Week 3: What a week

Dinner Falls Herberton

Good Morning, Afternoon or whatever time you are reading this. What a week was week 3, I thought week two was stressful. Week 3 was the week for decisions and the week that made me question everything haha. I had to drop from 3 subjects to 2 subjects due to the workload and work and my sanity. This time of year is stressful then pile on uni, work and the process we are going through at the moment building a house and I thought I was going to lose all my hair.

I was looking forward to nailing all three subjects; however, with only 3 hrs a night to study, I was overwhelmed and piled under by just the readings. The reading of the annual report was time-consuming, and finding KCQ's was hard, but by the end of the week, I had a draft ready. My draft was terrible, and I mean it sucked but I needed some feedback, so I thought what the heck. I then went through and read 4 people's Drafts and found that it taught me so much about the layout of KCQ's because I was required to analyse other peoples KCQ's.

Filling out the financial statements was straightforward and easy to accomplish. My company 'VBG Group' have kept the same layout for their Financial Statements, and they became easy to read after the 1st one. Trying to figure out equations in excel was a pain, however, once I had watched a couple of YouTube videos, I became proficient. The main issue I had was that I was unable to copy and paste from my document, so I set to typing everything out, unlike Maria's demonstration.

My mental break came on Thursday afternoon after work trying to get a decent draft out, and my decision to drop the subject was one that I didn't want to do. I had just finished a long day at work, and I had received an email from one of my other subjects informing about some assessments. All I could do is just lay down and relax, I needed to read books, finish my draft and complete an assessment, and I just lost all motivation. My partner decided just to cook up some fantastic dinner and give me a massage, so I was relaxed after that. Still, I didn't do anything that night I needed a day off from study. It was the next day when I decided that the amount of time I could dedicate to myself was negligible. I had to think about the next 8 weeks and my sanity throughout that time, and it was apparent after I thought about it, I had to drop the subject.

We took Saturday off, and we went to Ravenshoe shooting range for my partner to shoot some guns for the first time. It had been a long time for me since I shot a gun and she had never shot a gun so I talked to dad and we went to the range. The day was a great day full of laughs and food, along with my nephews birthday. We pulled up at dads, and he had gotten some massive steaks out for us so of course, we had to stay for a family BBQ, something I haven't had for like 2 years.

Thank you for reading my rambles, I hope that you have come to a decision about uni by now and whether you are ready for the coming weeks. Enjoy yourself and remember if you are stressing out you need to have some time to yourself.