2008.
Well, I suppose I don't really have an awful lot to say about 2008, to be honest. Not much I can go into much detail about anyway.
I suppose, personally, it was a year of discovery and realisation. I mean, working at Dukeries had opened my eyes to a social dynamic in the workplace and that office work really isn't for me XD I suppose that can count as some preparation for what other workplaces might be like.
I also got to realise some limits about myself. My patience with people, for one thing, was challenged quite a bit at some points during last year, I realise. Though it really wasn't all that fun, I suppose I did gain something from it all in the end. Whatever doesn't kill you, and all that. I think it would take an awful lot more than that to "kill" me, so to speak. I'm just stubborn like that, I guess XD
Managing to discover an aim for myself after uni was also a significant event (at least in my meagre and uninteresting life XD) of 2008. Medical sciences is a field that will never stagnate (because, hello, science), and there'll always be a number of interesting developments going on which could affect the work we do. My family aren't convinced but what do they know? It's not a job that I will grow to hate after doing it for a few years because it's always changing and progressing (this is what science does, y'know). I really wouldn't mind working in that kind of field for the rest of my life, y'know? Now if only I could just get my ass in gear and sort out the shit that I need to sort out >_>
Direction means a lot to me, I guess. I like to feel that I have something to work towards (even if I might be working towards it as much as I ought to be). Otherwise everything just feels stagnant. I must admit that in the early months of 2008 I did fear that things were beginning to stagnate. So I suppose it was a good thing I got out of Dukeries so I could actually go and do something about it.
So now we're in 2009, and I shouldn't dwell on 2008 much anymore. New year, new beginnings and all that. Hopefully this will be a decent year too =)
I suppose, personally, it was a year of discovery and realisation. I mean, working at Dukeries had opened my eyes to a social dynamic in the workplace and that office work really isn't for me XD I suppose that can count as some preparation for what other workplaces might be like.
I also got to realise some limits about myself. My patience with people, for one thing, was challenged quite a bit at some points during last year, I realise. Though it really wasn't all that fun, I suppose I did gain something from it all in the end. Whatever doesn't kill you, and all that. I think it would take an awful lot more than that to "kill" me, so to speak. I'm just stubborn like that, I guess XD
Managing to discover an aim for myself after uni was also a significant event (at least in my meagre and uninteresting life XD) of 2008. Medical sciences is a field that will never stagnate (because, hello, science), and there'll always be a number of interesting developments going on which could affect the work we do. My family aren't convinced but what do they know? It's not a job that I will grow to hate after doing it for a few years because it's always changing and progressing (this is what science does, y'know). I really wouldn't mind working in that kind of field for the rest of my life, y'know? Now if only I could just get my ass in gear and sort out the shit that I need to sort out >_>
Direction means a lot to me, I guess. I like to feel that I have something to work towards (even if I might be working towards it as much as I ought to be). Otherwise everything just feels stagnant. I must admit that in the early months of 2008 I did fear that things were beginning to stagnate. So I suppose it was a good thing I got out of Dukeries so I could actually go and do something about it.
So now we're in 2009, and I shouldn't dwell on 2008 much anymore. New year, new beginnings and all that. Hopefully this will be a decent year too =)