So it's been a while since I have updated on here, and I have a few minutes so here we go:
This semester is going to be one of the better ones I've had at UNT. I am enjoying almost every single one of my classes, and I feel like I'm actually learning something in each one...even math! Who woulda thunk?
Anyhow, the class I'm loving the most is my intro the media writing class. It only meets on Mondays and Wednesdays, but I am learning so much. My professor is incredibly intimidating, and she challenges us all to make the class a priority and do nothing less than the best we can. I know it's only a core class for the major, but then I stopped and thought about it. I came to conclusion that this class may be the most important one I take for this field because it is laying the foundation and teaching the principles I will use for the rest of my journalism career (scholastic as well as out in the actual field).
I really don't know where I see myself in the journalism field. I would love to work for a newspaper. One of the main things I'm learning right now is that all venues of media are merging together, so I may end up working for a plethora of different media outlets. Who knows? Who's worrying? Not me! I'm just having fun right now.
My photography is going very well. I just did my first couple shoot this week and it went over splendidly! I have a couple senior sessions in the scheduling process right now, and overall, I've been having a fantastic time doing the whole thing.
A few weeks ago I bought the Ten-Minute-Trainer exercise program. The program is done by Beach Body and it's basically P90X for people who don't have an hour and a half everyday to devote to exercise. Every workout is just ten minutes and you can do up to three workouts a day. I started a couple days ago and I really had no idea that just ten minutes of intense workout could make me so sore. I love it! :) The program lasts a month and I'm very excited to see how well it works. I'm also coupling the program with eating healthier. Maybe (maybe maybe) if my results are good (which I'm pretty sure they will be), I'll post my before and after pictures. MAYBE.
I'm writing still. Last time I wrote on the blog, I talked about this idea that I had been cooking up for a while. I'm still working on it, as well as other projects. With the recent changes I've made to my major, I've felt a lot less pressured to get a project finished. I still want to write creative fiction and hopefully get it published, but now that I have a better handle on what field I want to work in I don't feel like a failure if I don't finish something as quickly as I had planned. I'm working on three projects: the one I talked about last time, a new idea, and a very very old idea that I started writing when I was 15. They're all going well.
I absolutely love studying journalism. I'm so excited to see where it will go. But I was talking to a new friend the other day and we were discussing our majors. My friend talked about what he saw himself doing in his major and wanted to know about me. I was telling him everything about the field I'm studying and about how I didn't know where I would end up. As I was telling him where I wanted to end up, I found myself subconsciously thinking that a career is not where I ultimately see myself.
I see myself married and a mother. I realize that most people hear a young woman say something like that and think she isn't smart because she should make something of herself or whatever. But I believe that God has someone out there for me. Maybe I'll have a career first, maybe I won't. It doesn't matter to me. My life will be an adventure no matter what happens. The way I see it, I'm following greatest storyteller in the whole world. He's written my story already, all I've got to do is seek out His will and my life will be an adventure.
Well, it's been lovely catching up. I feel like I say this every time, but sorry for being so inconsistent! Thanks for reading. :)
M
