Week #9

This week was very similar to last week truthfully. I did have another somewhat

unproductive, or rather less productive than is ideal week in my opinion. This is not necessarily

bad, but it is kind of discouraging and a little worrisome for my project.

For my project, I am still wanting to do the video library of inclusive sex education

videos for Georgia College students, but I have begun to become less and less optimistic about

this project. It is not because I do not believe in the importance of the project anymore, I do.

However, I realized this week that this project cannot be achieved to the degree I had in mind to

accomplish this semester. In my meeting with the team I am working with for this project, my

team leader Em helped me have some perspective that somewhat eased my disappointment at

how slow we are having to go with this project. They pointed out that this project is the first of

its kind that the Women’s Center and LGBTQ+ Programs has ever taken on or allowed, so we

are having to be so, so meticulous in the way we do things and the language we use for our

scripts because opponents of a project such as this could use even the slightest things to shut

down our project, and because we are in the Bible belt, it isn’t too improbably that there will be

naysayers to what we are trying to do.

This week I also had a similar feeling in my other team, the Sexual Assault Awareness

Month team. We are planning several events, which is very overwhelming for me since I feel

quite out of my element and comfort zone with that because I am not a person that plans, enjoys,

or attends events because I am very introverted and socialization truly drains me. It isn’t that I

have a lack of things to do, but this week I have felt a little short sighted I suppose in that I

haven’t been able to see the big picture of why sexual assault awareness is all that beneficial

because I think the majority of people are already aware that sexual assault happens. I think
going forward, my biggest takeaway from this week is that I have to keep in mind that just

because I am not getting as much “big picture” stuff done, it does not negate the work that I am

doing. I have to remember that I can only do so much and simple because I may not get to see a

big impact of it, working for a cause that I believe in is not meaningless so I should not get so

easily discouraged.
Hours

Monday: 8; 8-4

Tuesday: 7.5; 8:30-4

Wednesday: 6.5; 8-10, 12-4:30 (had a doctor’s appointment)

Thursday: 8.5; 8-4:30

Friday: 7.5; 8:30-4

Weekly hours: 38

Total hours worked to date: 322