For as long
as I can remember, I have relied on the Internet for information,
entertainment, and connection. As I got older, it only got easier for me to use the
Internet as it became available at my fingertips constantly through my smart
phone. I have grown up googling lyrics to songs when I can’t remember their
names, explaining new movies to my family and friends by watching their
official trailers on YouTube, researching school projects on any and all websites considered reliable, and sharing my writing with an (albeit small) audience through my blog.
The reliance I have on the Internet and its invaluable presence in my life is
permanent. Because of this, I know that I have no choice but to incorporate it
into my career, and I can't wait to use it to my advantage in my dream job once
I graduate from college.
Two of my
favorite things in the whole world are reading and writing (besides browsing
the internet of course!) and I look forward to post-college when I can merge
these two passions together to form my dream career. Every time I tell people
that I dream of a book publishing career, they frown and tell me that it's a
dying industry. But I beg to differ.
Growing up
with the Internet so greatly woven into my everyday life means that I couldn't
help but plan to harness it's powerful presence and use it in innovative ways
to help keep publishing alive once I graduate. After countless hours of
blogging, I have stumbled across many blogs backed by fiercely talented
bloggers and it has made me realize that blogs are an immeasurable source of
new and publishable material. Frankly, I am still not accustomed to
reading e-books on my mom’s Kindle, but I am open-minded and in fact foresee
the Internet being used as a place to read books instantly, both for free and
for a fee. I dream of being the brains behind or at least a driving force in
such an operation. Fingers crossed no one beats me to it!
College
will provide me with the opportunity to learn more about writing and literature
that can help me to become the best publisher possible and the Internet will
help to take that hard-earned talent and modernize it. The decay of publishing
is something I cannot and will not accept and I will instead fight to adapt it
today's society and even revolutionize the art of reading and writing for years to
come.
My
generation has lived through the massive evolution of the Internet and I know
that by the time I graduate college, it will be just as different as it is now
compared to when I first got on a computer. I cannot predict what the Internet
will be like in 4-5 years when I enter the working world, but I do know that
one thing will not change—the Internet will forever remain a source of
discovery. It is a source of discovery of music, videos, information, people,
and hopefully for me, authors and stories.
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