Flashback to a month ago, I’m walking out the doors through the studio lot on my last day interning for a certain man and a mouse. I just spent an entire summer learning the ins and outs of the only field I can see myself working in, growing and learning in ways I never would have expected. After many sad goodbyes, I leave the busy city of Los Angeles and begin my journey home to the valley of the sun.
Flash forward to today. I’m a month into school and the culture shock from this summer hasn’t worn off quite yet. In class I’m learning about the movie studio I had the privilege of working at. I’m back to writing and editing videos for the magazine, learning with each take and cut. Sounds like a pretty smooth transition, eh?
Far from it.
My name is Luu Nguyen. I’m the Multimedia Editor of SPM, an aspiring film editor, pun maker, and basketball (watching) extraordinaire.
It seems as though every time I make a checklist of things I need to do, the list keeps growing. It’s just like the crawling credits at the beginning of the Star Wars films, growing as big as that same galaxy. My sense of accomplishment feels just as far, far away.
While balancing a new position with SPM, classes, and my sanity, I’ve been meaning to read more, write more, pray more. Is there a lack of time? Kind of. But what I’m noticing more is that it is not time that I lack necessarily, but a means of motivation and courage to go above and beyond what I’ve already set out to do.
As I think about what’s in store for tomorrow and the days to come, I start to feel a tad overwhelmed. Before I am overcome, however, I take a deep breath and am reminded of a quote from a famous man and mouse:
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
Here’s to not just wishing upon stars to make our dreams come true.
Reach the writer at ltnguy14@asu.edu or on Twitter @luu_t_nguyen.
