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My Gap Year Journal
Caitlynk_22:
--- Quote from: Joseph41 on February 21, 2019, 09:34:45 am ---What's TAFE like for you on, say, a weekly basis? Would love to know more about what it's like.
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Hi! So I do Tafe once a week. On mondays because that's my day off. The assessments aren't too much work so it doesn't take long. It's probably quite different from uni and high school but maybe it'll give me a leg up for next year.
Oh and by the way! It's mah birthday! I turned 18 :D Finally legal!
Caitlynk_22:
Hey everyone!
I've been working a lot. Also been doing Tafe. So thats fun. Not. Anyway,
I managed to drive to Sydney to visit my friends last Saturday after work. 3 hours of driving on my own and over the mountains for the first time by myself. I must say driving in Sydney is stressful but overall I enjoyed the long distance driving. It was kinda relaxing.
It was great seeing my friends, we watched Riverdale, Ted and Marlon together on the Saturday night. It was pretty great. We slept in my friends living room and it was that night that I realised how much I really missed my friends. The next day we drove to MQ and dropped off my car then hopped on a bus to head to the city. We wandered around for a while, ate lunch and got on ferry. We walked through Luna Park since I'd never even been there before. That night we played laser tag and an escape room and I must say it was pretty fun. I'm going to head down to Sydney again for my friends 18th next month.
Anyway, now I'm back at home on my day off attempting to be productive but ya know. Not much is happening. I've also been trying to get back into doing the things I love like art, writing, reading etc. but it's been really hard. I blame the HSC since it stopped me from doing those things but I'll keep trying to get back into them.
Sorry for the boring post but I wanna keep this updated. I'm never gonna live this year again so why don't I just write it?
I have actually gotta go do some tafe now. Baiii
Caitlynk_22:
Hey everyone!
Now we're into April. Happy April fools day! I can't believe it's already the fourth month wow. It's been around 6 months since I completed the HSC and time seems to be running so quickly. Where is it going?
Anyway, I've asked for two days off to go to Sydney for my youngest friends 18th birthday and I'm actually so excited to see them again. After that weekend we are all heading back home as it's their mid semester holiday thingy magig. So we're hoping to gather up the whole group again to see everyone during Easter.
Sad thing though. I have to work the Saturday before Easter Sunday but luckily I have Friday off. Yay.
Anyway, Tafe is annoying as always but I keep thinking of all the benefits I'm going to have at the end of it.
I'm gonna go now because I'm trying not to waste my days off but it's not really going well. I'm thinking I need to start doing Tafe during the week nights because I get so bored (Not studying on weeknights is so weird because now I have no idea what to do with my life).
Baii everyone! I hope everyone is going well!
Joseph41:
Hope you're doing well, too!
Btw, happy birthday for the other month! Haha. Totally missed it at the time. 🤦
Caitlynk_22:
Hello everyone!
It's been quite a long time since I have posted on this. Don't blame me, I've been working a lot and seeing my friends. I'll give you a quick run down on what I've been doing this month and have done:
- Working (Duh)
- Been doing some art
- Went to Sydney to see my friends
- Came home with my best friend (It was their holidays)
- Spent Easter Monday with friends
- Went to see Avengers: Endgame with friends
Then pretty much that's all. My friends have all left to go back to uni to start again next week. To be honest I was a little sad to see them go but I'll live. It's almost five months into the year and I honestly don't know where it's gone. Seriously, what have I been doing for five months? Working. That's pretty much it.
I think the excitement of going to uni is building up, I think it is with most people in my town taking a gap year even seeing my friends coming back from uni it's exciting to know what they are doing.
All I can think of the benefits to me at the end of the year that many other 19 year olds (I turn 19 next feb, the same age many people will be entering uni after school) won't have. Cert 3, Money, experience for full time work, retail experience.
I can't help but chanting to myself every morning saying 'You can do it Caitlyn! You can do it!'
Anyway, I better go. Baiii.
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