Career Goals

Everyone, if you’re lucky enough, has a moment in their lives where a single incident occurs that forces a complete and total reevaluation of any future path. For some it’s the birth of a child or for others, finding out that there is really such a thing as life after death. However, there are far too many that discover life altering experiences are not so pleasurable. For those like myself, there is a darkness that falls upon us within seconds. Evil rears its ugly head and, for what feels like a million years, focuses only on destruction.

The evil I am referring to in this statement came in the form of an individual on August 8th of 2007 when heavy rains and flooding stopped the New York City’s underground mass transit. Suddenly, nearly five million commuters were left stranded as they struggled to arrive at the day’s final destination. The subways were shut down at the 59th street station and above ground, the buses and cabs were quickly filled. However, despite this set-back and the 44 blocks I managed to somehow walk. I made it to my internship completely disheveled, but read...