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how's your week going, Beehaw (beehaw.org)

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after a busy last week things have calmed down significantly; about to finish a 900 page book in three days, which is quite an accomplishment

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[–] primscha@beehaw.org 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Long update ._.

I got the internship offer! ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧ One step towards my dream career! I haven't processed it yet. I haven't processed any festive vibes, either.

I blame this lack of processing on the semester being a train wreck. Last school year was like a bus hit me. This year...train.

Drama! ಥ_ಥ Burnout! ( ꒦ິ◡꒦ີ) Homework hell! ತ_ತ Long class hours! (☍◡⁰) No money or work! ¯_(ツ)_/¯

As always, whenever I reminisce on my growth (pains), there's a heavy amount of regret and gratitude for those grueling moments. I can't believe this period of my life is almost over. And now I'm moving on to the next phase of my life, building my career.

It's funny... A few years back, I would never have thought I'd make it this far. I didn't think I had a future. I couldn't imagine one. And yet I made a choice to go to uni— and everything slowly but surely began to change in my life for the better. Just because I kept... trying to make better choices for myself once I found a safer environment to be in.

I mean it was hard. Becoming a board officer for a volunteering club, getting into my program, reviving another club and becoming president, working when I could, finding my own projects outside of the program to work on... In these moments where I often felt like I was dying, it looks like I was actually living lol. Does that make sense?

(Anyways, enough with the sentimental stuff. Though it's warm and fuzzy.)

My winter break doesn't seem like much of a break, so I'm somewhat concerned.

the student union implemented a new funding process in which all clubs need to know their funding needs throughout the entirety of next semester. They told us this just a few days ago. Do they seriously expect us to plan out each event and to properly predict things far in advance? And during school break? Honestly, they probably spent all their funding this semester .-. but this...is not a smart solution.
I'll be studying html/css for my internship as a just in case. It's a very interdisciplinary job (which I love ⌯’▾’⌯). But it's mainly about using Figma and prototyping.
gotta catch up on my Figma learning and practice making UI components!
need to work with a developer on a website redesign for a nonprofit!
will be working on an MFA full res and low res ad campaign.

But... There should be room to have fun in all that, right? ( ᵒ ᵕ ᵒ ) I wanna hang out with a friend and good god I need a break.

[–] rozwud@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do they need you to know exactly how you're going to spend your money or just a prediction? When I was in school, student orgs had to apply for their funding every year based on what they spent the previous year and their predicted budget for the following year, but there was wiggle room for spending as long it was kept within certain budget categories, etc. It's pretty shitty that was sprung on you last minute though.

[–] primscha@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

We got another email clarifying the situation, and they state to submit "anticipated funding requests." I'm just skeptical because I know the student union can be messy, and my club is fairly new. I'm sure it'll be fine, it's just... pretty abrupt. I also just feel pretty tuckered out, so I'm complaining. (ᵒ ᵕ ᵒ٥)ゞ

Turns out they did spend all their money from this semester. ._. I can't exactly blame them on that though. I've heard there have been more budget cuts.