Howdy folks 🤠 how was your day? I hope it isn't as stressful as mine. Today was a hectic day for me and that's because I have finally started writing my field practical training report, which I have been postponing for over 3 weeks.
The whole reason why I stayed back in the university even though it's on strike is so I can focus on my report (or at least that's what I told myself) but instead I have been avoiding the report for several weeks, and kept distracting myself with other activities.
I got woken up in the morning by a call from one of my friends and immediately I saw who was calling, I knew exactly what she wants to say. I picked up the call and she reminded me that she will be coming over today so we can start the report, and I reluctantly agreed.
After reading a few articles and playing a bit with my phone, I concentrated on the work which I was doing the previous night and it was a logo design for a friend. I just had to add some finishing touches and before long, I was done with it 😁 I have missed graphics design, it can be really stressful and frustrating sometimes but it's also fun.
My friend called after a while and she asked for directions to my house, "that was fast", I said to myself and I took a quick glance at my room; it was messy! I quickly rushed and put my room in order before she arrives, I usually lose track of time anytime I am designing and didn't notice it was already afternoon, I haven't even had breakfast!
After a few minutes, she arrived but went over to my friend's apartment that is opposite mine to surprise her. I took that opportunity to quickly work on my girlfriend's logo which has been sitting on my PC for some days now, and I finished it before my friend returned.
It looks like it's finally time to face the demon I have been avoiding; my field practical training report. I took the report of one of my predecessors who have gone through the same training as a guide and sample document, but we are not expected to copy it. The sample document is about 90 pages, and I guess that's what has been discouraging me to start writing it.
I opened up Microsoft word on my laptop and I was just staring at it and wondering how I should start. Finally, I typed the first page which is just the cover, I even had to copy and paste it because it doesn't have to be different from the previous class report. After that, I typed the certification page which is just a few lines.
Trouble started when I got to the dedication and acknowledgment page, I was just staring at the sample document and wondering how I am supposed to come up with dedication and acknowledgment that is similar to that but also different.
I had up to 3 sample documents with me and I opened up their dedication and acknowledgment pages as I try to pick a thing or two from them to form mine. I quickly got done with the dedication and I moved on to the acknowledgment, which took more time than I thought because it's much longer than the dedication.
My visitor wasn't helping my case as she just kept distracting me and I was taking unnecessary breaks. At one point I had to ask her if she isn't going to start typing her report and she said she is already done with all the parts I was struggling with and she was about to start chapter one. I stared at her in disbelief, she was done with the first few pages and she decided to distract me while I am struggling with mine.
I moved on to the abstract page and started working on that. It wasn't so hard since it's basically the same thing but it should be written in my style (it's just like when your friend tells you to copy their assignment but change the wordings so the teacher won't know you copied 😆).
I looked at the time and it was already 6pm, I started typing around 2pm which means I have used over 4 hours to type just 5 pages 🤦 and it's remaining over 90 pages 😩, I haven't even gotten to the main part. At that point, I took a break because my head was already banging.
I looked at my friend and told her my honest opinion; "at this rate, it's going to take us over 2 months to finish this report". The major problem we are going to have is doing research online for the different chapters we will be writing on. But the good thing is that I have already started, and I thanked my friend for motivating me to start because I could have still postponed it again if it were up to me 😆.
I have decided to just pause the report writing for now and resume tomorrow (I think) because I have something else to do tonight. Aside from the logo design I made for my friend, I am also going to be designing labels for her products (bleach, liquid soap, disinfectants) as well as a flyer to help promote her business. It's going to be a very stressful night 😩
Thanks for reading 💖💖💖
Friday April 8, 2022
Writing a report/research is very challenging yet fulfilling when you're done with it . It maybe hard to start at first, but as you begin, it all worth it un the end. God bless you.