Hello from 2019!
School
Last semester (fall 2018) was a breeze compared to my previous two years. I switched out of the graphic design major, kept my journalism major and added the sport management minor. While my new classes aren’t very challenging, I’m enjoying the shift in studies. I especially enjoyed my Sport Communication class last semester as we explored social media in sport. I even taught myself app design for an assignment, which has inspired me to try to design my portfolio website!
This semester is my last semester ever of college, which is crazy to type. As I tell more people about my senior status, and get the inevitable ‘so what are you doing after graduation?’ question, I’ve been thinking about my college career more than ever. I’m looking for a creative job in the collegiate space, much like my internships that I have now, so keep your fingers crossed for me, please! I’m only taking 9 credit hours – 3 classes – this semester, and I’m definitely going to take advantage of enjoying senior year.
Social life
Living on a different side of campus has also increased my social life significantly. I’ve also been aiming to say ‘yes’ a lot more to doing things in general, and I haven’t regretted it since. I’m living in a ‘senior house’ with five other girls in my sorority this year. I absolutely love it and all the little things about it, like having my own room (!!), having a kitchen to use whenever I want and just having more space in general. That said, it’s certainly been an adjustment period with handling the bills between my roommates, trying (and often failing) to keep a consistent cleaning schedule and buying my own groceries. (Although I was able to eat at my internship with KU football a lot this fall so I can’t say that I cooked much!) Decorating my space has been my favorite part – be on the lookout for a house tour coming soon.
Internships
This March will mark two years of my internship with the KU football team and I have loved every minute of it. I even got to travel for my 1st away game to the University of Oklahoma..and somehow got involved in the game action.
I’ve learned so much and I’m constantly teaching myself new skills to use in our designs. Along with football, I also started my social media internship with KU Athletics this fall. Instead of just working with the football team, I’m working with all sports and getting the opportunity to photograph a range of action. It’s certainly been a challenge and adjustment going from sport-to-sport – who knew there was such a big difference going from horizontal movement in soccer and football to vertical movement in basketball? I’ve learned to embrace the challenge though and my photo skills have definitely grown from it.
Travel
I’m so excited to share that I have a big trip planned in June, but I don’t want to reveal where I’m going just yet. This will be my first time to this continent (a small feat considering the Riviera Maya in Mexico was my furthest trip outside of the U.S.) and I’ve been eagerly researching all the little details of my trip since I booked it this fall.
Fitness
Since I ran my second half marathon this November, my fitness efforts have been very lackluster. I came home for winter break and took full advantage of the holiday season and I’m 100% okay with that. Despite this, I still like the feeling of accomplishment I get after working out, especially with running, so I’m slowly making my way back into a consistent fitness routine. I don’t have a gym at home over the break, so I’ve been doing home workouts just using resistance bands and running on my own. I’m hoping to establish my workout routine again by February, so I have a bit of adjustment to figure out how it fits into my class and work schedules. I’m alternating between runs, the Nike Training Club app and the John Benton Model Fitness program (new to me). I’ll do a post on my routine once I actually get it settled.
2018 recap
Below is a video from some of my adventures in the fall semester – I loved (almost) every second of it and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for next semester.
xo, Hannah