Weekly Review: New Job, New Challenges


One of the most concerning things in my life right now is my new job. This means I'll have even less time than before for school, so I'll have to be extra careful about managing my time wisely to succeed in both school life and work life.

This week's reading was really interesting, especially the poem of William Butler Yeats. I love poetry, but mostly when it's abstract and not about particular events. Reading Yeats, who draws heavily from life, especially in Easter 1916, was a bit out of my comfort zone since I'm not used to needing context to understand poetry. While I think Yeats is a great poet, I still feel that the best use of poetry isn't really to be about specific events. I think the best thing about poetry is that you can evoke such universal emotion, that the only thing that really hinders you are language barriers. However, besides that, anyone who can read the poem can share in the feelings described. Not necessarily agree with them, but poetry lends itself well to empathy. I feel like this gets somewhat cut down when you reference specific events that are not universal. However, Easter 1916 manages to not be so specific that it's alienating, meaning that everyone can relate to the conflicted and heartbroken emotions of someone who watched good people die for seemingly no reason.

My hope for next week, still, is to get on schedule. However, despite what I mentioned about having a new job and therefore less time, I feel this might actually help me better handle my time. Having a job will impose stricter deadlines now that I'm accounting for having to go to work, so I think that pressure might be a motivator. I'm still trying to find out how to motivate myself to work without stress and anxiety as a catalyst, but with not much success yet. This isn't going to stop me though, I intend to keep trying and keep growing!

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  1. UnknownMay 6, 2018 at 9:25 PM

    Hey Veronica. I hope you are able to manage your time efficiently with your new job! Hopefully it doesn't take too much of your time so you can focus on your school. Just remember we only have two weeks left of the semester so just hang in there! You'll make it out alive lol. Anyways good luck and congrats on your new job!

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