Rachel's job log: 36
Rachel Killington is a freelance web worker at her local radio station as well as taking any opportunities to get on air. Into the wild Another week, another blog, and I’ve still got a job! Hooray!
This year so far has been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster, in more ways than one. I constantly feel as if I’m living on borrowed time work wise, but that’s the nature of freelancing I guess, and it certainly keeps you on your toes! The end of March saw me make my way across the country on my own to Bristol. It was something I’ve never done before, and probably wouldn’t have achieved so easily had it not been for the kindly man that carried my (enormous) case and helped me get to Paddington. I was seconded to GWR Bristol for a week to help out with a competition called ‘Bush and Troy Almighty’. The GWR web editor was fairly new, and since I had been managing the Bristol site before him, it made sense for me to help out. The week was a whirlwind of craziness, and the office a hive of activity. The competition put listeners and the breakfast presenters Bush and Troy in charge of one person’s life for three weeks. If that person completed each challenge, they walked away with £10,000. Each day saw new (and more extreme) challenges for Kristy ‘The Chosen One’ - she went to work in a tank, had to look after a snake, even had her head shaved - and all in the first week of the competition! It was a real eye-opener and I learnt a great deal, both professionally and personally, and I was sad to leave. Plans and dreamsI still have a job for the moment, but in the future, who knows? My boss Neil has said that there are permanent positions in Leicester Square (which I am interested in), but if I’m honest I’ve only just got used to living on my own and I’m not really ready for any more upheaval in my life just yet. In six months’ time that may be different, but for now I have no desire to be off to London, just me and my cat (Poppy below), Dick Whittington style!  One very valuable lesson I’ve learned in life is that it is far too short, and you really have to live for the moment. The past is history, the future a mystery, but today is the real present. And at the moment I’m getting a little bit of ‘itchy feet’. Three of my best friends are away travelling across the world together. They seem to be having an amazing time, and I must admit, travelling is something I’ve often thought about but never put into action. I’m not sure whether I’d be able to live out of a rucksack for weeks on end (after taking half my flat with me to Bristol!), but part of me feels as if I’m missing out on some amazing life experiences. My personal life isn’t great and I’d really love to get away and have a bit of ‘me’ time, but I’m not really sure how that would leave me workwise, so at the moment it’s just something to dream about, and maybe plan in the future?
So on the work front at the moment everything is fine, and I guess that’s all that I can ask for. I’m off to London for an editors meeting this week, and I’m hoping I can make new contacts there, which I’m sure will be of use to me in the future. Job wise I still love what I do, and I’m determined to do my best. See Rachel's previous job logs:
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