INTERN (noun)

1.

A STUDENT OR RECENT GRADUATE UNDERGOING SUPERVISED PRACTICAL TRAINING.

2.

A STUDENT OR RECENT GRADUATE, WHO LIVES ON MOTIVATION NOT MONEY, WHO HAS A DREAM NOT A JOB, WHO IS PASSIONATE NOT PRACTICAL, WHO CHOOSES LIFE OVER LEISURE.  

SYNONYMS: LUCKY, HAPPY, THANKFUL, EXCITED, APPRECIATIVE, WILLING, POOR.

YES, THE LATTER DEFINITION PERHAPS OFFERS MORE ACCURACY. I NO LONGER FEEL LIKE A STUDENT, I FEEL LIKE AN EXPLORER. I'M DOING WHAT I WANT TO BE DOING, WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING, AND EXACTLY WHAT I LOVE TO BE DOING. DECIDING TO PACK UP ALL OF MY POSSESSIONS A FEW MONTHS BACK IN JUNE, TO GET ON A PLANE AND WAVE GOODBYE TO MY FRIENDS, AND TO LAND IN NEW YORK WITH ONLY AN ADDRESS AND A SUITCASE SHOULD HAVE SEEMED SCARY, I'M SURE IT SHOULD HAVE. 8 WEEKS LATER, LIFE COULDN'T BE SWEETER. INTERNING AT NYLON, YOU COULD ARGUE I WORK FOR NOTHING. INSTEAD I ARGUE I WORK FOR EVERYTHING- EXPERIENCE, EXCITEMENT, PASSION, AMBITION. MONEY HAS A WAY OF SEEMING RATHER FUTILE WHEN YOU WEIGH IT UP.

THAT SAID, A GIRL NEEDS CLOTHES. AND CLOTHES COST MONEY. BACK AT HOME, SUPPORTED BY A STUDENT LOAN WHICH WAS GIVEN OUT ON THE PROVISO OF 'WHAT'S NOT SPENT ON ALCOHOL IS TO BE SPENT IN TOPSHOP', £30 HERE AND £40 THERE WAS A MERE AFTER-SEMINAR, PRE-PARTY TREAT. HERE, $30 IS TO LAST ME A WEEK, AND IN A LAND WHERE TOPSHOP IS NO LONGER AFFORDABLE, SHOPPING HAS HAD TO BE PUT ON A BACK SEAT.

FEELING UNINSPIRED AND UNSATISFIED BY MY CAPSULE SUITCASE WARDROBE (HELPED NO WHAT BY AN ABUNDANCE OF BOTTOMS TOO HOT TO BEAR AND UNACCEPTABLY CREASED SILK SHIRTS), I THANK MY GENEROUS MOTHER AND THE ADVANCES IN ONLINE BANKING FOR ALLOWING ME TO SUCCESSFULLY REVIVE MY SHOPPING ADDICTION. ON THE LOOK OUT FOR ANYTHING BREEZY AND DESERT TONED, INSPIRED BY PERUVIANS AND THE ANDEAN TUNIC EXHIBITION AT THE MET, I FOUND A FEW PIECES TO SATISFY MY NEEDS. 

A VERY KIND MUMMY, A HAPPIER ONLINE BANK ACCOUNT AND A WARMER LOOKING WARDROBE. 100 DEGREES IN NEW YORK THIS WEEK AND ONE  HAPPY, HAPPY DAUGHTER.