26A: Celebrating Failure
1. I am going to use my summer internship to describe the last time I feel like I failed. As a fourth year accounting major, it is very common for us accounting students to be getting internships. This last summer, I moved to Dallas, TX where I completed a half tax, half audit internship. I am going to describe my failure as something that happened that I was not expecting. As I continued through my internship, I realized that I did not enjoy tax or audit, and as a 4th year accounting student, that seemed to be a big problem. This affected my daily mood and put me in the mindset that I did not pick the right major and that I was wasting my time. This affected my relationships, my mental health, and my energy. I felt like something that I worked so hard to get was a waste of time because I did not enjoy it.
2. I learned that I need to compartmentalize my feelings and not let the stress of work affect me in other aspects of life. I learned that life is NOT perfect, and sometimes it is not at all what we expect it to be. I also learned that usually people have similar feelings about the same situations and you sometimes just need someone to talk to.
3. Failure is very hard. I think as humans we usually try to pinpoint where the failure started and how we got there so we don't get there again. I then went to talk to my recruiter and my mentor so I could figure out where to go from there. They both told me that in the beginning, accounting is not the most fun because everything is so new and it takes you a lot of energy to acclimate into the new setting. My internship changed my perspective on failure, it helped show me to try and preserver and try to remain positive. I think I am more likely to try different things and see how the help develop my academic career.
2. I learned that I need to compartmentalize my feelings and not let the stress of work affect me in other aspects of life. I learned that life is NOT perfect, and sometimes it is not at all what we expect it to be. I also learned that usually people have similar feelings about the same situations and you sometimes just need someone to talk to.
3. Failure is very hard. I think as humans we usually try to pinpoint where the failure started and how we got there so we don't get there again. I then went to talk to my recruiter and my mentor so I could figure out where to go from there. They both told me that in the beginning, accounting is not the most fun because everything is so new and it takes you a lot of energy to acclimate into the new setting. My internship changed my perspective on failure, it helped show me to try and preserver and try to remain positive. I think I am more likely to try different things and see how the help develop my academic career.
Hey Logan, I would be in the same boat you were if that happened to me. I feel that that is a natural response when something you have been working so hard for is not going as planned. It is good that you went through this early so you will know what this feeling is like and you already know how to overcome it. I agree with you that failure is very hard, almost the hardest things we as humans have to overcome both mentally and physically.
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