With the eventual conclusion of my GCSE exams, and with a genuine lack of things to do and excuses to hide behind for not writing on my blog, I figured I should write something, so I shall update any readers of this blog on what’s happening at the moment in regards to college, jobs and personal projects.

Boredom is a strong motivator.

 

Currently I’m somewhat in limbo as to what my future may hold. I have a wait of a whole three months for my exam results, which are largely the deciding factor as to whether I can study a course I want to at college.

In regards to College I am a little irritated to announce that due to government educational spending cuts, the course I had first wanted to do has been cancelled – that being the BTEC Level 3 Creative Media course. To atone this, I have hunted around and found a course called ‘Pathway to Journalism’, which is a combination of an AS/A2 Level in English Language; a BTEC Extended Certificate in Print Production; along with a temporary work placement. The more I think about it, the more enticing this course sounds compared to the Media one anyway.

Of course there is a catch: because I haven’t applied during the specified grace period, I may not be guaranteed a place on the course, in which case I’m screwed. Additionally I will be required to have a B in English, which I know I’m capable of achieving. In fact I know I’m capable of getting an A or A*. No matter how much I say that to my self though, I’m growing concerned about the likelyhood of that after my abysmal performance in the exams. Fingers crossed I guess!

Job-wise, I have had not one reply from any of the businesses I applied to and enquired about. I have to be honest, I’m a little surprised and disheartened by that fact. I mean, not even the courtesy to acknowledge receipt of my emails. Why? It’s not hard to take a minute out of your day to say “Thank you for your email.” Is it? Oh well. Hopefully I’ll get the job at Caffe Nero, but that’s looking dire too.

Getting stuck into something more interesting, I have two websites in the works – TutShelf, which is a web and graphic design tutorial website, will be being resurrected from the dead; and a redesign of ALittleMixedUp, a joint music blog venture between Calvin Guevara and myself, which is seemingly dormant. However, that being said, given my almost humourous affinity to being lazy and procrastinatory I may be shooting off my mouth with talk of these two sites coming back…

Out of the blue, I have an honest question to readers: How do you prevent yourself slipping into a habit of procrastinating?

I’m curious, because I clearly fail at preventing it myself, but yet everyone around me seems so bloody productive! Anyway thanks for reading. Goodbye!