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My Gap Year Journal

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mango8:

--- Quote from: Caitlynk_22 on April 28, 2019, 01:45:53 pm ---Hello everyone!

It's been quite a long time since I have posted on this.

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Hey Caitlyn! What kind of art have you been doing? Maybe you could share some, I'd love to see! That's so true! Taking a gap year will have enriched your life so much and given you more valuable and interesting experiences than everyone else! Hope your 18th was fabulous! Any plans for this week? You can do it! Live life to its fullest and have lots of fun! I love hearing about what a gap year is like since I don't know anyone who's done it.

Caitlynk_22:

--- Quote from: mango8 on May 12, 2019, 08:24:56 pm ---Hey Caitlyn!

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It's been two months since I've written here. It's taken me a while again! Sorry about that!

So. I haven't been doing much lately... except working. BUT I have been earning and saving my money and boy does it feel good having the numbers in my bank account going up and up. It makes me feel good going home on Friday afternoons knowing that I have more money. Lots of people would say that money is a bad motivation to take gap years but it really isn't. I'm just saving it so that I'll be comfortable next year and won't have to ask my parents for money. Time to become independent!!

Anyway, my friends came home for their winter uni holidays which was good. We all got to spend valuable time together. It sounds like uni is going great for them so far and I'm hoping next year will be the same for me! I am also going to the UoN open day next month so I can actually see the accommodation I may be living in as well as exploring a bit more of the campus that I didn't have time to see last time. Lets just say I'M PUMPED. My heart is saying 'lets go already' while my brain is like 'no. Money. Work. Experience'.

Work has been fine, I have been coming home smelling like Eucalyptus oil because we peel the labels off books we have to return to the suppliers. But that's fine because it has helped me not get a cold this year! Tafe is also going quite well. 7 out of 12 units have been completed and half of another is underway. I think I'll be finishing the Cert 3 before Christmas which is good. I'm trying to think of something to do in January with my leave. Everything is expensive. I want to go with my friends but they are uni students and have hardly any money. Maybe we could just drive around the coast or something? I dunno.

ALSO. I got two of my sculptures featured in my local art gallery. With 150 other artists but that's still something (Most of them were wall hangings/paintings/drawings) so mine got a pretty central position in one of the rooms of the gallery. I was pretty excited. I told my Year 12 art teacher and she was so excited for me!

I think that's just about it for now. I believe I will come back in like 2 months with more things to tell. Hopefully it'll be sooner.

Wishing everyone luck and happiness  :D

Baiiiii

Caitlynk_22:
HELLO!

So exciting news. I'm going down to the UoN open day this weekend (Even though I went last year), I have so many different questions I have to ask this time. Last time it was like "I'm finishing school and this is a possibility for me". Now I'm like "FINALLY." I guess now that I've spent a year out of school (Almost) it's given me a change of perspective. Like there's so many other things to consider than just going and getting a degree. Aaand since I'm paying for all my accommodation costs by myself, I really have to pay attention.

 I legit have a countdown on my phone to see how long I've got to go. I don't think I've been so excited to do something. Yassss moving out. Yaaassss new chapter!  Yasssssssssss.

 Ok so this year it's not just gonna be me going to the open day, my parents are going as well (even though I'm a fully functioning adult). I think they're just nervous about having their youngest child move out of home (before the eldest sibling moves out). I think I'm going to leave them alone to explore for a while, while I see what it's like without them hovering.

Another new development is that I have almost finished my Cert 3 which I am so excited to finish because it has been the boringest (Not a word. Sorry) couple of months ever. The jobs fine but the tafe is just annoying. I know, I have been complaining since the dawn of time.

I also decided to take leave next month. Just for a week or so. Cause what else are you going to do with paid leave? USE IT obviously. I have booked a small holiday to go down south, to Melbourne for a week. By myself. I told myself "It's time to get out of your comfort zone!" and I booked it about a week and a half ago. I'm pretty excited.

Anyway. I have to go cook dinner. I'm cooking lasagne!

caffinatedloz:
Lasange- yum! Hope it was a good as it sounded ;D

How was your holiday to Melbourne? What did you end up doing?

Caitlynk_22:

--- Quote from: laura_ on September 26, 2019, 07:38:34 am ---Lasange- yum! Hope it was a good as it sounded ;D

How was your holiday to Melbourne? What did you end up doing?

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Hi! Sorry for the late reply (as always *sigh*).

So I spent the first day trying to get my bearings and how to use the tram system (Still ended up using google maps) but I was really nervous at first. Since it was my first time in the city alone, I wanted to take it easy so I just went shopping for most of the day while walking in very large circles in the CBD.

Second day I went to the zoo which was quite nice, there were many prams but that's fine. Third day I spent hours walking around the NGV galleries and let me tell you it was amazing! It's so much better than the Sydney Gallery. Would recommend for anyone interested in art because even though I'm not a fan of classical, they had so many collections to see. By this day I was very confident with my abilities to travel alone.

Fourth day, I got up a bit later and went to the Queen Victoria Markets though I didn't really find much I wanted. I could compare it to Paddy's markets in Sydney. I probably went on the wrong day which was fine but it was still meh. I found a christmas shop that day too filled to the brim with decorations.

Fifth and final day I went out to St Kilda beach and stared out at the ocean for absolutely ages. I hadn't seen the ocean since at least December I believe and I was so happy to just stare at it. I took many pictures of it. I then took a long tram ride to Fitzroy where I went to the gallery that exhibiting my cousins jewellery which was really beautiful.

All in all my holiday was really good. I'm glad I decided to go and I think it has boosted my confidence a lot more.

Another thing (Sorry this post is massively long and probably wont post till next month or something), I applied for my accommodation at UoN and it legit two hours to complete my application. But it's in and I should hear about the results of my application in November. Also, I finally accepted the offer that I deferred last year and boy was it so good to finally accept it.

I think a gap year has helped me in so many ways. It has made me so much eager to leave home, go to uni and start something new. It has given me experience and it has given me a well needed break from studying. I'm so ready to just jump head first into uni. I'm counting down the days till I leave home. Four months to go, I expect these last few months to fly!

When the date hit the 28th of Sept it was exactly one year since I graduated high school. How weird is that? One year. It kinda makes me go WOW where did that time go?

116 days and counting!

Good luck to those completing the HSC within the next couple of weeks. It will end don't worry, and you'll be sad and relieved at the same time. You'll probably never see your class form as a whole ever again which is kinda sad but it's time to start something new! No matter how well or bad you do in exams, your marks will not define you! :D

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