Week 4 in the Sig Series

Well, it’s hard to believe that we are nearing the end of week 4. The material has been difficult to this point, but the time has been flying by. In fact, we are nearing the point in which we will start to begin on our projects and quite honestly, I’m nervous about it. I’m not as worried about the Capstone project as I am about the digital story. I have never in my life had to do anything remotely similar to this and I really don’t know where to begin. One of the hardest things for me to do has always been deciding on a topic that will fit the requirements of the project. In this case, I’m not really sure what to do for the digital story. I’m not exactly proud to say it, but I’ve never really volunteered my time for anything and I have no idea what I should be doing. I don’t like to make excuses, but I’m not sure how I will be able to accomplish this because of things like work, family, etc. One of the major problems I have is with work because I don’t work a regular work week like many people. I work an off work week with rotating shifts and it is going to be a challenge to hold any type of commitment outside of that. I’m sure it’s been done before, but I’m just not sure how I am going to be able to do it. I would be lying if I said I was looking forward to it.

Then there is the Capstone project. As I said in my first blog, I was not thrilled when I learned that I would be required to write another one because I had just finished one a week before. I can’t say that my position has changed much. Again, just as with the digital story, I am not very good at coming up with topics. I’m more of a person that handles these things better when given a topic, or at least I think I am. I know there is a general outline of what we are supposed to include, but I’m still struggling with where to begin. Up to this point in the class I have struggled trying to incorporate our readings into the essays and I know it won’t get any easier trying to do it with the Capstone. Basically, I don’t know that I feel comfortable including anything from the readings because I can’t honestly say that I understand the full context of them. The reading has been extremely difficult to grasp. Much more so than I ever thought it would be and it hasn’t gotten any easier from week to week.

This wasn’t meant to be a whine session, but I guess that’s what it turned out to be. In the end, if I really want my degree, I’m just going to have to suck it up and get it done. Is it Thanksgiving yet?