Kirstie's job log: 14
Kirstie Nicols has a sales job but in 2008 it could all change. New beginnings Happy New Year to everyone!! Three days in and I’ve already managed to break one of my resolutions; I promised myself I wouldn’t leave my blogs to the last minute, and here I am…
I haven’t really got up to much work-wise over the past few weeks, apart from the obligatory Christmas do where everyone makes a fool of themselves. The company put us all up in a hotel for the night, and had a dinner followed by speeches and a disco. I blame the fact that there was a cocktail bar and drinks were free all night for my embarrassing behaviour; including planting a kiss on the top of my (bald) boss's head. Luckily I wasn’t the only one to embarrass themselves; it seems that a good night was had by all and there is now plenty of material to keep the office rumour mill going for a good few months. I did manage to persuade my local newspaper to let me come in again for a couple of days over the holiday and help out, though they were so busy trying to cover ‘Christmasy’ stories I spent a lot of time making the tea and not much time doing anything I thought was helpful. A few people recognised me from the last time I was in, so I guess at least I’m showing willing! I did get to go out with a reporter to interview a lady for a story on supporting local charities over Christmas which was fun. The reporter I followed was friendly and talkative, and very supportive about my journalism ambition. She told me to just keep bugging the newspaper for work experience and eventually they’ll have to acknowledge me. So that’s another New Year's resolution I can make! Sweet homeThe big news is that I have finally moved out, and into a lovely house with all my friends. It still feels a bit odd and doesn’t feel like it’s my home yet; I have already managed to walk into a friend’s bedroom in the middle of the night thinking it was the bathroom, but it won’t take long once the bills start coming in. There are still plenty of boxes to be unpacked, but we’ve managed to sort out the TV and microwave so we’ll survive for a while. We still haven’t got over the novelty of living together, and so far there haven’t been any major arguments (although I think the first one is likely to be over bathroom etiquette), so at the moment everything’s going well, and moving out seems like it was a good idea… I’m one of those people who like the idea of the New Year being a fresh start, a time for making fresh resolutions and forgetting about the ones you didn’t manage to achieve the year before. Last years ‘eat less chocolate, drink less alcohol’ wasn’t realistic and didn’t last very long, so this year most of my resolutions are focused around work. I’ve decided I’ve got to make much more of an effort to get work experience and get writing for publications. Until I’m offered a position writing for ‘Hello’ or ‘The Times’, I also want to try and get a job that I don’t mind doing for a while (and obviously pays loads of money). So now we’ll see how long I can stick to these resolutions! Read Kirstie's previous blogs
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