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sooo update on interview number 2 - it was actually a super lovely interview!!

there was only 4 questions which i was glad about as my brain is tired lol - they asked about what experience i have in this area, what are common issues young people face, what would i do if someone disclosed being abused & how to develop and maintain professional relationships - all such lovely questions to answer yay

ok update it really wasn’t THAT bad lol

i feel like it went semi ok? not amazing but also not awful? she said that those who are successful will find out on friday afternoon via a phone call so that works perfect in terms of my notice period being 1 week as long as i hand my notice in by monday but she asked about my notice too (i’ve never been asked this for an interview before haha) so i said on or before monday, 1 week then anything after, 1 month.

i’m now going to drive home, mentally preparing myself for college work then at around 3pm start preparing for my other interview which is at 4:30pm (grateful it’s over teams)

proud of myself for actually going because i literally text my employment support officer with “i can’t do this i might drive home again” moments before haha

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i am SO nearly finished this year of college (yay!!!!) but the amount of work i still have left is actually making me want to cry rn lol

i think it’s kinda crazy where im at with college giving the fact i have said quite literally every single day this year so far “im gonna drop out” haha, ive basically made it to the end though - wednesday is officially our last class then we get final grades for term 2 units after assessment board which is early june (scary).

my college has made it rather difficult to say the least for me this year with just effectively taking 8 months to mess me about with the support from inclusive learning team, so i’m actually quite proud of myself for managing to this year - looking at my grades is like such a wow moment?

as much as i’ve said alllllll year long about dropping out, it’s the college i hate, not the course. i very much so DO want to complete the course so as a solution i am going to be going to a new college from september to be able to complete year 2, and so far they’ve already gave much better vibes and seemed waaay more supportive!!

next year i wont be as successful with grades as unit 3 is anatomy, this gal just about knows the head, shoulders, knees and toes song so she’s a little screwed on the more on depth details haha but knowing that ive very nearly made it through year 1 with so much going on in my own life, working 2 jobs, college being unsupportive, missing several classes due to appointments, sitting exams when i was really not well, volunteering etc, well i think thats crazy?!! im just so glad that i wont be returning there for second year, but i will really miss a few people such as one wellbeing officer (she is an absolute queen), one of the librarians (she turned crying into laughing without fail) and one of the ones that taught me (again, another absolute queen)! so i’m sad about that:(

although i finish on wednesday technically, i am going to still go to college and go to the library just and work on my unit 3 revision notes as my college begin teaching unit 3 in year 1 even though it’s a year 2 exam whereas the other college begin teaching in year 2, so at least ill know a little bit about anatomy then? haha so ill get to see the ones i’ll miss for a little longer yay

this is very random and all jumbled up i feel like but i just wanted to say it i guess? like go me, i done that? wow!!!

thank you for reading

So I know a few of you have probably heard me talk about me applying for jobs and apprenticeships too and sometimes having been quite unsuccessful in securing them to the point i nearly almost gave up trying buthad a good long talk with myself not to. I wanted to update you all on my journey and I have got some good news. Well its two bits of good news actually.

So the first good news is that as some of you are aware I applied to do an internship with a local company in my area that are disability confident and run a programme aimed for neurodivergent adults to help them get into full time employment. I recently had to go to their assessment day to complete some tasks and I was told in the afternoon I'd have a phone call from the tutor running the internship. To be honest I was quite nervous a bit because I normally end up getting to the interview stage and they I get the usual "thank for applying but you didn't get it" type of response all the time. However the phone call came quickly and I was told I got offered a place. The course starts in September and I will be doing various placements in different departments such as marketing, customer service, IT support etc. I'm so so excited to start this new journey in September and I cannot wait. Eventhough this is a very different route for me it will aid me in my employment search for now, until I can find something more stable and up my street in the TV and film industry (I know I talk about how important the media industry is to me and this really where I want to work).

So my second piece of good news is that a long long time ago back in the year 2019 (before I was an adult actually 😂) I used to volunteer in my local British heart foundation charity shop in my town. But then the pandemic hit and I couldn't work there as they wanted paid staff there not the voluntary staff. However, I noticed that they were looking for more volunteers recently and I applied once again to volunteer with them. My old supervisor is now the new manager and she was very happy to have me back working there. I am currently working there on Saturdays doing the morning shift instead of the usual afternoon shift I did which could get quite quite busy. It's been so great so far and I have even had a go steaming clothes 🤯 (the steamer does look a bit intimidating at first but once I handled it right I got the knack of it)

Honestly it's so mad to think somehow things are slowly looking back up for me again as I originally thought I would still be struggling to find something I love. Also my volunteering role I might be doing in my local library is still pending at the moment due to them being busy. But hopefully I can volunteer there as well to increase my skills. I'm also on a gaming course in my library on Fridays where I make a board game from scratch and I have to game test it too to see if it works. I have got a few ideas....involving tanks and my love of cats 😂.