A New Journey

Shannon Mendez 

06/21/19

Blog #2

A New Journey

As the days were passing by, I noticed that the week was almost ending, and I guess it was all due to the routine I had every day from the minute I would wake up until I would go to bed. I managed to have a set schedule to ensure I would arrive to workplace on time. Every other day I would set a goal for myself in order to challenge myself and be committed to this internship. I will admit that some of the goals I put myself through were not easy at first but I somehow achieved them. Like for instance, one of my main goals was to submit my work from my field placement on time and in an orderly fashion. Thanks to the support I got from my supervisor, she helped me break down my workload into different components in order to set my priorities first and then work on other less important tasks later.

Every time I stepped inside the office, I would always tell myself that I could get the job done. No matter how much I self-doubted myself or had lack of self-confidence, I always made sure a part of me was mentally stable to achieve the goals I set myself for in order to ensure I meet the expectation needed to get the outcomes in the workforce to end poverty. As I started to set these goals, my supervisor made me remind myself that sometimes these goals have to be timely, realistic, achievable, measurable, and specific. Everyday I still work towards these goals and I can definitely say that you can do anything you set your mind to as long as you put the work into it.

During this week, I also got to meet a great person who is part of the United Methodist church named Rev. Neal. It is always great to know people outside of my background or ethnicity to learn from other people’s culture and food. In addition, getting to meet other people is also practice for me to better my interpersonal skills and have the opportunity individualize every person based on who they are and the experiences they obtained through life. We happened to have dinner at Union Market which had a variety of different food from Indian food to Italian food and even Korean food. The smell and the atmosphere of the food court made it feel like a learning experience because Rev. Neal was introducing me to a variety of food they had, and I can honestly say it is worth going. Their Italian food is very tasty and delicious. I also had the chance to try lamb for the first time and it has an awesome taste. It was interesting getting to know Rev. Neal and I appreciate him taking the time to get to know each of the EYA Interns. This experience has shown me that sometimes getting to know different people makes me realize how connected we all are despite our differences.