Life updates 1
Just a quick note before we begin
to say that from now on, these life update posts are going to be split up into
three sections.
The first of these is going to be
about my university placement year and is intended to be a record of my
feelings and thoughts across this amazing experience that I have now (finally!)
started. I hope that this will also be useful to other university students who
are considering or about to embark on a placement year so do let me know if
this helps at all.
The second section will be my updates
on the digital side of my life. It will include updates on blogging, social
media and information about any logo or branding changes surrounding this site.
There may not be much in this part every week, but I will try to put something
in it as regularly as I can.
The third and final part of these
life update posts will be called “Other”. Here I will be talking about anything
else in my life that I want to share with you guys that doesn’t count as part
of my placement or blogging.
Now I’ve explained what each
section will be about, I think it’s time to get on with this week’s updates. Enjoy!
Placement Year
As I mentioned in the intro, I have
finally managed to obtain my placement for Term 1 (now until Christmas) beginning
from last Tuesday. It involves social media management for a student-targeted
employment office, something I do on a regular basis in my personal life
anyway. I am so glad to have the opportunity to incorporate the skills I have
obtained from blogging into a working environment.
Week one has involved gradually
integrating myself into the workplace and settling into the routines I need in
order to make this placement work. So far I have set up a blog for the team and
begun to manage their social media pages to promote job vacancies and
recruitment events. Over time, I plan to build on these practical skills as
well as develop in other areas such as making telephone calls. Next week, I might
have an update on that aspect of things so watch this space.
In terms of how I feel, I am
quite pleased with how my first week has gone. Although exhausted, I feel so
happy with the work I have done and am comfortable when it comes to the office
environment. The team I work with make sure that things are formal enough to be
efficient and to get things done, whilst maintaining a level of informality
that puts me at ease and ensures that things feel friendly and less pressured
than what might be expected in certain other places of work.
Blogging
So much has happened this week in
terms of blogging.
This week, I added AdSense to
this page. For a long time, I held back on doing this because I felt as though
it destroyed the purity and personality of this blog. However, I hope you understand
that I have made this decision so that this page and its profile can expand and
become more popular. I have to say that this will not change anything. This blog
and its content will remain mine and will continue to be about me and my
interaction with you guys and that will still be the same despite the fact that
there are now ads on this page.
Also this week, the pageviews on
here surged. Last Friday when I posted, we were almost on 1400 and now a week
later, this number is 1800. Thank you guys so much. I cannot believe how
quickly this is going up, especially considering that I posted my 200 pageviews
thank you post less than three months ago! This is what keeps me going and as
long as you guys are reading my posts then I will keep on posting. This means
the world to me and I love you all so much for sticking with me to this point.
Other updates
What else is happening in my
life?
This week, a group of friends and
I won one of our local pub quizzes for the second week running. For such a long
time, there were three of us and the gaps in our knowledge meant that we could never
finish above third position. We recently added two new team members and our
fortunes seem to have turned around because of it. I love going to these sorts
of things and it just makes it so rewarding when we win the prize money from
it. So, if they’re reading this my team should know that I am incredibly
grateful to have them as my friends and I have so much fun at these quizzes. Long
may our winning streak last!
In other news, I was asked today
to run Saturday’s meeting for my university’s Doctor Who society because none
of the usual people can do it. It is such an honour to be asked. I am really
excited for this opportunity as I already have my eyes on running the society next
year and it will be good practice for me to run a meeting and see how I feel
about it. I cannot wait for Saturday night now and I am sure this is going to
be a wonderful thing for me to do to improve social skills as well as
management ability and talking in front of people.
And I guess that is it. This was
such a long post but so much has happened that it all needed to be included. If
you enjoyed this post or have any questions about placement years or anything
else I’ve mentioned today, you can leave me a comment at the end of this post. You
can also find me on all of the social media links which will be below. This Sunday’s
post will be a review of Before the Flood, episode 4 of the new series of
Doctor Who. There will also be a review of the first society meeting I’ve ever
run so be sure to check in for that. Until then, I guess all I have to say is keep following, keep smiling and
above all keep believing.
TRENT
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