Flux Magazine

February 22, 2010 - 9:45 PM

This week I got more fantastic news than I could ever ask for.

I found out that I was admitted to Stanford University's graduate program in journalism while simultaneously learning that I had been invited to serve as the Editor in Chief of the U of O's School of Journalism and Communication's most prestigious magazine: Flux.

I still can't believe how fortunate I am to have seen all of these positive results in my life. It is crazy. I am stunned and taken aback that these things are actually part of my life.

Now that I have had a few days serving as E.C. of Flux, I have realized what it really means.

The faculty supervisor, Michael Werner, and I spent more than 20 hours this weekend interviewing people for positions and making plans and preparations for the structure of the magazine.

It was long, exhausting, and absolutely enthralling.

I had no idea that work could be so much fun. They always say find something that you love to do and it won't feel like work. I always thought, quite frankly, that that was bullshit, but this weekend, I could hardly have imagined somewhere else I would rather be than serving as Editor in Chief.

The people I get to work with, the ambitious plans we are making for ourselves, and the privilege of working on such a highly regarded publication make this work a dream come true.

I am so excited that this is my last term on campus. Not that this is my LAST term on campus but that THIS is my last term on campus!

I get to spend my final days in my beloved journalism school making the most out of the skills I have acquired as an undergraduate and dreaming about what is to come at Stanford.

It's so ridiculous that this is a reality. It really is preposterous, but I guess life gets that way sometimes.

I feel so honored, blessed, and 100 percent lucky. There must be some mistake, but I will roll with it.