It is 1:04 a.m., and I have finally settled into my room after my very first production night as a new copy editor of the Tan and Cardinal newspaper. Today was a VERY busy day, to say the least, but I conquered it with flying colors. I am very proud of myself, and I feel that should be blog-worthy!
The real reason I find this blog-worthy, is because throughout my entire day filled with chaos - from waking up at 6:30, to mentoring eighth grade girls, to my classes, and to two jobs, one of which lasted from 4 p.m. to just about now, I felt so powerful. As a young woman who has a lot on her plate, I know that sometimes (many times) I can feel overwhelmed or stressed out with everything I have to do in one day. Today, however, was very different. I was running around campus all day to get everything done, and I just felt invigorated. I loved it! Why can't I feel that way every day, when my schedule is packed to the margins in my organizer? I was pondering this exact thought on my walk to the Comm building for my T&C production night. And that's when something else sparked my interest.
The book that I am reading for my FYS book review - Dee Dee Myers' "Why Women Should Rule the World" - discusses similar situations. Dee Dee talks about being the first female press secretary to the president. In this role, she has numerous tasks to accomplish in a day. Reading everything she had to do in a single day, from the press releases to the notes, to dealing with the media... it was great to read. I felt like, okay, here is a woman who has done it, and who is still doing it. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of other women in the country and across the globe who are juggling twenty-six thousand tasks at one time in a day. Women today... I mean, we're awesome! I know that isn't the most formal way to describe us, ladies, but this is a blog so informality is just fine by me. We are awesome, truly. And today, I really felt like that. Just purely awesome.
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