Why no summer job is the best job ever
Let’s ‘adult’ later on
Let’s be honest, no one ever talks about the job that they had over the summer break. What’s the story you’re going to tell your future children? It won’t be about how much your summer sucked, but it’s probably going to be about a special memory you made.
It’s those unforgettable nights we remember, not the nights of staying in. In a few years, we won’t be college students anymore and the preconceived ideas that we had about adulthood will be crushed with the responsibilities of paying rent, electricity, and heating bills.
According to Forbes.com, 52.3 percent Americans are unhappy at work. Few years from now, we’ll be full time adults too, with jobs that we either love or hate. So why wouldn’t we want to enjoy our time as reckless young adults?
That’s why this summer I’m choosing to travel and spend time with the people that I love because once junior and senior year of college hits, life might just not be the same.
We’ll never be able to travel on our own again.
I would always wonder why college students took road trips when I was young. Now that I’m one of those students, taking the car for a ride down my local highway with my music blasting, sounds like the best way to start off the summer. Yes, having the company of other people is nice, but it’s an indescribable feeling to feel your independence, while deciding to either bike, walk, or drive around your area. You never know what to expect and I would have missed out on this if I chose to work at my local 7-11.
Money is NOT everything.
“What can money not buy” is what I found while I was strolling down a park in Philadelphia. This made me think. If we allow the idea that we need to work, in order to be happy at our age, we’re going to mature and not be able to say that we enjoyed our youth. We have time to get a job and plan for our future, so why not find things to do that do not require a large sum of money or split the gas with your friends to go down the shore. I believe that we’re truly at the best age of our lives. I do not want to be confine to the idea that money can buy happiness.
We split the gas and headed out to the beach! Best summer EVER.
No amount of money can buy this view.
Internships are great, but hold off on it.
As I was mentoring a girl in her community center, she showed her gratitude with a simple note. Just as the Brooke Shunatona states, experience like these, are priceless.
The associate beauty editor of Cosmopolitan.com, Brooke Shunatona, wrote an article about how she landed her job without becoming an overachiever. She did not apply to any internships in her first two years of college, in which her advisors told her that she was committing the worst mistake of her college career.
However, as I was reading this, I agreed with her reasoning of not wanting to intern so soon. She instead worked at a summer camp that influenced her greatly and studied abroad.
“I knew a magazine wouldn’t look at my summer job and count it as relative experience, but it was a decision that I knew I would be happy that I made for the rest of my life, so I went with it,” Shunatona said. “I learned a lot about myself as a leader those summers and still refer to those experiences to this day.”
This summer, be silly and have FUN!
Whether you go on an adventure to New York City and ask random strangers to take photos of yourself with statues, LIVE YOUR LIFE AND BE SILLY!
I’ve always wondered why people do not want to let their weird flag fly, but as for me, I have no problem with having fun this summer.
Some of us will be parting ways soon.
One year ago, we were just seniors at Kearny, NJ.
It wasn’t so long ago that I graduated high school. I’ve kept in touched with a majority of my friends, but as time went on, I could tell which of my friends would or better yet, who should, remain in my life.
For this reason, I want to spend my summer with the people who have stuck with me through thick and thin. The town in which I live in, is filled with people who are going to accomplish amazing things. When the time comes to leave Kearny, NJ, it will be the hardest/easiest thing to do. I’ll be able to say that I remember my friends from my town and happy to see them start their our own lives in whichever place that they decide to go to.
There are people my age who need to work to survive and I respect that entirely. However, for the young adults my age who do not need to, we shouldn’t let money control our lives. Take charge of your life and have no summer job this summer! Enjoy your youth entirely, so in a couple years, you will not regret a single thing you did as a young adult.