. The opportunity to learn, not only interesting subject material, but about myself and my relationships with others. My friends. Though I have few close friends, I am grateful for the rush of joy, the onset of laughter, the safety of connection… I am grateful to have people who inject my life with love. My jobs. The beautiful community that thrives at Madewell, and the love of the children and parents at GV.

I am grateful for the little things, too. For snowfall, spring blossoms, summer rain, and the crunch of autumn leaves. For Rookie Magazine, internet memes, beautiful & inspiring images, and cultivating online friendships. For the ability to focus on a task at hand. For mindfulness. For the emotions that music can bring. For self-reflection. For writing.

I am grateful to have lived the life I am living. I am grateful that I continue to find meaning in all that has happened to me, in all of the decisions I make, in all of the people I meet. I have grown immensely in the past year, and for that I am grateful. I look forward to growing exponentially in 2012. 

Bring it on.

joshuanguyen:

Greetings.

This is adorable. As I’m getting closer to graduation, and the terrifying concept of “real life,” I’m thinking a lot about moving to New York. This looks like a little nook I’d be happy in… don’t talk about cost yet. Just let me dream.

I don’t know what prompted me to start rooting around for young women’s organizations at 10:38PM on this night of nights, my last week of classes when I have mounds of schoolwork that I should be doing instead (oh right it’s because it’s the last week of classes and I have mounds of schoolwork that I should be doing), but when I stumbled across She’s the First on twitter, one thing led to another and now I’m agonizing over the beauty of how many wonderful organizations exist for young women and how I want to work for every single one of them when I grow up (read: when I graduate in May).

Here is a list of my findings because you should all know they exist and bask in the glow of their beauty right alongside me:

Girls For A Change: A national organization that empowers girls to create social change. We invite young women to design, lead, fund and implement social change projects that tackle issues girls face in their own neighborhoods.

Girls Helping Girls: The mission of Girls Helping Girls is to build a global culture of girls consciously collaborating to make a difference. We strive not only to bridge international cultures but, more profoundly, to channel the power harvested from the girls’ collaborative service projects to Eradicate Poverty, Increase Access to Education, Improve Health, and – most importantly – Promote Peace. 

Girls, Inc.: A nonprofit organization that inspires girls to be strong, smart, and bold through a network of organizations in the US and Canada. (Read the Girls’ Bill of Rights here — it’s awesome.)

International Center for Research on Women: The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) works to make women in developing countries an integral part of alleviating global poverty. Our research evidence identifies women’s contributions as well as the obstacles that prevent them from being economically strong and able to fully participate in society.

She’s the First: Help send a girl in the developing world to school. By unlocking the power of your social networks and creatively fundraising for her sponsorship, you can change her life forever.

Third Wave Foundation: A feminist activist foundation that works nationally to support young women and transgender youth ages 15 to 30. Through strategic grantmaking, leadership development, and philanthropic advocacy, we support groups and individuals working towards gender, racial, economic, and social justice.

The White House Project: The White House Project is a nonprofit leadership development organization that invites, inspires, and equips the next generation of diverse women to lead in business and politics.

Writegirl: WriteGirl is a nonprofit organization for high school girls centered on the craft of creative writing and empowerment through self-expression. Through one-on-one mentoring and monthly workshops, girls are given techniques, insights and hot tips for great writing in all genres from professional women writers. 

Oh don’t mind me, I’m just falling in love with social justice, one feminist organization at a time.

I get such a distinct feeling from this picture. That’s good styling, casting & photography.

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msjamiekeiles:

Struggling with the fact that there is not external barometer that can ever make one feel validated as an artist/producer of content.

The notion of making your own happiness and finding your own satisfaction is really hard to cope with.  

I wish I could just slap a dollar amount on self esteem, make some cash, and feel validated. 

Isn’t there an insiders’ circle of awesome artists/producers of awesome content who all pat each other on the backs and give each other thumbs up (thumbs ups?) all the time? It’s kind of validating to know that I’m not the only one who needs validation… even Jamie Keiles does, yo! I really admire you, girl! 

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hlangjournal:

NOW HIRING. SOCIAL MEDIA ASSISTANT.

Job Description >

Please send all resumes and cover letters to blog@helmutlang.com

Okay, this is the third social media position that’s popped up in the past 2 months that I am itching to apply to but cannot since I have YET to graduate from school. This is only exacerbating my anxious anticipation of getting out of college and into the working world. OY.

Sometimes I miss blogging and get really jealous of girls with successful blogs…

… I know if I had put all of my time & effort into my blog, I could be doing the same things with my life. But I have so many interests pulling me in different directions, you know?

“Don’t do anything half-way unless you’re willing to be half-happy.”

I’m splitting my life in 3-4 distinctly different sections, which is why I drive myself crazy so easily. HELP ME WHAT DO I DO WITH MY LIFE!?

Job Openings @ GOOD (IDKWTDWML*, Part II) →

Dear GOOD,

I love you and would love to apply for this job but I am a measly college student who is unsure of her future plans in life because I am going through a quarter-life crisis and have doubts about my abilities is this normal should I go into therapy or seek out God or dye my hair or just hide and pretend I never saw this?

Thank you and love always,
Sara 

* I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE

I don’t know what to do with my life (Part I).

I just finished junior year, and I’ve started working on my thesis with a local natural history museum but I have a zillion interests and would love to work for any of the following:

• A natural history museum - educational outreach
• An art museum - educational outreach
• Tumblr - art, music, education, fashion, whatever!
• New York Magazine - nymag.com: The Cut, Vulture, etc.
• charity: water - social media outreach

HOW DO I CHOOSE ONE PATH TO TAKE OMG I’m getting a little overwhelmed I only have 11 more months to be a child and then it’s real world time hold me.