When I’m juggling everything from twitter to speeches to to direct mail to donor relations and numerous other assignments is when I believe I am the most productive and efficient. High-pressure, fast paced and vast amounts of variety inspire me and bring out the best in my work. Though it gets to be exhausting, that continuous flow keeps me on my toes and allows me to turn my innate tendency to be distracted from a single project into productivity on multiple projects. Being constantly challenged feeds my passion. Even if I may not know much about the project or truly be interested in the topic the fact that it is a challenge will create interest for me and push me to do my best.
In my last post I lamented not being active enough, and I think that is a reflection of my love of being constantly busy. I want to look at the clock and think “where did the time go?” and feel a sense of accomplishment in what I achieved that day. That accomplishment doesn’t have to stem from projects that I worked alone on, however. This summer I have rarely worked on something alone, we’re a team so everything is worked on or at least skimmed by everyone on the communications team. I tend to be extremely independent in most parts of my life and dread group projects in classes, but the way our office works has made it extremely easy to work together. We each have one or two little things that we are heading, but we work on them with the help of everyone else. Everyone edits, everyone reads each other’s work, and everyone has a sense of all the information coming into the department. Once again, no matter whether you’re the intern or the department head you’re working on the same assignments. Every viewpoint, edit, and opinion is open to discussion. This openness brings every perspective into considering creating an enhanced final product and, I believe, sets us apart from other political teams.