Do you remember when people use to tell you "always to expect the unexpected?" That is literally what the tag line of this year could have been! But seriously! You could have never expected this year to turn out the way it is unraveling. This year has been a rollercoaster of emotions and turned out to be one of the most interesting ( to describe in one word) years I have experienced thus far.
Going into the year, I had so many plans for my future and many goals I wanted to accomplish. The beginning of this year brought so many new and exciting experiences into my life. I started the year extremely excited to start my new internship at a minor league baseball team. It was a path in my life that I was thrilled to begin to experience. My internship was teaching me how to enter the professional world. Although my time at this internship was cut short due to COVID, my time was fantastic. I was learning about minor league baseball and just getting into the sports industry. Three months into my ticket sales internship, COVID begin to play a significant role. Before we knew the severity of COVID, we were planning to continue with the season as planned. As time went by and more reports came out, all major league sports had to reconsider how the season would continue to run. MLB decided to delay the 2020 season for their minor league teams, which means that the team I was interning for no longer had a plan for the rest of the season.
COVID, in terms of sports, ultimately meant my internship was ending six months before intended. At this point, I decided to return home to New Jersey before COVID got extremely bad. I would have never guessed that my internship would have ended when it did. The experience as a whole was amazing. For the short three months that I was apart of the IronPigs team, I learned about ticket sales, outbound sales, marketing, and I learned what it would be like to work in the sports industry! ( A very demanding job.) In that internship, I meet inspiring people who currently worked in a field I only dreamed about experiencing first hand.
I returned home to spend time with my family because I knew this was challenging for everyone, especially recent college graduates like myself. At this point, I knew the current situation I was in would only be solved in time. Spending almost a month and a half back in New Jersey helped me make sense of a very confusing time in my life. By having conversations with my parents and family members, I realized that time would continue to pass. After about a month spent with family, I decided to return to Allentown and spend a few months there before my lease was up. Spending some alone time in Allentown gave me a well-needed reset.
This year has been filled with uncertainty and reasons for doubt, but I found myself extremely lucky. No one in my family has contracted COVID. Although family parties have been taken away from us, we still have our health, and for that, I am extremely grateful. Although I could have never expected this to happen, I am happy that I have found new ways to keep myself occupied during the pandemic.
November 2nd, 2020 7:20pm
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