Posted by Dirty Sprague at millikin-124204.millikin.edu on December 05, 2000 at 10:02:53:
So, I'm a sophomore in college; I'm co-program director and morning personality for my campus radio station (oddly enough, the rival school of Illinois Wesleyan, where you received an honorary doctorate, if I remember right). I'm a communications major, looking to break into serious radio/TV, with the same juvenile ambition that I had as an 11-year-old: to someday become the co-anchor on the 11 PM ESPN SportsCenter. (Everyone's got a dream, right?) Lately, I feel like I've hit a brick wall creatively and from a career standpoint (and yes, I feel as though I'm whining, since I'm only 19, but I have to get some professional and respected advice, so here I am).
I think I've done everything I can possibly do as far as the media goes at this school. I run the radio station, I have my own show, and I was recruited to be a sportswriter for the campus paper. Not bad...but I still have two years left. What am I going to do with those two years? I don't have any major hurdles left (well, other than figuring out a way to bust onto the starting offensive line for our football team). Sure, I'll likely get an internship this semester. (And I'm already preparing the paperwork for my ESPN internship application after my junior year.) But...I need a new challenge. What now? I'd like to break into TV somehow, but my options are kinda limited.
So, in a nutshell, here's what I'm asking. Should I continue with what I'm doing, but explore new fields along the way, and therefore give myself new challenges? Or should I just wait out these tedious next few months, and wait for the big break to surface? Or, and be honest here, am I just bitching too much? Should I just shut up and be thankful that I'm not a Cubs fan?