A common thing on the minds of students throughout high school and college is money. As a result most look for a summer job to earn money. One of the most popular jobs for Adventist youth is canvassing. It can be a very rewarding experience and can be fun; however, canvassing can also be difficult, emotionally draining, and downright awful for introverted people. I joined a summer long canvasing program that I thought would be fun and it was - but not at first. Surviving a summer long canvasing program turned out to be much more difficult than I had imagined; in fact, I learned the only way to survive was making friends in the program, taking breaks when needed, and embracing the canvasing experience.
One social reason that I was excited about joining the summer program was because some of my friends from school were going as
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So I decided to do something that I did not do the first have of the program, embrace the experience. By this I mean that during the first half of the program I would do the bare minimum. I never did any of the extra activities and spent any time I wasn’t working or eating by myself. I always complained and was stubborn about the fact that I didn’t want to be there that I wouldn’t let anybody change my mind. I decided to stop doing that and choose to have fun and that’s what I did. I went to all the activities, never complained, and let myself have fun. This was the final thing that made the second half of that summer one of the best of my life. All it took was me wanting to do it.
Those are the steps to surviving a summer of canvasing. It may seem pretty straight forward but most things in life usually are. Canvasing can be one of the greatest experiences of your life if you allow it to be. So if you are considering going canvasing I would recommend it. Just know that it will not be easy but it will be worth
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