Just a year ago, I was wrapping up a full-time internship with the Vice President for Student Affairs at Bradley University. It was a tough place to leave; as my undergraduate home and the place of my first post-baccalaureate gig, Bradley will always hold a special place in my heart. I still remember cleaning out my office on June 24th, and walking across campus sobbing and gasping as I went to turn in my key. Goodbyes don't come easily for me.
I'm now in a bit of a similar boat. Another great experience has come to an end, as I'm wrapping up my time at Ball State. A graduate assistantship that challenged me in entirely new ways, courses that engaged me (and some that absolutely did not), and cohort mates who quickly became friends make for another tough goodbye. As I reflect on this experience and look to my next adventure as the Coordinator for Student Programs and Promotions at IUPUI, I came across something I wrote in a blog when leaving Bradley: "As I leave, it is my hope that, while I was stumbling through the real world as an entirely unqualified individual, I left some positivity in my wake." Once again, this rings true with this departure. I'm not looking to leave behind any grandiose accomplishments. Rather, I hope I touched the lives of my students, my peers, my colleagues, and my professors in small, positive ways that will linger long beyond my move from Muncie. Stumbling is a wonderful thing. It seems to be how I've always navigated life. While some peers have been steering their own ship full force ahead toward their goals, I have wandered, I have adventured, and I have stumbled. And now, I'm excited to keep on stumbling forward with a new job, a new city, and a new home.
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This website, this blog, has served many different purposes. It started as a blog for one of my freshman advertising courses during undergrad. The next semester, it became a portfolio of my video and web design projects for a couple of my interactive media classes. It's been a digital portfolio of work to help land me internships, it's been the site of blogs for a multitude of classes (professors really enjoy assigning blogs!), and it's also been a place to reflect and share thoughts almost as if it were a diary.
Now, with my formal education coming to a close for the immediate future, it is unlikely this blog will feature anymore class-related posts. As I veered from the artsy career path a few years ago, the formal videos and designs and websites and paintings have been rare for quite some time. And, seeing as I now have a full-time job I intend to keep for a few years, I won't really be using this site to land me anymore job offers. So, at long last, this site will become a hobby. Blog entries will be about whatever the hell is on my mind. And, if I were to get ambitious for some reason, that "Personal Work" tab may actually be updated. Maybe I'll start a side hustle and start selling things on here (yeah, I'm smirking at the thought of that too). But, whatever it becomes, it will finally be authentically me. |
Kristin KreherMy happiness comes from meaningful interactions, the outdoors, thrift shops, and saying "thank you." Archives
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