I’ve been cut from the CBS 2 Traffic Reporter Tryouts. The station is currently holding “American Idol” like auditions for its next morning anchor position and slowly weeding out Chicagoland contestants.
I made it to the semi-finals with 69 others last week. On Saturday, I visited CBS 2 downtown, took a written exam, and tried out. To be honest, I thought I did pretty well. I memorized the accidents I needed to report on, maneuvered around the green screen fairly accurately for my first time, and enjoyed conversing with the other main anchors. But I guess I’m not what CBS is looking for and I’m OK with that.
I’ve always regretted not applying to more colleges my senior year of high school. While I loved every minute at the University of Michigan, I wish I had also applied to some more reach schools. I don’t know what I was a afraid of and promised myself to never make that mistake again. Who cares that I didn't know a thing about traffic reporting before last week. I was going for it!
I think as we get older rejection gets easier. I rolled over this morning, checked my email, saw that I hadn’t made the cut, rolled back over, and went to sleep again.
I’m a good employee and a great person. I want my employer to want me as much as I want them.
So while I won’t be competing for a 3-month, $25,000 contract with CBS anymore, I wish all the other finalists good luck and am satisfied with what I took away from the experience…a whole lot more knowledge about Chicago’s major roadways!
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