![](\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Kaitlin-Image.jpg\" "\\"Kaitlin")
<\/a>When I first came to BU, I wanted to be a broadcast journalist.\u00a0 This dream came from years of being editor of my high school newspaper, and wanting to \u201cspice it up a little\u201d with lights, sounds, and video.\u00a0 I imagined myself studying for hours on end how to be the best. <\/i>I thought about those really intense classes where the professor tells the students that they have 45 minutes to go outside and write, record, and produce a story that could go on air.\u00a0 I envisioned taking my career to the Air Force and becoming the best damn broadcast journalist they\u2019ve ever seen.\u00a0 I wanted to be there.<\/p>\nThen the worst happened.<\/p>\n
I went on air for my first time with BUTV and absolutely hated <\/i>it.\u00a0 I hated the idea of having to get my hair to look perfect on camera and wearing more make up than I\u2019m comfortable with and making sure the color of my shirt didn\u2019t fade into the green screen.\u00a0 So, I had to figure out what the hell I was going to do.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t know too much about public relations, but what I did learn from my COM 101 class, I loved.\u00a0 I was particularly drawn to the idea of working in the music\/entertainment industry.\u00a0 Who wouldn\u2019t want to follow around their favorite band for the sole purpose of making them look good?\u00a0 After a meeting with my very own COM Ambassador who gave me a little more information on my perspective major-change, I decided to do it.<\/p>\n
Over the course of a few hours, I became a PR major.<\/p>\n
This was really exciting for me.\u00a0 I joined BU\u2019s awesome section of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and did a really awesome job with it.\u00a0 I learned a ton about what it means to be in the PR field, even before taking any PR-centric classes.<\/p>\n
My favorite thing about PR was the social media aspect.\u00a0 By watching intently my junior and senior friends, I started to pick up really quickly how to be an effective presence online.\u00a0 My Twitter bio changed to include my aspiration to be a PR professional, I found myself making tons of connections on LinkedIn, and yes, I even got a Facebook after refusing to do so for a while.<\/p>\n
In a way, I became obsessed with it.\u00a0 I found myself celebrating each and every like or new follower I got, to the point that it started taking over.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think this is necessarily a negative thing, maybe because it still kind of does rule my world, but I\u2019ve certainly recognized that over the past few years my online obsession transformed quite a bit.<\/p>\n
I noticed this the other day when I went to my Twitter page.\u00a0 I noticed that my bio still included information about me being the Vice President of Public Relations at BUPRSSA, a position I passed down at the end of last year.\u00a0 I started to evaluate why I decided to step down from this position, and from PRSSA in general, and it became glaringly obvious to me.<\/p>\n
No longer did I care about retweeting about the latest in mobile technology, or connecting with the top agencies on the web, or writing posts about how to effectively manage your social media profiles.\u00a0 Those things seemed so boring <\/i>to me, and without really noticing, I started to pay more attention to the things I was really drawn to.\u00a0 Now, if you look at every single page I manage, they include posts on yoga or healthy eating or recovery.<\/p>\n
I certainly don\u2019t see this change as one that demonstrates disinterest in PR or ingratitude for the Student Society.\u00a0 In fact, I attribute all of my success online to everything I\u2019ve learned on my PR journey so far.\u00a0 There\u2019s no way I would\u2019ve been known as a \u201cyoga and health guru\u201d or been able to grow my blog following to thousands of people without the things I learned in PRSSA and my classes at BU.<\/p>\n
It took a little while to really find my place, but I\u2019m certain that I have.\u00a0 I\u2019ve found deep passion in the things I\u2019ve learned here in Boston, which I can bet is a serious goal for each and every one of the professors we cross paths with.\u00a0 There\u2019s going to be humps in the road, plenty of them in fact, but don\u2019t look at them as mountains you won\u2019t be able to climb.\u00a0 Instead, try to see them as speed bumps, there for control and safety in getting you where you really need to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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