Tis the season to be Jolly... Fa la la la la,la la la la.
We may have just survived...
What can definitely be put down as the most RIDICULOUS semester to dates finally coming to an end.
Ok so really speaking we still have some most wonderful of clinical science modules to complete and the small matter of exams, but prac is Done! Which means for the time being blogs can be packed away, now thats not to say I won't blog at all until the next time I am forced... I have grown quite fond of the “Tumblr Trophies” one acquires on achieving certain milestones, but it will allow for a period of a bit of “freedom” of choice. I’ve spoken many times of the rather “interesting” relationship I have with my blog, and though I do think this relationship has grown to be rather better than worse. (although I maybe be completely off point and deluded on this too) It is still very much a love-hate relationship.
So in wrapping up I'm gonna dabble around all things psych, semesters, strikes and what I have picked up along the way.
MY TOP TIPS TO COPE WITH THE BLOGGING JOURNEY:
Write little notes throughout the week. This makes Thursday/Fridays mad scramble slightly easier.
Look ahead at what is to come. When you have a blogging schedule you get the fortune of being able to look at what topics need time to prepare, such as reading or movie watching. These can be done wee before the time to make life a little less hectic when the semester starts hitting the busy points.
Invest in a Bestie who will, get excited and support your blogging journey by creating the most ridiculous list of words... such as modulation... and cool quotes and sayings for you to work into your blogs each week, even if they have nothing to do with the topic!
If all else fails become “a famous” and pay an IT specialist to manage your ever growing social media accounts!
Craze, silly, stupid, wild... do with them what you must.
This years fees must fall protests really took their toll. not only in the obvious damage to property, disruption of lectures and far too many students, police and private security getting injured. A less obvious loss was experienced by our service users due to our absence. One day this all this came together. We arrived in the morning for prac and the first thing my client said to me was, ”Where have you been? I really missed our sessions!” During fieldwork we are dealing with real people, not that different to you and me, and they intrust us with their lives and their stories. They rely on us.
It is upsetting our treatment was caught up in this tumultuous time.
All in all Psych block was great, I loved and was challenged by my time spent at the substance abuse centre.
But today I can truly say I'm very pleased to be done.
Somedays it feels like you get to take two steps forward for every one step back. You can see and feel the growth. Whilst other days like today you realise everything can be the opposite of everything, perhaps the growth was simply an illusion and all this time it was really one step forward for every two back, but that’s how it is when you are fighting subjectivity.
It is what it is... Average... That’s all.
I leave you with this quote that was particularly applicable for far too many points of this semester...
“Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have” (Rowling & GrandPré, 2003).
C