I don’t think I will ever dust off this blog, but think I might want to start a new one. Anyway, the first week at my new job is over and it was quite intense. I thought my internship taught me a lot about communication, but after 3 days and 20 hours of work I already feel like I learnt more than working full-time for 3 months. And that’s great! I love my working environment and my co-worker is as dedicated to keeping things structured and organised like I am. She seems to be a bit of introvert, but very focussed - so basically like me, except I doubt I’m much of an introvert. Given how I spent 5 hours with a guy yesterday... We took a walk, had a drink (water for me) at a Späti, sat there a bit and talked, then climbed onto a rooftop and wrapped things up on my balcony. Such a perfect summer day. It made me feel a bit uncomfortable though that I afterwards I wish I would have spent the day like this with one of my actual “friends” who I talk to online a lot and barely ever meet. Ugh.
So, working again feels great. Who would’ve ever thought that work would be so important for me? I didn’t. And now I know what branch I want to dive in after I got my degree... Communication it is, like really. My other co-workers are pretty nice. One of them studied the same as me, so we had the same Swedish teachers and immediately had something to talk about on the walk we took after lunch. Another one is basically a neighbor of mine. The rest is currently “just there” for me, but I’ll get to know them all on the team retreat we’ll do on Tuesday and Wednesday. Actually, I’m not too keen on that, but I’ll try to endure it. I’m always afraid of these things because I’ve met too many people who dislike my anti-alcohol policy and how I’m vegan and confront me with stupid prejudices. But this is not going to happen, right? I just hope we’ll each have our own room.
When it comes to my degree, well, I’m currently writing the exposé of my BA thesis and got the content laid out. The only thing I worry about is length because 40 pages seem like way too much. But I guess I should take this as an opportunity to go more into detail compared to my papers. Some of my fellow students suggested meeting up in the library to have writing sessions together and make sure we’re all productive. It’s probably another good idea. I’m really happy that I met some new people in my last course at uni. Hope I can stay connected to those girls. So if all goes well, I’ll hand in my thesis in September, finish my BA with a 1,4 and start a MA in Gender Studies in October. I really don’t plan to finish that one though and just want to keep on working and get experiences, so I can apply to a full-time job next year and actually got the much needed experience for such a position.
I also had a networking place at my old internship place and they were lovely as usual. Feels great to always be welcome there and who knows, maybe I’ll end up there again.
Overall I’m pretty happy at the moment. The happiest I’ve been since 2015 to be honest. I just wish I had a deeper bond with somebody in Berlin, but I just can’t seem to find anyone. But that’s the way it is, and that’s fine too. I could afford a cat now btw...
