Wednesday

 I must admit it is not my favourite day of the week

I'm sure that it is not a favourite day for alot of people too.

I'm just finding in general Wednesday's to be a full on day, alot to learn, not enough time and then I tent to have lots of homework.

The afternoon seems to just drag on forever, maybe it's because I don't really enjoy the class

 Write Simple Doc's.

Alot of writing,

 I suppose you get so used to working on a computer these days, and to pick up a pen for long periods of time can really hurt your hand, I use alot of white out and erasers.

The other thing I don't like about that class is the spelling and theusaurus tests. 

My other classes are moving along quite smoothly, I'm ahead in  Design and Produce text Doc's( I really enjoy this class as I feel like I have learnt alot. and  I'm getting the hang of MYOB, 

I've just finished and printed out assessment1 for Customer service which I anm quite proud of.

Excel is teaching me so much I am starting to implement what I am learning into my own business and paperwork, which should in turn save me some time.

I am finding that I am spending alot of time on my assessments and portfolios and I dont really have much time for anything else at the moment. Talking to others in my classes, it sounds like I'm not the only one. 

 On the bright side my typing is getting faster

Emails

Who would have thought that there were so many things to know about emailing!

"Did you know that there is Email etiquette?"

If you look it up the Internet it comes up with

101 things

you should know about email etiquette.

Well that's what we learnt today along with how to convert a document into a PDF file.

I also learnt how to spell

ETIQUETTE.

In the many years that I have been using the Internet and emailing I have come to realised that, some of my emails may not have looked too crash hot.

I'm sure I have used the wrong tone, letter format , and yes I am guilty of using all capitals not realising that meant you are yelling at someone.

Soooo Sorry.

 After today I am more aware of how a email can be interpreted by someone else.

FIRST ASSESSMENT

My first assessment is in

Yay..

I hope I did O.K

The next two are due in on Thursday, they are all ready to go.
Yes I have been doing some extra studying to get ahead as I am a slow typer compared to almost everyone else in my class.
Trying to practise that as much as I can,

 have you ever noticed that your mind seems to go quicker than your fingers sometimes when you type or write, it's quite baffling when you look back at what you have written then go " what the hell was that meant to say,"

 I laugh at myself alot I'm sure that Nico thinks I'm going mad sometimes.( I sit next to Nico in some of my computer classes)

I'm Starting to settle in and feel a bit more comfortable with all this school stuff
I might actually go as far as saying I am enjoying the challenge.
Yes I think that's how I am going to look at it form now on

My new challenge to soak up every bit of information and turn it into something to be very proud of.

Multi Tasking

Well here I am again sitting in front of the computer on a beautiful day, arguing with myself about what to throw myself into first, do I start my many pages of home work

  or

do I do some housework.

As you can see I am trying to multi task, as you would know as I woman I can do this quite well.
( I can hear my Husband chuckling as he reads that) because he knows me very very well and knows that I DO NOT sit still for very long, I think he wonders how  on earth do I manage to sit for so long to do my courses.

What is multi-task
Definitions :
Multi - something that has many parts or aspects ( yes that is definitely my life )
Task - any piece of work that has to be done ie: chore, duty, job.( Yes I have many of them in my life too)
So how to prioritise because there are many facets of being a wife, mum, daughter, friend, business owner, student and let us not forget being ourselves.
If you read magazines they say that you should put yourself first,

  OK

 I will wash the clothes ( so I don't smell, no body likes a stinky person)
While the washing is going I will fit in some homework, while thinking about what we will have for tea. I will hang out the washing and think about  how I'm going to set out the spread sheet's that are due in by next week. I will pick up the kids, and work out how I'm going to fit martial arts training in, for the next 6 months with my homework. Take my son to swimming, check out the customer service for survey. Go shopping and another entry for the customer service survey.
Gee it is amazing how much you can fit into your day.

Thought for you all

CHANGE YOUR THINKING

CHANGE YOUR LIFE

So try to stay positive ,it may take a while to settle in

 but we will all get there  (eventually) 

THE BEGINNING

Well here we are,

 a new start, at the age of almost 41,

 I have decided that I needed to change my career.

After being in the retail world for the last 26 years, I think enough is enough, after a rough year of being unhappy and feeling out of sorts  with my life.

 I decided that the time is right

The decision was made and believe me there was a lot of second guessing, so I enrolled into Tafe. I enrolled into Cert 3 in Business, because as you all know, you need a Certificate these days to get a foot in the door to most jobs.

      I got accepted 

So off I go back to school. Yay (I think)

My first day was a real eye opener, Every thing has changed since I was at School (yes I know,I am sounding old ) we did everything on paper.

Hello Welcome to the age of modern technology.

Believe me when I say I am by no means computer illiterate but I find myself having to really think about how to do things.

My first day here was a real nerve racking event, it has been 26 years since I was in school..........................but after meeting my class mates and lecturers the day progressed smoothly.

After coming straight from the work force and not doing Cert 2  before this class I found that I needed to do a lot of revision, I have set aside the afternoon and Friday to do all catch-up for that.

Week 1 over and guess what

I SURVIVED 


And here I am in the second week and I am starting to feel a bit more comfortable.