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The Grasshopper In A Summer's Day By Mary Oliver
In Mary Oliver’s A Summer’s Day, The grasshopper symbolizes the small things that we take for granted on a daily basis. The small details in life are the things that can help us appreciate living more. We do not know what’s next to come after this life on earth, nor do we know for sure what will happen in the next year or hour or second. The choices we make now are critical to our futures, even at the smallest degree. Although our futures are not set in stone, it is good to have a plan of action. A good start in figuring out my plan was looking at the bigger picture, but once I had done this, I had to dig deeper into detail, so that one day someone may be the spectator of my success as Mary was the spectator of the grasshoppers gracefulness. …show more content…
I currently am studying integrated business with a minor and marketing here at UCF, I am interning with a small company downtown called Modernique Events doing events coordination and marketing. After obtaining my bachelors, I see myself becoming a Marketing professional for a company in the entertainment industry and moving my way up as I work towards my masters and perfect other forms of marketing such as marketing analytics on the way. I hope to someday own my own consulting company in the marketing industry and maybe later on become a college …show more content…
I feel like it easily conveys my plan and with the background knowledge I provided helps the story to be depicted confidently and very attainable. Feedback that I have received from conducting my story is to mention a specific accomplishment. I plan on tweaking it and including one when I am looking for a specific position that will help me stand out for that job. I also plan on improving my story by including how I am taking steps towards learning more marketing analytics in the present.
As a result, like the grasshoppers simplicity and the small things about him that can be missed, there are many small things I have even noticed simply by writing this paper that I can do to improve my story, these small things can make a huge impact on my future. My action plan must have every detail thoroughly thought out and always will have room for improvement. Each step in the plan is important to the next and, like the grasshopper, should not be taken for

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