Ms. Joy

Minha Carreira — em portugues

Primeiro, quero falar que eu estou escrevendo em português porque eu prometi eu mesmo que eu falaria em português só para uma semana. Agora, eu quase acabei uma semana. WOOOOHOOOOO! Acho que eu vou estender o jogo porque entre os poucos dias, meu português já melhorou MUITO!!!! Estou falando, entendendo e escrevendo melhor. Sou muito orgulhosa de eu mesmo. hahaha. Para entender este posto, só precisa copia as palavras e coloca em >>> translate.google.com.

Mas o assunto de este posto é ‘Minha Carreira,’ uma tema muita importante agora em minha vida. O que eu quero mais para meu futuro é impactar algo. Desenvolver estratégia e usar isso para criar resultados. Criando resultados e o mais importante! É que estar em uma empresa ou organização e fazer uma diferencia. É o parte de execução que eu gosto. Rotina nunca foi minha fortaleza e nunca será. Acho que isso é por que eu gosto de meu estagio. Eu faço isso.

A este momento, sinto como eu estou em uma luta para ser o mulher que todo o mundo espera ou pensa que eu sou. Além disso, tenho uma perspectiva do que eu achei minha vida seria á este ponto da minha vida. Me acredita, não inclui morando em Brasil. As vezes, eu acho que talvez eu criado esta perspectiva pelo a maneira que eu sempre aspirar para mais. Parte de mim não quer desapontar essas pessoas ou deixar a ideía do que eu pense para meu futuro. O outro parte não me importa. Não sei o que vai acontecer em os meses que vêm. Não sei se vou procurar uma vaga muita boa ou será em o mesmo posição de antes. Não sei. Vou admitir, eu sou um pouco preocupada com isso, mas eu estou tentando pensar no melhor.”Estou tentando” (eu falo essas palavra cada dia, porque eu posso tentar só.)

tchau, beijos!

Sao Paulo, Brazil – Instituto Construir

So I’m sure you all are dying to know about my internship. Up until now, I haven’t shared very much about it.

I ended up finding an internship in…du du du….BRAZIL!!!I am working with a non-profit, Instituto Construir. Their main thrust is feeding the homeless and working to include this public into society. What does that mean you ask? Well they have several programs that work directly with people living in the streets to help them get off the streets.

Now on to what I do within the organization…..Strategy, strategy, strategy. The mission I accepted was to help the organization build a strong organizational structure, and also, develop strategy for 2013. So far, a little challenging but you know me, once I set my mind on something I go HARD!!!! Most of my days are spent meeting with people, writing and analyzing their thoughts and providing my input on a problem/situation. All in all, I see myself as being the person to help them make sense of  everything. I bring all the pieces together. Oh and, speaking Portuguese. Can’t do business without it….

I’m about half way through my internship and I feel like I still have soooo much to do. My biggest concern is not being about to succeed in the mission. But I have faith… I have to admit, the work is EXACTLY what I want to do with my career. Crossing my fingers that I find something in this area…..

Seeking an Internship

We are nearing the end of phase 1 of the program, class, and headed towards the 2nd and final phase, internships. It’s kind of crazy to think that this time last year I was moving to Atlanta to begin this whole journey. In 2 weeks I will have achieved 2 important milestones: the completion of a rigorous 10 month program and my 29th birthday. Yes, let’s talk about this birthday thing….

I’m absolutely shocked that I’m about to have my 29th birthday. Where did my 20s go??!! I still feel like I have so much to accomplish before I hit 30, and that’s just a year away. Although I can say I’ve been to 5 of the 7 continents, now know 3 languages (and counting…), will have 3 educational degrees come December, have owned my own business, and officially lived in 6 different cities during my lifetime…I still think that’s not enough!!!! The goal of my 20s was to make it on someone’s top 30 under 30 list. Clearly, that’s not going to happen. Sucks!!! No no no, I’m not complaining about Gods blessing. I’m right where I’m suppose to be, I know that much. But I just want to say for the record, I’m on Gods side pushing to continuously improve myself (mentally, spiritually and personality-wise) which is what he calls everyone to do. I’m grateful that I was given the gift of drive…

So in the next month I will be jet setting off to another location. It could be locally (when I say local I’m referring to the US) or it could be somewhere in the world. I’m not sure. The anticipation is killing me!! But in the end I’m trusting God. I know whatever I chose will be the right opportunity for me…. I’ll keep ya updated.

A Day in the Life of a GPMBA Student in Paris

We’reeeee baaaack!

Aaaand we’re back! Can you believe? No more trips, no more hotels, no more group traveling…DONE. Wow I’m still a little shocked. But, ya know, I was ready to return. France and China were draining trips. Next comes internships then graduation. Phew…almost to the finish line… muuust-keep-enduranceeeee

Key take aways…

1. I have added Portuguese to the list of languages that I speak. Sim, eu falo portugues!

2. I know how to say ‘hi’ and ‘bathroom’ in 6 different languages.

3. I know how to pack a bag with 5 weeks worth of clothing without going over weight (70 pounds…I’m still working on 50).

4. I’m a master time changer. Meaning, I can adapt to drastic, overnight time changes within 1 day.

5. I can pretty much fill into any role within a company and know what I’m doing (somewhat). That includes finance, accounting, management, marketing (duh!), etc etc etc.

6. Last, but not least, I’m a super multi-tasker. If you thought I was skilled before… Wait til you see what I can do now. Boom!!!

Tchau, au revoir, 再見, sbohem, byeeeeee