This is a double up writing reflection and the first post I have written in a while. The last few weeks have been a mix of stressful and busy. I only just remembered that I haven’t written up my Monthly Goals and it’s already a week in.

I’m halfway into my semester now.
7 weeks down, 7 to go.
6 assignments down, 8 to go.

I think the most stressful element of this semester (apart from the current state of the world and the fact that it’s third-year, and so they expect a lot from us) is that it’s the final leg of the journey. I don’t want to mess up right at the end of the race. And then I have to think about what I’m going to do next year in terms of a job and trying to emerge into my profession. I feel like I’m finally discovering what it feels like to be an adult, haha.

I do have a couple of things I’ll regret once I’ve graduated, in terms of my experience as a student and how hard I worked. I think if I went back in a year or two I would be in a much better place and would have fewer issues while I was there. But I don’t regret doing it, even if I could have done better. We can (almost) always do better and so it’s not something I’m going to dwell on. I do think about going back to uni to do another degree though, if circumstances permit. It just depends on how I feel and where I want to go in five years, I guess.

Currently, my targets for the fortnight are at:

• 21,483 / 10,000 for “Personal Writing”
• 4,505 / 5,000 for “Professional Writing”

I have been focusing on doing my assignments this week but it feels good to enjoy writing again. Other than that, I’ve been working on my upcoming assignments and calculating how much I need to pass my units and graduate from my course. I have DND, medical tests, my internship and work … and then any other social obligations I might have.

36/100 Hours

I need a cookie and some tea. Have yourself a [insert snack here] and some [insert beverage here].

That’s my Writing Reflection for the weeks starting the 24th and 31st August 2020.