Let’s do it

Imagine the best internship ever: going to an office where you write articles for the website of a big magazine, having great colleagues and a nice working climate. Well, this is my internship! The only thing I had difficulty with was waking up….every day…at 7 AM. Most of you know, we as students are not used to this. As a consequence, I was very tired in the first weeks of my internship. You really have to get used to a different time schedule with different working hours. However, once you get used to it, it is not a really big deal anymore. Everybody starts at 9 AM, so why wouldn’t you J!

Another thing that is stressing me out is the fact that my draft thesis has to be handed in in 5 weeks already! I already quit working at my additional job since I just did not have the time to work on my thesis. Although, I do have two nights where I can work at home on my thesis, I am just stressed that I cannot make the deadline. The weather is getting better and better and today (lovely sunny day where I could be enjoying the sun….on the beach….with a cocktail….ahh stop daydreaming) it is really testing my motivation to stay at home and work.

Since every classmate is doing his/her internship (here or abroad), I do not get to see them often. However, I am working together with a classmate whose thesis is somehow comparable to mine. We send emails to each other with updates about how far we are with writing and doing research. This helps a lot and gives me some calmness.

The first month at my internship went really well. However, the online manager has set some new guidelines which I have to follow in my articles. As a consequence, writing an article takes me, and also the other intern, longer. This  means that we do not write as much articles as we could and did before. And this again…leads to more stress. Fortunately, my supervisor understands this and helps us a lot.

In short: some stress, some happiness but most of all a lot of learning experiences!