Was it worth it?

Completing my first internship feels liberating and refreshing - I'm sure all of you feel the same. I started out this experience with anxiety and pressure, constantly thinking that I wasn't going to be good enough or not know what to do in general. Thinking about what to wear the night before nearly blew my brains out (stupid how something so small can matter so much) but lets face it, I wasn't the only one trying to look 10 more levels of professional than I am.
Surprisingly, my boutique PR firm was very laid back - something that settled the nerves straight away. Of course the director looked like the director - she was one of those successful business fashionista women you see in the movies, not intimidating at all. Turns out Sandra was one of the nicest bosses you could ever met.
First day consisted of orientation day followed by a little bit of PR work. Turns out the girl who was going to be working with me most of the time was in my shoes only a year ago, a PR student at Curtin doing her internship at Devahasdin. BUT SHE got a job out of it... pressure??
Anyway, whether I go into journalism, or whether I go into public relations I will bring all the life lessons I have learnt during my internship with me. My level of professionalism has grown from a 1 to a 5. During this internship the biggest most challenging thing I faced was talking on the phone to journalists (even though I could potentially be on either side of that phone in a years time). I used to sit there anxiously before making the first call, then after 1000000 times of doing it, it is safe to say I now feel confident in doing so. I think it was the fact that I wasn't 100% sure on what I was talking about that gave me away. As the time goes on and the weeks past I become to feel adequate and relaxed, surpassed the times of hardship and personal doubt. I quickly adapt to the ways of life as a PR (level 5) professional and surprise myself on more than one occasion.
With one more semester up my sleeve I look forward to what my next internship brings me and the future after that.
Knowledge is nothing without life experience.