Time Flies

3/20 9 hrs

5 hours:

Today, Coach Woodson spent an hour and a half, as we did in the previous meeting, simply leading the meeting and going over defense for random film. Coach Woodson then decided if I was comfortable would I want to go over the film that he had found previously. He had notes as to what I should be able to point out, and he let me lead the dissection of the film. When I go over film I usually try to mimic how Coach Woodson presents the film when he is leading. As I was going through the film with Coach Woodson, he complimented me on how I am becoming more confident in what I am learning. Again, as I mentioned in previous blogs, this motivates me to continue. I continue to ask different questions as we go through the films to make sure I am heading in the right direction. Though I am becoming more confident with dissecting on my own, there are times I am unsure.

4 hours:

As I get closer to the end of graduate school, I am beginning to get nervous about whether I am going to be able to get a job post-grad. Coach Woodson and I talked about my insecurity and how I am becoming somewhat discouraged, and how much more experience I feel I need to even get a position. It was very refreshing to talk about this because it has slowly become a fear. We talked about how important networking is and how I need to use LinkedIn as much as I can. I also explained that I couldn’t get as much experience as I wanted due to my full-time job and being a mother. There are just many factors that are going to be hard to get over to get where I want to be. I thoroughly enjoyed having this venting session. Coach Woodson was very reassuring throughout, and he let me get everything off my mind. This was one of my favorite meetings!