The Intern Adventure 8: 5th Week

It was a truly productive week for me. I volunteered as the social media manager of the company and I am loving it! I also moved to a new desk where I can talk more to my colleagues and it's really a good decision. I can say that I am close to achieving one of my personal objectives - to be more open to people. It's really nice to have a good laugh with my colleagues, especially Verna and Loretta because they are really fun!

I am currently working on two bookkeeping jobs, one for a car dealer and one for a bedroom centre. The bookkeeping for the car dealer was a little complicated at first, but as I work on it, I was able to figure out what to do. The bedroom centre is a new client so for me it's a special project because I will be the first one in the office to work on it. I made all the spreadsheet templates and it's an easier job for me now. I only seek for a little help from my manager so that means I am starting to be more comfortable with my job.

It is really important for me to accomplish my personal objectives because I feel like they will change my life in the future. I have never thought that being more comfortable around people is really important, especially when those people are your clients. I was asked by our manager to call the owner of the bedroom centre and I easily did it. That might sound a little thing for others, but for me, that's a big achievement. I treated myself a strawberry ice cream after that day.

As I always say, I really love my colleagues! Loretta brought a cake that she baked to ask if her recipe would be good enough for her second cookbook that she will publish. I heard her saying to Ms. Joe (our Chinese accountant) that she's doing the cookbook to promote the "prairie cherries" in Saskatchewan. That was an inspiration for me because I realized that you can do wonderful things with your passion.

Next week, I will be finished with the bookkeeping jobs that I am working on. One of my objectives for next week is to file one income tax return and I really hope that I will be able to accomplish that! :)