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Tuesday 22 November 2011
Wednesday 2 November 2011
I'm still here...
It's certainly been a while since I have even visited my blog let alone updated it. I put it down to the busy five weeks that I have been back at Uni. Yes, that's right we are already five weeks in to the first semester of the second year. Personally, I can't quite get my head around that but what I do know is that it hasn't been an easy five weeks.
I admit, it's the nature of Journalism and it's why I am here but every week I've had to produce fully researched features with interviews. I have struggled and I am still struggling, I guess it's something that comes with experience but it's been tough to prepare these features, carry out interviews, write them up, make them sound good as well as working and actually going to University. It might not sound that difficult but there honestly isn't enough hours in the day. I also have to feed myself, sleep and generally have some time to gain my sanity.
I don't want it to sound like I am moaning about the industry that I am heading towards because that is not at all what I am doing. I enjoy having the freedom at long last to write things that will be read, it's what I've always wanted to do but it's not the only thing that I have to do right now and if that's one thing I struggle with it's fitting everything in. Today however I had a tutorial with my course leader and she gave me some positive feedback and told me there is no need to stress everything is as it should be and just that in itself gives me a little bit more confidence to realise that actually, it's not all that bad.
The next few weeks I am hoping I'll be working less and have more time to really get my teeth in to these features, my law essay and I might even find some time to go home and see my friends and family. If there's one thing I want to do right now it's to go back to Devon and sit in front of the fire with my mum, dad the dog and the cats and soak up a bit of the country side! There's no where like home, a saying that really makes sense when you're feeling a little bit down.
Apart from the stress and the pressure I haven't actually got anything to complain about. Lets face it life is good and this time next month I will be in New York taking in the sights and experiencing a brand new city and America for the first time ever, I'm pretty excited about this.
I admit, it's the nature of Journalism and it's why I am here but every week I've had to produce fully researched features with interviews. I have struggled and I am still struggling, I guess it's something that comes with experience but it's been tough to prepare these features, carry out interviews, write them up, make them sound good as well as working and actually going to University. It might not sound that difficult but there honestly isn't enough hours in the day. I also have to feed myself, sleep and generally have some time to gain my sanity.
I don't want it to sound like I am moaning about the industry that I am heading towards because that is not at all what I am doing. I enjoy having the freedom at long last to write things that will be read, it's what I've always wanted to do but it's not the only thing that I have to do right now and if that's one thing I struggle with it's fitting everything in. Today however I had a tutorial with my course leader and she gave me some positive feedback and told me there is no need to stress everything is as it should be and just that in itself gives me a little bit more confidence to realise that actually, it's not all that bad.
The next few weeks I am hoping I'll be working less and have more time to really get my teeth in to these features, my law essay and I might even find some time to go home and see my friends and family. If there's one thing I want to do right now it's to go back to Devon and sit in front of the fire with my mum, dad the dog and the cats and soak up a bit of the country side! There's no where like home, a saying that really makes sense when you're feeling a little bit down.
Apart from the stress and the pressure I haven't actually got anything to complain about. Lets face it life is good and this time next month I will be in New York taking in the sights and experiencing a brand new city and America for the first time ever, I'm pretty excited about this.
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