Life Updates 2
Welcome to this week’s life
updates. As is now the usual, they are going to be divided into three
categories; placement year, blogging and other.
Hope you enjoy!
Placement Year Week 2
This week, I got the chance to
develop my telephone skills, something which I’ve been needing to work on for
some time now. I was absolutely dreading having to face it, and it duly started
terribly. After leaving a horrendous voicemail early on, I was embarrassed to carry
on and felt incredibly out of my depth. Through support from colleagues
however, I did eventually get there and began to make phone calls, some of
which were voicemail, some of which were answered by some truly lovely people.
After making around fifteen calls
on day one and beginning to get better at it, I went into day two knowing that I’d
already made progress and that I wanted to keep this up for as long as
possible. I didn’t expect to make over thirty calls that day, which is honestly
more than I’ve ever made in my whole life. This has given me a massive
confidence boost and I guess it just goes to show that although things may
start badly, they will improve over time if you stick with what you’re doing
and don’t give up. I advise anyone else that practice makes perfect and now I’ve
begun to acquire an incredibly useful new skill out of this experience which I just
couldn’t imagine doing only a week ago.
Also this week, I got to use my blogging
skills to set up a blog for the place I’m working at which was one of the main
goals set out for me when I began this placement. It blends my personal and
working lives together in such an amazing way, such that I can get enjoyment
out of using the writing and social media skills I use every week in a working
environment. So, it seems that this is helping me have fun and get the best out
of this part of my placement year as I can.
How am I feeling after my second week?
Well, this week was my first five day week in a long time, which means that at
the end of it, I am absolutely exhausted! However, I am now settling into my
routines and enjoying the work I am doing. The fact that I’ve gained new skills
means that despite how tired I’m currently feeling, I have found the last five
days to be massively rewarding and let’s hope I can feel this happy about it
every week from now on!
Blogging
As far as blogging goes, there are
a few things to discuss.
Firstly, we are nearly on 2000
pageviews. Watching the numbers rise week in week out still blows my mind,
especially given how rapidly they are doing so now. I am so excited about
hitting another huge milestone so expect to hear about it on my social media
accounts within the next few days. Once again, I am so thankful to every single
one of you who is reading this. You have got me here and I am so grateful to
have all of you.
I have thought about another logo
change this week. There is a design I have in mind, but I am divided as to
whether or not I want to launch it yet. It will probably happen in 2016 if it
does happen, but I do stress that it is still in the process of being
considered right now. Updates will probably be given nearer to New Year so for
now watch this space.
I also have some new projects I am
planning involving this blog. Again, they are still under consideration but I am
really looking forward to being able to share them with you guys. I am sure you’re
really going to like them but for now that is all I’m going to say. Keep up to
date with me to find out more about these projects when I eventually release
more details.
Other
You may remember that last week, I
wrote about how my quiz team were on a winning streak and were looking to make
it three wins in a row. Unfortunately for us, two of the team were not there
and we came third. I’m not blaming them for our failure, but without them, our
knowledge had too many gaps to win us the prize again. As a team though, we
have still never come below third whenever we have attended so we are still
amazing even when we don’t come first! Mark my words, we will bounce back and
win again, you’ll see!
OK, so there’s a bit about my
week. Let me know if you have any questions or thoughts about anything you’ve
read. You can follow me on all of the social media links below or leave a
comment on this post if you like. This Sunday, I will be posting my review of
the next episode of Doctor Who, called “The Girl Who Died” and starring none
other than Maisie Williams from Game of
Thrones so if you want to hear my thoughts on that episode, come back this
Sunday. Until then, keep following, keep smiling and above all, keep believing!
TRENT
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