Tag: #Communications

Pleasant surprises…

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Photo by Vladislav Murashko on Pexels.com Sometimes I succeed in surprising myself. I woke up to my Communications exam marks in my email box first thing Saturday morning, with pleasantly surprising results. Due to the few questions in the exam that I was drawing a complete blank on I was expecting a mark somewhere in … Continue reading Pleasant surprises…

Time flies…

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It has been a minute since I've been able to come up for air long enough to write. To say the last couple of weeks have been busy is an understatement. Work has been keeping me busy. It has definitely been more hours than I was expecting, but I am not complaining. The work is … Continue reading Time flies…

CMNS 201: Reflective BLOG

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Photo by Tracy Le Blanc on Pexels.com Through eight modules, at least twice that many readings, and five months worth of studying, I'm on to the final assignment of a journey started on July first. Re-reading my some of my blogs from August, when my journey through the course was still in its infancy, I … Continue reading CMNS 201: Reflective BLOG

Well, October has been a train wreck…but it’s not all bad

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Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com It has been a minute since I've had the opportunity to write. First off, let me apologize for my absence. It's been over two weeks since my last blog post, and that is not right. That said, life has been busy. Secondly, October 2021 can suck it. It has been … Continue reading Well, October has been a train wreck…but it’s not all bad

Growth in challenge…

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Photo by David Selbert on Pexels.com Unfortunately, I've had a little bit of a reality check lately. I got my second assignment done for my Prose class, as well as the first course for my Communications. The assignment for the Communications course was okay, however the Prose I am finding challenging. I ended up with … Continue reading Growth in challenge…

Holding onto the feeling…

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Photo by Leon Ardho on Pexels.com With work slowing down a bit this week, I have turned towards my studies. I am approaching the half way mark on both my Communications and my Prose Forms classes. All told, I probably have about another ten to twelve weeks of work to get through for each course, … Continue reading Holding onto the feeling…

Lessons learned after a week of media tracking…

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Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com After tracking my media use over the last seven days, I have learned a few things about myself and about media in general. The first thing I learned about myself is that Facebook is my nemesis. It is a major time suck, even though I don't intend for it to … Continue reading Lessons learned after a week of media tracking…

Enjoying the challenge of the assignment….

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The entrance to the town I live in. I am five days into this media tracking assignment, and it has been an eye opening experience. It has made me re-think what and how much media I consume on a daily basis, as well as my contribution to it. Even in my job running our used … Continue reading Enjoying the challenge of the assignment….

Using media in all aspects of life…

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Photo by Flo Dahm on Pexels.com With back-to-back meetings yesterday, as well as having to deal with the vet due to all three of our critters being ill, I didn't have a chance to do a post. Continuing the theme of media use, I did have a realization, though. During the first of my meetings … Continue reading Using media in all aspects of life…

An eye-opening exercise…

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Photo by Vlada Karpovich on Pexels.com I attempted to take a bit of a day off day. I was somewhat successful. The reason I was only somewhat successful is because I still ended up writing a couple of articles for the paper, as well as continuing on with my media tracking exercise for school. This … Continue reading An eye-opening exercise…