Sunday 12th June

As of the 6th of June, my degree ended! I worked out I need to get a minimum of 43% for my EMA and seeing as I submitted both assignments within the word limit, I imagine I would get more than that. Which means I'm expecting a pass 2 for this module and if I get that, then I'm in with a good chance of graduating with a first (goal #1)!  The graduation ceremony booking opens some time in July so I may be able to attend a ceremony near the end of this year too (goal #2).  Can't wait to strike those off my list!

Goal #3 of getting a full time grad job is on the backburner for now. I'm going to spend the summer enjoying my free time before getting invested in job searching again. Which means I've been investing time in my hobbies and in to my little side business (goal #6 & #7). I did do a little bit of reading recently, but I will push myself to do more now I have some more free time. 

Sunday 15th May

Still working towards goal #1, I've been working on my two EMA assignments, plodding along hoping I can get them both done on time. This is a hard slog to get through, I kind of feel like I'll fall at the last hurdle but I'm hoping that won't happen. I'm aiming to get the first one done this week so then I have a couple of weeks to write the second one. I have about 890/2000 jumbled words (well one paragraph) down so far for the first assignment.

For goal #3, I've actually got an interview on Friday! I kind of can't believe it. I was looking at jobs, I saw one that seemed interesting but I was feeling anxious so put it off, but I ended up coming back to it and thought I'd just go for it. The job posting hasn't closed yet, I was expecting it to close at the end of the month so then I could do an interview and get started around June time. But they emailed me the following day asking what hours I was interested in and then I was invited for an interview the following day, like 2.5 weeks early! I'm feeling optimistic, I think I have good experience and relevant knowledge/skills for the job, in conjunction with my degree. 

I've also been looking at graduation ceremonies (goal #2) and one opens up for booking in July for a November date. However, I believe I asked before that there's more that become available when you graduate but I'm not sure. It would be good if I could go to one in my home city and within a few months of graduating but we'll have to see what happens with that. I should focus more on my final assignments first!

I'm still kind of managing to stick to goal #7 of doing my hobbies in between uni work. I've done a fair amount this weekend, I usually give myself like an hour or two to do something I like before going to bed. Hopefully I can crack on with more assignment work tomorrow after work.

Tuesday 19th April

Things have been kind of rough at home recently, so I've been struggling to get much motivation to do anything. I have about 7 days left to do my assignment, which is about 80% complete I would say but I've got the hardest part still left to finish which is the discussion and I just can't get my head around it. The introduction is just sections from my literature review thrown together at this point. I'm not feeling very proud of my project at the moment, but I'm hoping to redeem myself in the final two essays.

I'm feeling tired and worn out and I'm looking forward to the freedom of no deadlines tbh, which is probably why I'm steering more towards my hobbies atm.

I have been spending more time on my 'business' and sorting out my social medias; I set up a Ko-Fi shop which I originally was going to delete. I have set up a pay what you want shop on there with commission information and membership tiers, not that I have much of a following for that but hey ho. I've also reinstated my fiverr just to increase side income but I don't know how successful that will turn out, but I think it's just something different to do and a bit of fun. I think it's nice to essentially be your own boss.

My creative side is really squeezing itself out of me and keeps distracting me from what work I should be doing!

Sunday 6th March

Yesterday I had some pampering done at a salon and I'm having more pampering next Saturday. I did some more of my big outstanding cross stitch project (goal #6) and earlier in the week I did a little organisation of my business spreadsheets (goal #7).

I began reading a new book (goal #9) a couple of days ago and I'm almost at chapter 5. 

But for goal #1, I have been working on my fourth assignment and I'm about 2/3 done with that! I'm planning to do some more later today after a rest. It's due at the end of this month but I want to submit it earlier so I can get to work on my experiment project write up which I think is going to be a headache to do. Not long now!

Monday 28th February

It has been a good week!

Yesterday I completed an embroidery piece I have been working on for a while! (goal #6) It's always nice to finish a creative project so I can then move onto the next one. I'm hoping to continue with an original design of mine that I started a while ago, using left over threads from the kit I just finished. It's a design I hope to share on my Etsy in future (goal #7). 

I did some reading (goal #9) last night too, I've got about 20 pages left of my big Brian Cox science book!

And for goal #1, I have been working hard collecting more participants for my experiment. I'm at a fairly decent number. I also began working on my next assignment so I don't fall behind and then I can get working on my final project report. It feels so strange that I only have a few more deadlines until I graduate!