Desk Job

Most of my summer was spent in internship, a far cry from the usual fish-mongering at my beloved seafood market. I was editor of an academic journal of student writing and art, which was super wicked awesome.

Every day, I attempted to arrive at 8:30 (which eventually became 8:45 or 9), and sat at a desk in the corner of the secretary's office in the Marketing Office. I read and edited the essays for a few weeks, then began laying them out into the computer program inDesign. This went on for 7 hours each day.

Mostly, I was sitting on my bum, staring at the computer screen for 7 hours a day. The other employees in that office are in charge of everything visual that the college sends: pamphlets, catalogs, invitations, magazines!, newsletters, and flyers. So, those people LIVE on their computers nonstop. And they don't have a short, two-month stretch of work. This is what they've done for years, and what they'll continue to do.

This experience has taught me that I love editing and designing. I think I'd like to go into publishing, which certainly requires frequent use of the computer. But I don't know if I can honestly handle sitting at a desk and computer for the rest of my life. Maybe it's because I only had one main project to fill up my days (variety helps), but I feel like I was always waiting for something happen (the end of the workday?).

Maybe I'll work at a company that allows for frequent Zumba breaks.