This second week of senior project, I had a lot more writing to do than the first week, as well as beginning my essay and final slides, and non-project things on my plate as well. Through all of this, I learned how to budget and evenly distribute my time while still getting things done and getting my hours in. I definitely struggled at first with just sitting and writing, because I get distracted very easily, but I eventually was able to hunker down and focus. I also struggled to work on days I had other commitments or appointments, but since that was a few days this week I pretty quickly realized I didn’t have a choice and I had to put the work in. While I did struggle with my focus levels this week, I did enjoy what I was doing. I felt super productive and like a real journalist which was really cool. I also got to conduct a pretty lengthy interview on Tuesday, and I really enjoyed my time with them. They were super friendly people and I had such great conversations with them. Honestly, everything this week occurred as I expected it to. I knew from past experiences that I get easily distracted when writing, but I also knew how much I enjoyed writing and creating slideshows. With a minor in English at SLU next year, I’m definitely going to be doing a lot of writing, so it's good to learn how to manage my focus levels before I start that. Also learning how to get work done while balancing other mandatory things is going to be very important in college and I tapped into that this week. My interview this week really helped me to achieve my project goal of getting to know the people of Falmouth. The interview was with people that had worked in Falmouth since 1958 and lived there since 1980 so they’ve seen a lot there. They had a lot of valuable information and life stories for me which I really appreciated. (i couldn't get this to paste double space but it was a page on docs)
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