So...it's been a little over a month of summer already! It literally feels like I just got off school a few days ago. What is this sorcery? Seriously though, I'm already dreading going back to school and that's still over a month away. Anyways, I wanted to tell you guys what's been going on so far this past month: the things I've accomplished, what still needs to be done, and anything interesting that's happened! Let's get started. The first accomplishment I'm super proud of is getting my first job! From April of this year until I secured my job I had been stressing about it. I don't know about you guys, but finding one is really tiring. Just scouring pages and pages on online job websites like snagajob.com and indeed.com literally caused headaches. I really wanted to work as a barista at a boba shop so I applied to many many stores with this position available. However, I'd say about 20% of them actually responded to my application. And maybe only 5% called me and we either had a phone interview or we set up a date to have an interview in person. We had those interviews and even though I thought it went well they never contacted me back ever again. So of course I felt down and disappointed and also just tired, because I had to start searching once again. I went back to the same sites and hoped that new jobs have appeared. And that's when I saw that the boba shop that's only 1 minute away from where I lived was hiring. I was elated, but then I saw that they were hiring people for the supervisor position only. I decided to apply anyways, and for the part where they asked how many years of supervision I had, I just put zero, because of course you want to be truthful. Anyways, the next day they contacted me through email, and asked if we can chat via phone. I agreed, and throughout the whole phone conversation it was mostly the other person stressing about the importance of leadership and how he felt no one working there right now had that certain quality. He didn't actually ask me any questions at all. He contacted me again the next day and told me to go to the shop and ask to talk to the manager. That's exactly what I did. It was way out of my comfort zone but I'm so glad I did it because if I hadn't, I wouldn't have gotten the job. The manager conducted an interview and I was able to answer all of the questions smoothly, and I got the job. I was both proud and relieved that my search had ended, and now I had a job that I would be keeping until I leave for college a year later. I was really excited when I got my first paycheck as well; it was definitely the highlight of my week. It was the first time I got paid for anything, and I treated my family the next week with some boba. Another accomplishment was that I finally got a bank account. All my friends had one and I didn't. I'm almost 17. Usually people open one younger, around 14 years old. Anyways, that happened actually a few days ago. I also got a credit card under my parents' account, which was AMAZING, to say the least. My first ever credit card!! Like I emphasized in my post right here, I'm hanging out a lot more with my friends this summer. I'd say last summer I only hung out with my friends twice: once for my friend's birthday and once for my birthday. This summer, I've already hung out maybe 6 times with people, and we're only halfway through the period. I've definitely made more of an effort to spend time with others instead of chilling in my room, eating, and watching YouTube videos. Of course, I'm going to be a high school senior next year, so why not get a head start on college apps right? I started writing essays for the University of California application. When August 1st hits you'll definitely see me start writing the actual application! Something really interesting that started happening this summer was that I started listening to kpop! This began maybe 5 days ago. So far I've listened to only two groups, Blackpink and Twice, both of which are girl groups. I have a lot more groups to explore and I'm really excited. I've even enlisted the help of my kpop fanatic friend and she's been spitting out groups and songs that I absolutely HAVE to listen to. Alright, so now I'm going to talk about stuff I still need to accomplish. I need to start actually reading the books I said I was going to read but somehow, even though there's lots of time in the summer, I haven't had much dedicated to reading. Of course, like I mentioned before, I have to start the actual applications for colleges when their applications are released. Other than that, I can't think of anything else I HAVE to do. I'm going to Las Vegas next week which is going to be pretty cool. In August, I'm going on a one week cruise as well. During both these weeks I'll be taking a bit of time off from the blog as well. Anyways, that's it for today's post. Thanks for reading. Happy Sunday!
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