Written Capstone-Draft 1-Submitted

With a lack of communication from the paper to my brain (isn't that ironic considering I'm a communication major) I spent most of spring break FREAKING out thinking that my ENTIRE capstone project was due Monday when we came back. Well guess what, it wasn't! Haha. My written capstone's 1st draft was due Monday night. Let's be real for a second, I am a procrastinator. I seem to procrastinate with everything I have ever done, I seem to think I work well under pressure, not sure if that's a proven fact yet, and I have a problem with only focusing on one thing at a time so I try to do 1000000 things in one day, or in this case a week! So I submitted this paper, that was due at 11:55pm at 11:53:08pm. Cutting it close? Yes! Do I advise doing this? NO! Will I do this again? Probably. It's easier to give advice than take your own sometimes, hints why your parents always say "do what I say, not as I do," and that's a flaw I am trying to change about myself. Well now I've gone off track...

So I turned in my written capstone that I worked on a little bit at a time, almost everyday of break. What a huge relief. Our instructor told us the reason why she made it due so early was so that it would push us and that we would have more time to fine tune it and make it great. There is a method to the madness we call capstone, and finally, I am starting to understanding it. As the days are dwindling down my project becomes closer and closer to becoming done. With only a few fine tunes to writing, video shooting and editing and making a presentation slide, I'm practically done.

I have never been more excited/scared/exhausted/enthused/and ready to get this over with in my life. Capstone is a mixed bag of feelings, you never know what the day will bring. Overall, I have loved working with my client and it has reassured me that this is something I love to do, at the same time, it has taught me time management and how to be creative.

You will be frustrated, you will want to yell at someone, you will want to pull your hair out when something goes wrong, but in the end this is your "baby", your creation, made from your mind and skills, and even if sometimes you want to give up, you can't, because it represents you and your skills. Just hang on!

In a few short weeks I will be in front of all the faculty probably wanting to throw up due to nervousness and fear of failing and having to start over, but confidence is key, confidence in yourself, you've made it this far, one semester can't kill you. Or at least that's what I'm going with.

Until next time,
LB