Week 9

Well... How should I start this week's blog? 

Every week I had time to write the blog for you all at work , but this weekly blog I am writing at home, because this week was really busy; new experience.
Now table of contents. Actually, the table of contents makes it easier for me to structure my blog. I know what I am going to talk about, and it helps to organize my thoughts. 

So:
* Busy working days 

* Staying longer in the office

* Golden autumn 

* Step 8: university assignment

Let’s start with the first point, the working days. This week became even busier than it was last week, as the event, Benelux Venture Forum event in Maastricht, is already approaching. The next week’s Monday we are going to Maastricht, as the event will take place on Tuesday. You could ask why are we going on Monday not Tuesday then? Well... The BVF will start at 10am on Tuesday, so we need to prepare everything in advance. By the way, this will be 2 days event. As we are going on Monday, there will be three days out of office work, isn’t it nice? This travelling is one more advantage of this work placement. Before an event, you need to work hard to get everything ready to make the event go smoothly. Every day of this week I needed to do many things, I really felt  under the pressure. My supervisor asked me one thing, than I needed to do another thing, and I got a bunch of more “to do” things. I  pushed myself to write them down, because I didn't want to forget the things I supposed to do.

So here the day when I needed to stay longer comes. Friday was the last day we could prepare everything. Many printing materials that had to be done, many administrative tasks that should be done too, I also needed to collect the presentations that companies were sending to me, and prepare the name badges etc. My supervisor asked me to stay longer on Friday to make sure that everything has been done so far, so I stayed. We worked without the lunch, and worked longer, but I think we did a great job; we prepared everything and just left some things for Monday’s morning.

Next: the golden autumn. In the country where I am from, Latvia, it is a golden autumn, and has been like that already for a long time. However, the weird thing is that in Brussels all trees were green until this week. Moreover, it became so beautiful, leaves were green but became yellow, a golden yellow. Isn’t it beautiful to see how the nature is changing? I really like it. This is the weirdest and at the same time the most beautiful autumn, I have seen in my life. 

In addition, the last topic I would like to talk about is step 8: university assignment. This is the first week I do not have any time at work to do my university assignments, but I will meet all the deadlines I promised myself to meet. I have one deadline coming up next Friday 16 of November, if I am not mistaken it’s Friday, but anyways I have the reminder in my calendar, in case I forget about it. The next assignment that has to be done is intermediate assignment by the company supervisor and Personal Development form 2. Personal Development form has to be done together with the supervisor, so she can give a proper comment on how I can better develop myself. I talked to my supervisor and we decided that we will do these two assignments in the train while going to the event in Maastricht and if will not manage to finish it there, and then we will do it after the event in the office. I think that many assignments are done in the train while travelling, especially in the Netherlands, but those are only my thoughts. I know that I will manage and submit my assignments on time, as this is the main point of good time management. Everything has to be done on time, or even a couple days before the deadline, so you will never feel the pressure of the time.

Weekly fact:

The world’s deepest swimming pool, reaching 35 meters in depth, can be found in Brussels. It is a practice ground for scuba divers. Funny enough, it’s name is Nemo33.