What I'm Grateful For

I'm grateful for everything that I have in my life. I'm lucky to have such supportive family, and friends who truly care about me. I'm also extremely grateful for my health and for the circumstances that I live in. This summer I was fortunate enough to take part in an internship at Heartland Hospice. Although it may sound depressing, it was actually a really good experience. I got to meet lots of interesting people, and help out everyone at the office. I'm very grateful to have received such an in depth experience in an office, and learned about the skills that it requires. I am lucky to have taken a closer look into my spending, and learn about how to mange my finances better in the future. Without this class, I wouldn't have paid much attention to how I spend my money, which would result in a range of issues as an independent adult. My internship gave me the opportunity to work alongside many different individuals, and learn about what hospice is. I'm thankful that I was able to so greatly help everyone at the office, and truly feel appreciated. I'm glad that I got the chance to meet such kind and grateful people at Heartland, and make an impact on the entire operations of the office and staff due to such important filing tasks I was given. I also developed my interest in social work, and got to meet and talk to people who are social workers at the hospice. If I hadn't done this class and internship, my five weeks would've looked a lot different. I would most likely have been working more, as well as procrastinating more on summer assignments. I think that by being so busy, it became easier for me to focus on what really needed to get done. It's great that I got such a hands-on experience at Heartland, and I feel as though it will greatly assist me in my future career. This summer has had much more focus on developing my interests and possible future majors and careers. I'm happy that I participated in the class and internship because I'm not sure when else I would've been able to receive such an experience. Most people in high school don't spend much time over the summer thinking about the future, but rather thinking about the past and present. I think it's important that we begin to think about what it is that we want to do, because it isn't too far off when we'll be out of college and ready for a job.