I shouldn’t say that I have never attempted to prepare a budget in the past because just living life, you have to make sure that you can purchase what you need to. Still, I have never done it on a formal basis until just recently, when I agreed to do so for the class project I’m working on. It is a little intimidating at first because you don’t know what you should be putting money in for and how much. It became a little bit easier when narrowing the focus of what we wanted to spend money on. This exercise involves targeting a specific market, so it made more sense to reach that audience directly through digital advertising than it would through traditional methods like the newspaper or television. I’m working with other people on this project, so I’ll also need to take their ideas under consideration before it can be finalized.
Meanwhile, I have my hand in another project that is close to completion while still finding time to comment on what’s happening in sports. I don’t know why I didn’t think to do this until in the middle of writing this reflection, but I have decided to follow AP Sports on Twitter. Most of my ideas come from scouring social media for the latest and greatest and hopefully I’m able to inject a little bit of my own style into what’s being reported out there. The blog process can be quite time-consuming, which is why it has been an on-again, off-again activity for me over the years. I liken it to a jigsaw puzzle where you have so many pieces that you have to fit together. And much like my experience in Journalism, there is a short window of time to work with. I do enjoy being able to share my interests with others in a single location, though.