The Office

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
Storm Jameson

So I'm going to be a super huge dork, and upload another post an hour after my last post... Here's the thing: I love this job. I feel like I got the best internship placement possible.

I am so infatuated with working in an office. I love the fact that I get to dress up in nice clothes every day. I love the sound of my high heels clicking as I walk down the hall. I love printing things, and fetching them from the printer in the lobby. I love unlocking my office door every morning, and sitting down at my desk. I love opening up my work email account, and sifting through all of the messages that have accumulated overnight, and trying to figure out what is relevant to me and what isn't. I love when we get to go for meetings in the boardroom. I love when coworkers ask for my input and acutally take it into account, since I'm just an intern. I love making small talk at the water cooler (acutally!).

An office culture is one that I've never experienced, and I just can't get enough. While some things still baffle me ( like when you call someone in the next office, and you can hear them clearly through the hall, so the phone really isn't necessary...?), overall, I just love love love it! The other day, the work van broke down, so they arranged a car to take me to work. I was picked up by this really nice car, with tinted windows and a super classy interior.I remember looking down and my skirt and heels and blouse, and feeling like such an adult. For a month, I've felt kind of like a kid "playing office", but the more time that goes by, the more I feel like I really do belong here.

I could see myself doing a job like this forever. I remember coming home from my very first day at Save-on-Foods and going on and on about how scanning groceries was the funnest experience of my life, and how I could be a cashier forever, but this feeling is so different. I mean, yes, there is still a high amount of novelty associated with coming to work, but the thing is, I enjoy it more and more every day, not less. So it can't be all novelty, because that wears off over time.

The best part is that this job feels so meaninful. Instead of working for a huge big greedy corporation, I'm working for a group that does so much good. The course I'm taking in the fall, "Intro to Non-profit Management" is something I just can't wait for! There are so many different avenues you can take in business, and I'm getting a really great view of all the departments, and what everyone does, and I find it so exciting. A career in communications or management look amazing... I am just so inspired, I can't imagine leaving at the end of the summer... It will be so hard to return to the life of a university student who works and studies full time, but knowing that it will get me closer to being able to do this as a career will helpfully push me through it.

Nothing beats the feeling of finishing a project you've been working for a month on. I finished the partnership documents today, and it feels so amazing. Then we sent out an email today requesting info from all of the sub-offices and co-workers here requesting information so that I can compile the Triennial report, and I can't even wait until it starts coming in so I can get a start on that. I am just loving every second of being here, and I'm trying to learn everything I possibly can. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.

-Delaney xo