A Sudden Explosion

This week's goals are quite immense. I have the goal of not only finding twenty-five to thirty contacts of experience, credible professionals within my field in the span of four days, but I also need to contact at least one and develop an outline for my original work due at the end of the semester.

To say this is overwhelming is an understatement.

The task of finding professionals is daunting and easy for me to second-guess. Is my LinkedIn profile professional enough? Is this person right for me? Am I looking in the right places? These are questions I will not be given an answer to, no matter how much I feel I'd need it. Suddenly everything I have learned this year seems meaningless and empty in comparison to the experience of people many, many years in my senior. However, I am still oriented toward learning more my goal of in the field and getting a realistic understanding of what life is like as a professional.

I must dive into this headfirst (if with a bit of preparation beforehand) in order to complete all my tasks this week without being up into the late hours of the night perfecting myself and my words. This is what I signed up for and I know that this work will be well worth it by the end of this. For the first time, I will conduct official interviews with people who are all accomplished at being an analyst, something that might be in my future. I am anxious to learn more, despite all of these nerves and work piled up on my shoulders.

My curiosity and passion get the best of me in moments like these and I welcome the new opportunities, opinions, and experience I am about to gain in the span of one or two weeks.