Hi there
I've just spent the past twenty minutes or so browsing through some of my past articles. It's so cool to be able to read stuff over again -- with some things it's like I'm transported back to the way I felt at the time of writing. I also like laughing at my own jokes... you know how cool it is when you find someone who has the same sense of humour as you? Annnyway....
I blog so irregularly nowadays, which doesn't bother me too much as long as I don't count the blog as some sort of diary where I have to record my life events. Often it's great to have somewhere to write about what I've been doing but if I look at it that way it can feel like a chore, where I won't blog because I can't be bothered recounting what I've done since I last made an entry. Beyond that, I think recording thoughts and feelings is more important than just events. But to depart from what I've just said, this is what I've been up to these past couple of days.
I started my new job this week -- very exciting! I'm writing a weekly lifestyle liftout for the paper where I did my work experience a couple of weeks ago. This week was mostly about settling in and beginning to learn how things are done. The girl whose job I am taking over worked with me this week and will again this coming week. This has been great because in many ways I feel like I have been thrown well into the deep end. I feel very inexperienced and very young. I also am a little concerned still about keeping up with my uni work as well as doing well in the new job. With regards to my concerns though, the thing I have realised so far is that I get most worried when I'm tired or looking at big chunks of work. For example, thinking of how I'm going to have to come up with stories EVERY WEEK or looking at all my assignments for the semester. Yet at times when I'm working on specific projects or I'm well-rested I feel optimistic. I think this is a sign I just need to take care of myself physically and break tasks down into bite-sized portions.
I'm tired. I think I'm going to go upstairs, lie down and do some reading for uni. Blog again soon.
Teegs