Today is November 17 2011.
It has been four months since I wrote a piece on this site. Four months of perhaps not thinking about what would be appropriate, what would 'suffice', what would keep people interested as such. Forgetting also doesn't help.
But it's here now, so do enjoy :).
On November 15 2010 I started what I deem to be the biggest step in my soon-to-be 23-year-old life. A move from education into employment, an opportunity to engage in a professional environment, a chance to see whether I would sink or swim in the recreational waters of the journalism industry.
A year has since passed, and with it some soul-searching and heart-pounding moments of pride, honour, anxiety, doubt, the list goes on.
But the experience gained in that year - well, I reckon anyway - has helped me become someone who isn't afraid to ask significant questions, to network, to criticise and praise, to discover and to appreciate sport.
Cliches have come and gone. The game of two halves that involved being able to turn 'it' around and come away with the 'result' is now a distant memory.
The thrill of the job is still there, I enjoy what I do, but often it gets lost in the monotony of other parts in the job. Data entry, another press release, more unneccessarily long events to attend.
Still, it has been a great journey and easily the best 367 days of my life in terms of growth and development.
I still see my friends from university from time to time, it's great, they're loking slightly hairier than usual (Movember of course) but aside from that small aspect the banter continues to flow.
New friends made, some old friends fade, life is going well so far. Onwards and upwards as our Australian boss Chris would say.
Onwards and upwards indeed, Chris.
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