I wanted this summer to be very defining for me. I do not like the feeling of not being able to envision what I want to do with the rest of my life when it pertains to my career. I get asked all of the time if I plan on working at NASA seeing as how I have interned at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland for five years. I am still trying to figure so much out that I cannot give a complete response to that.
At NASA I work at the NASA Safety Center primarily assisting my mentor managing a $15M budget. This summer has been different than previous years because my mentor spent a lot of time out of the office. Due to this I was literally responsible for making a lot of decisions on my own that could have had serious consequences if I was to mess up. This could possibly be my last summer at NASA so I really wanted to continue to contribute as much as I can back to an agency that has played a large role in making me who I am. All in all things worked out. I was able to spend the summer meeting with different people at NASA to get their opinions and advice on different paths I might like to take.
Going between work, church and home I have not done much that was very exciting. A vacation or even a few days off longer than the weekend would have been amazing but that is not going to happen. This summer was vital for me to have when it came. My life has changed a lot in the past 6 months. This summer gave me more time to reflect and bounce ideas off of some amazing people. While I still have not gotten everything settled yet I have more ideas on how I want to move forward and more goals I would like to obtain.
