This week has been the second week of my virtual internship. While I feel like I have lots of support behind me, it has felt pretty hectic being the lead up to Christmas, and I definitely have had lots of learning experiences!
This week my first post ever was published, which was really exciting. I have also continued to work on the three other blog posts which I will hand in on Monday to my supervisor. One of which I have written for WikiHow, which is quite nerve-racking, and I have run it through Grammarly a million times.
A couple of key takeaways I have from this week are:
It takes time, plan ahead.
This week I found that I needed more than the 20 hours to complete the blog posts. As I am required to spread the hours out over the 5-day work week, I found it difficult to feel out when I needed to spend more time on the assignment. About Thursday, I still had a lot of editing and some writing to do, and so I asked my supervisor if I could use the weekend as well.
While this was really useful, it gave me the idea to start checkpoints for next week, so it doesn't happen again.
Take breaks.
Another realisation I have made is that if I get stuck staring at the screen with nothing to write, then it's time to do something else for a while.
I have caught myself multiple times this week, staring blankly with nothing more to write about Excel. Next week I will get up and take a walk when I feel myself starting to switch off before reconnecting.
I think that overall this week, I have found that writing content takes time. Next week I plan to be more prepared for this by setting up daily checkpoints.
Here is the link to my first published blog post: https://knowledge-bull.com/a-beginners-guide-to-microsoft-excel/
If you have any advice for me or have any questions, please let me know in the comments.