So many Opportunities

   So many opportunities have come my way since last week. I've been given the chance to produce a feature story for "In the loop", asked if I wanted to floor direct for WYCC's Mystery Marathon, given contact information for the United Center's in-house media team, and worked with the producer of the Chicago/ Mid-west Emmy's. It has been tough to juggle all of these things, with school and work being they way they are. I work at night five times out of the week, intern Monday through Friday starting at 9 in the morning, and I also have two online classes. Sometimes I wonder what I got myself into. I barely get sleep now, but my grandmother told me that it's not the time to get comfortable, and she's right. I'm already half way through my intern hours, and my school work hasn't dropped off either.

   As far as the opportunities at the internship, I've learned how to multitask them. I give myself a moderate amount of time to at least start on each project. Those that are more time sensitive I push towards the front. I give myself deadlines before the producer's deadlines. The feature story that I get to produce I'm thinking about going after a tap dance instructor that I worked with before. The only thing is that he hasn't responded to my messages yet, and I need to get something in the can, or bottle in my case. I've also been working on finding tidbits for the Mystery Marathon shows that are airing in November. The work that I did for Buddy Guy's Legends is really helping Ricardo, the Senior Producer for the show. Though I'm just transcribing, I know that it's benefitting.
   This week has been tough, but the more opportunities that I'm being given, the more I can see my work ethic goes appreciated.