Today marks the last day of my VISTA journey. It has been quite the journey.
What started of as a smooth transition between being a summer intern and starting my VISTA role, morphed into realizing that I didn't have a team of three other people my age to run all sorts of programming; leaving me to wade through the forest of experience alone. Not that I was totally alone of course, there were people to help me along the way. To all those people, I say "Thank you." I could not have done it without you. You have helped me along the way, and for that, I am grateful.
The journey wasn't always easy...after all, what journey is? It had its ups and downs. There were successes and there were failures. It does not do well to dwell on the failures, though. What is important is to focus on what I did well and how I can use those positive experiences in my future career.
My biggest takeaway from this last year has probably been "Even if you find it difficult, find a way to do it anyway." I think that is going to be the tagline of my life. When I write a book of memoirs that will be the subtitle. Not as catchy as it could be, but that's why its the subtitle and not the title.
Its hard to believe that I've just summed up an entire year of working in just a few short paragraphs.
Today marks the last day of my first post college work experience. I have learned so much from this office and this program. It will stay with me forever.
I will of course be keeping up with this blog and writing about my post VISTA experiences.
Until Then!
Friday, August 16, 2013
Friday, August 9, 2013
Fair Troopers
Now that life has settled down some, I can relax and think about what I want to write. There is quite about to write about. I don't really know where to start.
I guess I could start with the most recent thing. The Wisconsin Valley Fair.
The Fair is a busy time for the 4-H office. There is so much happening and going on. The Fair is a great chance for 4-H youth to show off when they've been working on and learning about for the past year. Its an opportunity for them to start thinking about what they want to do next year.
In between all the elephant ears, cheese curds, and baked potatoes, I had a chance to walk around and look at some of the projects the youth had done. I saw many paintings and drawings that just looked absolutely beautiful. I saw foods that looked delicious. I saw welding projects what were far better than I could ever hope to achieve. I saw models that took all the patience in the world. I saw cows that looked so cared for. Sheep that were sheared nicely; pigs that looked comfortable. I saw horses that were pampered. I saw all the hard work that the 4-H youth put into their projects. I was impressed with it all.
So now I'm preparing for my last week as a VISTA. Over the next few days I will be reflecting about my time here and I will write about it next week.
Until Then!
I guess I could start with the most recent thing. The Wisconsin Valley Fair.
The Fair is a busy time for the 4-H office. There is so much happening and going on. The Fair is a great chance for 4-H youth to show off when they've been working on and learning about for the past year. Its an opportunity for them to start thinking about what they want to do next year.
In between all the elephant ears, cheese curds, and baked potatoes, I had a chance to walk around and look at some of the projects the youth had done. I saw many paintings and drawings that just looked absolutely beautiful. I saw foods that looked delicious. I saw welding projects what were far better than I could ever hope to achieve. I saw models that took all the patience in the world. I saw cows that looked so cared for. Sheep that were sheared nicely; pigs that looked comfortable. I saw horses that were pampered. I saw all the hard work that the 4-H youth put into their projects. I was impressed with it all.
So now I'm preparing for my last week as a VISTA. Over the next few days I will be reflecting about my time here and I will write about it next week.
Until Then!
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