First week of internship

A few weeks ago I wrote about the scares I had for my internship. It wasn't that the clients I would work with would be scary (and they aren't), but it was more about how the first days would be, and if I was good enough. Ever since I wrote that, I had many more moment where I was super scared, but last week I really had to start.

And the hardest moment wasn't even the first day, no it was the Sunday before I started, because that evening, my boyfriend would go home and I wouldn't see him until Friday evening. I know there are so many people who aren't able to see their loved ones for a much longer time, but he and I haven't been apart for more than 3 days ever since we started dating. No that's a lie, ever since I went on holiday with my parents 3 weeks after we started dating. But that's still 4 years ago, and for four years we have seen each other so much! So that was a hard moment.

While I'm writing this, I'm happy to know that I'll sleep next to him every weekend for two nights, and if I'm free from school on Monday even three nights. And I can always annoy him during his work breaks. So if it gets too difficult for me, I can always get a hug.

But now to the first day, I really had to start. I could sleep in, which was so nice! That's one very chill thing about my internship, because I start at 3 p.m., I can sleep in pretty much every single day! I planned to take the bike every day, because I want to lose some weight, but my knees decided it was time to play up again. Therefore I had to take the bus. After that I still have to walk for a good ten minutes, so I still did get my exercise.

But my first day was very chill, I talked with all the clients and got to know them a bit. I even went to the shop with two of them. That was exciting but scary too. Because I didn't really know much about the client, thus I didn't really know what would work for him. Luckily it all worked out very good and he was really calm. As it was the first day, I got so much information. About the clients, about the house and how it all works and all. Because of that I was very tired in the evening and I was so glad my mum wanted to pick me up, so thank you mom!

The rest of the week was rather calm, and of course for bigger things they will go to the others. But I spoke so much with the clients and learned so much! And that's something I really like, speaking with them and getting to know them. One thing to keep in mind for myself and is kind of difficult is to find the line of telling too much about myself or when it's still OK. Accordingly that will be an absolute learning point for me! But it probably has been for every one of them, so I don't really feel pressure because of it.

So far I already feel like all the worries I had were absolutely not necessary. Of course I don't know everything yet, but I'll learn and they give me that space. That's certainly something I need. I also don't have the feeling that there is a client or a colleague that dislikes me and that really calms me.

What is a bit more difficult for me is that I work with another colleague every day, therefor I have worked with 4 different people already! And everyone is different and will also be different in how they work with me. So for four days (and Tuesday to be coming) I had to find out how I could work with them the best. But that will get better too, if I worked with all of them a couple of times.

But for now, I am going to think about how I can learn a client how to use Whatsapp, as he really wants to learn that.

Please let me know if you had an scary first week of school or internship, or maybe a new job! You can find me on twitter (@xsjarlieex) and I have my own guestbook.