A lot has changed since the last time that I posted on the “about me” section. It is fun to look back and see how things have changed. I could have never imagined that two years later we would be in the middle of a global pandemic where the world looks completely different as do my academics. Getting sent home from campus due to the virus in March of my sophomore year was a crazy experience. Since then, I have been adjusting but also taking the time to focus on what is important to me. During the first few months of finishing classwork from home, being unemployed, and moving back in with my mother, I realized that I had strayed away from my passions. I had got caught up in what I thought was the “right” career path. I decided to go back to my roots which are music, theatre, performance, etc. I want to combine all of my passions into a career path. This is why I now am double-minoring in theatre and music, media, and enterprise along with my major within the business school. I will be combining my passion for business with my passion for the arts. I have been around the arts my entire life and it makes so much sense for me to continue to do so. I hope to work in entertainment, live music, or for a streaming service or talent agency after graduation. Right now, my goal is to move to New York City after graduation. I have been spending a lot of time of quarantine reading books about the industries, networking, watching documentaries, etc. to best prepare me for the career path I want. I also took a summer class to better prepare myself for the next school year. I am excited to take my first music, media, and enterprise class this upcoming semester. I hope to get involved with different music, entertainment, and concert organizations on campus as well as apply for internships throughout the school year and next summer within the industries. It may have taken a global pandemic, but I have finally figured out what career path will make the happiest.
Month: July 2020
Updated Resume
Post- Sophomore Year
It is interesting to look at how I thought my path would end up when I first started out as a freshman at Ohio State. It is even interesting to look at how I thought my path would go at the beginning of my sophomore year. College is really a time of figuring yourself and your career path out, and that means it’s okay if you change your mind a few times. I am now an incoming junior majoring in finance with a double-minor in music, media, & enterprise, and theatre. I am no longer interested in the accounting path. it may have taken me two years of college, but I have finally decided to combine all of my interests and work in the music or entertainment industry. I liked the accounting classes and I did well in them, I just started to realize that the career path just simply wasn’t for me. It is important to stay true to yourself and aim for a career that you love. I have been singing and acting since I was seven years old. I also play guitar and piano and used to give voice lessons throughout high school. Up until my senior year, I had wanted to go to school for music or performing arts. I auditioned at several schools and even stayed in New York for a few weeks before my senior year. Once I had decided that I didn’t want to take that path, I assumed that my career could have nothing to do with music. I applied as engineering, switched to accounting, looked at other options, but nothing felt right. Finally, during quarantine, I came to the realization that I could do both: music and business. I could work for the music industry on the business side. It is the best decision I have ever made and everything is finally starting to make sense. During quarantine, I have done my best to educate myself as much as possible. I have been networking like crazy through phone calls, zooms, and emails. I have been reading: The Mailroom” and “Everything You Need to Know About the Music Industry”. I have also been applying to internships and organizations that line up with my new career choice. I know that I will do everything in my power to make this career decision work and hopefully move to New York City after graduation.