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I was raised on this standardized path but now I’m sitting here buried under bills I can’t pay with individual thoughts and dreams that I can’t make sense of. How do I achieve them?

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Let’s get one thing straight; not everyone who loves clothes and celebrities is qualified to work in a fashion magazine, in fact most are probably better off as readers.

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Your boss is always right. Always. They know more than you and they’ve been doing this longer than you have.

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It was important to make my presence known at Interview so I could set myself apart from the other interns—one of whom I swear to God was South African royalty.

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Always bring extra snacks. The 3 P.M. crash is all too real.

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“This position is unpaid.”

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Out of my four summers interning, here is a condensed summary of things I wish to pass on to the next batch of overly eager beavers…

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Overall, Mr. Dickens knew a bit about internships.

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I learned how to deal with, picky and angry clients, how to write about something I have zero prior knowledge of (hazardous waste is not exactly a popular topic) and I even sat in on planning sessions to watch an entire campaign play out.