Jan 4 to Jan 10

Hours worked:
Sunday-
Monday- 4
Tuesday- 8.5
Wednesday- 3
Thursday- 6.5
Friday- 3
Saturday-

Total: 25

Accomplishments:
This week would certainly exemplify the phrase “hitting the ground running.” In my mind, there were two main accomplishments:

1. Finished “Pathways for Youth” handout. This was a really fun project and I felt that I produced it very quickly—thank you for providing all the text! I’m proud of how the chart/graph turned out, where youth can identify their age and determine which programs they are eligible for. I’d love to see this idea expanded to other programs we offer, not just for youth.

I also realized that while I personally like the fast pace of a looming deadline and the exhilaration of working quickly as a team with edits and proofing, I also have to be conscious of everyone else’s schedule too. I’m sure everyone wished we had an extra day or two before printing the final run. Though, since we all returned from the holidays on Monday, that probably wouldn’t have been possible.

Bottom line—even though I know I can work at warp speed the day before something’s due, I need to build in more time at the end of the design process for other’s people schedule too.

2. I have health care! ie I’m officially on staff! This is very exciting to have all this paperwork complete and even though not too much has changed in my day-to-day projects, I do have a different perspective. Like realizing imagining what life will be like a year from now, living in B-ham and working everyday at HQ. I guess there’s a new level of commitment that I have knowing I’ll be part of this park for awhile.

3. I’m also throwing myself back into the graphics for the junior ranger booklets. I’m not going to lie—there are a lot of them and I’m doing my best to have them all finished by the end of next week, so that everyone else has time to fully edit the booklets by Jan 31st.

For next week, Jan 11 to Jan 17

1. Finish the Junior Ranger Booklet graphics.
2. Participate in our AKR-PWR Centennial Workshop group conference call regarding our idea to create Green Passport books, allowing visitors to offset their carbon emissions. I’m hoping to align this project with our upcoming NOCA Climate Change workshop.