As you might have read in my last post my course materials for DD101 arrived a few weeks ago to much excitement and enthusiasm. The box was opened, an extortionate amount of money was spent on shiny new stationary and that was pretty much it if I'm being totally honest. I'm not sure how none else starting out feels and I can only peak for myself obviously but I seem to be looking at such an endless expanse of work that I can't even figure out what I need to do and how on earth I'm going to do it! Now before anyone points this out I am aware of the study plans, I'm aware of the organisors available online and I'm completely aware of how well structured the OU course material is and yet still..... Nothing.
Unfortunately for my motivation the arrival of my course materials was almost exactly 2 weeks before my change of job which is never a straightforward and stress free process at the best of times. Fortunately I am just moving to a different department in the same company but this does still mean not only relearning a whole new job role and set of products but also 3 weeks of working (supposedly perfect but actually incredible inconvenient) 9-5 shifts which means I'm being robbed of all those lovely free mornings I usually have to do work in when Little Miss is off to school. Like I said as well; it may not be rocket science (it's actually selling car insurance which I think may be the literal opposite) but trying to drum all my new work information into my head at the same time as starting my course is not making getting a decent amount of study time a week any easier.
All of this along with trying to decorate our house again ready to sell and move on as well as training for my half marathon later in the year are all meaning a severe lack of anything resembling breathing space at the minute.
I do solemnly promise to try and make this my last massively wingey post, I know it's early days but I'm going to stick with the theory that this is all my bad wingeing getting out the way early so I can stay calm and motivate for the rest of the year.
Maybe.
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