It's Tough, But Somebody's Gotta Do It

There are only 3 weeks left of this first year and I definitely feel the stress now. There are so many projects and papers due and so much group work that I feel like four weeks is not enough to finish everything. That, coupled with my other responsibilities of co-running Pepperdine’s chapter of Challenge for Charity, working with the National Association of Women MBA’s (NAWMBA) on developing their brand, and following up on different internship leads, leaves me no other time to breath.

With only a few days left to finish our E2B marketing plan and finance project, tempers are getting shorter and shorter. The good thing about these extensive projects is that you are forced to learn how to deal with different characters with sometimes different priorities and under a
tight schedule. And you’re supposed to make it work so you can carry out the task you were given! This is probably one of the most important take-aways from business school.

Sometimes though we take breaks. Very short, but we still do. Or we mix business with pleasure. Last week we had an online game to do for our Technology class. Because the game was called Root Beer, my team and I got together to play the game and have Root Beer floats. Work hard and play hard, right? Yesterday for example, a bunch of first and second-year students went to Santa Monica for a Beach Battle. The event was organized by C4C and about 10-15 children from CLF joined us to play volleyball and build sand castles. Breaks don’t happen very often these days, but we need to keep our sanity. Three more weeks to go!