After last week's interview for Project AIM, I transcribed my interview, edited the transcription and prepared notes for writing the story. I've been spending a lot of time thinking about what I was looking for with this internship, and the biggest thing I was hoping for was to feel a sense of community and have more of a shadowing aspect. This may be where expectations and communication on what I was looking for had a disconnect. I spend a lot of time writing stories on my own, which, of course, can be a great way to gain more experience, but I hoped to see how someone already working in journalism handles the story process.
This coming week, Tyler has invited me to join morning meetings, I will be spending time finishing my first story, and he's sent two other potential stories my way.
Moving forward, communicating the want to see the behind-the-scenes of already working professionals will be my priority. I've also been thinking about some questions in regard to my career choice:
- How can I become intentional about my life?
- How to best orientate my life?
- When I cultivate my focus, I am more centred. Returning to a meeting Robert and I had last week: "Direct your focus."
- When I split my focus in too many directions, I begin to lose all focus.
What I want out of my life is a career that creates balance. I'm not sure what it is yet. All I know is the past few months, I have been working up until I sleep and through weekends. I continue to move closer to burnout. How can you balance your career? Why does it feel like if I am not constantly saying yes to things to push my career forward, then I am going to fall behind
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