I've learned a lot from life and sometimes just when I think that I've learned it all, life brings me back to reality. I had an experience like this today. I guess you could say that my success in starting out my career in Journalism had gotten to my head. I just couldn't help but be proud of myself. I was published again--accomplished. Someone read my work and thought I was good... in fact, more than one person did.
I had written another article for my new series running in the local paper and I was starting on my third one. The interview was done and all I needed was to put the quotes into a finished piece. It was brought to my attention that I should cover another very interesting story in a timely manner. I saved what I had done on the third article and began to immediately pursue the new subject.
The next morning I got a voicemail from the subject and was excited to jump on the new article. I got home and checked my email only to find an email from my editor explaining that I was not assigned that article; another reporter was.
At first I was upset: I had done the "grunt work" to track down the subject and I thought I would be reaping the benefit of writing a gripping piece. I guess I just had to learn that things don't always work out. Even though I disagreed with the verdict, there was really nothing I could do. I decided to pick my bottom jaw off the ground and go back to finishing the third article.
If there is one thing I can say about this whole experience of life it's that you don't always get what you want or expect. "... but if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need!" Thank God for the Stones. At least I'm still gaining experience to reach my dream... and that's just exactly what I need.
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