{"id":3804,"date":"2015-12-12T12:40:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T17:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=3804"},"modified":"2020-02-05T13:43:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T18:43:05","slug":"finality-is-bittersweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2015\/12\/12\/finality-is-bittersweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Finality is Bittersweet"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s hard trying to figure out what to say now that I’m here. It honestly feels like the third week of September – I know enough to not get lost on the tube, but there’s not way I’ve been here for four months. Saying goodbye to the city is different than when I graduated high school and left for a new state. There’s a looming sense of finality as my last few days wind to a close. Though it’s unlikely I’ll never<\/em> be back,  I’m sure it will be some time before I return. I’ve made some friends during the program that I know I will never see again, even back home. Despite this, I find myself really wishing to go home. I’m tired and miss my bed and privacy.<\/p>\n

I almost cried leaving my internship. I have a hard time putting what it meant to me in words. Over and over I hear that music is a hard industry to get into and that I might not make it. While i know live music is my dream and I cannot imagine doing anything else, it’s discouraging to hear. Even in the short time I spent at Everybody’s, my confidence grew tenfold. Seeing my coworkers and learning how they got to their current position told me that I was in the right place. I know what I want and am figuring out how to get it – and that’s okay! I have an unrelated major – it’s okay! It’s ally okay because honestly, no one cares as long as you get your job done well.<\/p>\n

I’m glad I get to stay in the country for a few more days to say goodbye and find a sense of peace with leaving it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s hard trying to figure out what to say now that I’m here. It honestly feels like the third week of September – I know enough to not get lost on the tube, but there’s not way I’ve been here for four months. Saying goodbye to the city is different than when I graduated high…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[222],"class_list":["post-3804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capa","tag-leaving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19745,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3804\/revisions\/19745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}