Because writing was never my forte, I’ve never really considered myself as a person who would be doing a blog. To be honest, I rarely post, write or give my opinions online. Even as I write this blog, I am doing it in Microsoft Word, then copying and pasting it onto the website to ensure I have no spelling mistakes (I keep concerning myself with the red underlines under the word “blog”). However, with blogging about my intern experience being a mandatory part of completing the internship, I knew that this had to be done. Besides, this was one of main reasons I wanted to pursue this internship as a journalist. I wanted to challenge myself by attempting to raise awareness of issues I care about, but in a way that is outside my comfort zone.

Upon receiving the notice that I was selected as an intern as a journalist (Sustinable Development and Sports), I was excited but a bit surprised. I did not have any formal journalism experience and I was never an active participant in any sort of groups promoting social issues. However after doing a thesis on waste management technology with my professor, I learned a lot not only about the technical challenges, but also the positive social implications in implementing this technology. I knew at this point, I wanted to apply my background in engineering to helping understand social issues. What better way to do this then to learn from like minded individuals. I saw TakingITGlobal as a means of doing this by interacting and understanding the views of people from all over the world.

Initially, I thought I wouldn’t have trouble keeping up with the tasks. Though researching the topics has been extremely interesting, I have found myself leaving the written tasks (such as this blog for instance) for later. Unfortunately, this is mainly due to procrastination. Being well into the second month, I am looking to improve my time management skills, and hope to provide some more input as this internship continues.