What is that one piece of paper that everyone asks about in the workforce? Your resume.

I remember three weeks into college getting asked over and over about my resume and how it needed to look perfect. I looked over and over again at it and thought about how I needed to make it perfect. How I needed 1600 clubs on my resume for an employer to want me. How I needed to have a hundred internships before graduation.

I applied for 40 internships. I joined a ton of clubs. I became a leader in some of the clubs.

I placed my personal value in that small piece of paper that was my resume. I rejected the enjoyment of life to fill every single line of that paper.

Someone told me "...working at Chick-Fil-A or a boutique for three months won't really matter for a career job you'll be looking for in three or four years..." Those are great opportunities. Do not get me wrong, but me trying to intern full time and work and take a class was a physically draining decision for me solely because I thought that the more I do, the more successful I will be in the long run.

I was wrong.
I was wrong about every line needing to be filled.
I was wrong about stressing out over 40 internships.
I was wrong about the need to literally spend hours upon hours doing club activities.

I am NOT at all saying do not work hard in school. Find some things that you enjoy and become super involved in them. But do not do things simply to put it on your resume. Do them because you enjoy them. Do them because you need a few things, but don't overdo it.

You are more than that piece of paper that everyone dreads to be judged by. You can walk into an interview without sheer fear of how employers see your resume and instead with confidence that you are more than your resume, that you have so many gifts and great attributes not listed on it.