I think I’m winning at life right now

For me, there’s truth in the idea that if I do more, I get more done in general. More than if I were doing less. I feel like I’ve accomplished more in the past week and a half than I have in a long time, and I attribute that to how busy I am.

Okay, so my dishes aren’t done, my laundry has been sitting in the dryer downstairs since last night and the boyfriend has complained that I’m not around enough. But what else is new? I’m not very good at those things anyway.

But I helped put together and put out a 12-page newspaper that came out on Wednesday. As I mentioned in my last entry, I wrote the editorial. I also came up with the idea for the editorial cartoon, edited more than half the news stories and designed all six pages of the news layout. I also took advantage of the opportunity to take some great photos at some really memorable events.

I was stressed and I found myself getting impatient with my colleagues as we neared the 5 p.m. deadline on Tuesday, but it felt so good to do that much in so little time.

And the new issue of McClung’s Magazine came out yesterday (go to the website to find out where you can pick up a copy, or I can get a copy for you if you’d like), for which I was a handling editor on three stories.

Plus I had lunch with Lauren and I’m reading the book she gave me, It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be by Paul Arden. It’s terrible for me to admit, but it’s the first book I’m actually reading in a long time. To be honest, though, the fonts are quite big and it’s more of a quick, artsy book than an in-depth reading book. But still thought-provoking and motivating.

So even though I’m still stressing about finding a job upon graduation, I’m keeping insanely busy and feeling accomplished while doing it — and that’s probably what’s keeping me sane at this point.

Especially since I realized I put the wrong date on my cover letter in application to The Windsor Star summer internship: I dated it “Jan. 5, 2008” instead of “Jan. 5, 2009.” And I had a really good feeling about that one! I hope they’ll still consider me.