Throughout this internship, I have definitely noticed strengths and improvements with my professional work ethic and my habits as an intern. I have learned previously to give everything you do 110% and I have tried to keep that in mind with everything that I do at the San Diego Botanic Garden. I have made sure to create not only praiseworthy final products but also praiseworthy progress work so that every step of my journey could be documented and easily replicated by a different intern. I definitely feel that I still need to loosen up a little bit because I can tend to overthink the tasks assigned to me, when in reality, I should know that I am capable of doing it well. I try to hold myself to too high of a standard, and I need to have more confidence with each new task that I receive, because the attention to detail that I give to something is more than enough to create a great product. There is not one thing that I haven't enjoyed doing at the botanic gardens. I have loved everything from the herbarium pressings to the propagation and it has all been so incredibly informative. I find that I never run out of more questions and curiosities as I do my work and that is possible because everyone that I talk to has near infinite knowledge about the work that they do. It is such a fantastic environment to learn in, and as a location for an internship, it is perfect. Compared to last year's internship, the botanic garden is so different. Not only is the work different but the ambiance is completely different. Last year I was in a very small office with limited people, this year I am at a several acre botanical garden with hustling and bustling staff and visitors. I love this ambiance because there is always something to see or do and it contributes to my energy and work ethic as I am able to feed off of it. One thing that was interestingly similar was pulling the seeds from the seed bank. I felt the similarities to pulling patient charts at the practice and it was almost like riding a bike. I am so happy that this internship is all I hoped for and more, because it confirms that horticulture and botany can always be a part of my career passions. While my main goal is healthcare, I now know that horticulture can be a great outlet, if not, parallel career.
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