Sci. Comm. Internship Check-in #1

Trying something new. Writing some public journal entries about my internship experience.

Struggling really bad with writing a blog post for my internship. I know I want to be about the board game they designed but I don’t know how approach it.

Asked my professor for a meeting to bounce off ideas. Tomorrow the holidays start in my region but if I do get to have that meeting, I would really like it to happen as soon as possible.

I’m not really sure why I’m struggling. Well, apart from the general perfectionism streak. I considered making a blog for my website to publish it but that won’t really solve the issue. I did work on the blog post yesterday but when I saw it today, it sounded too technical/formal/science-y. That’s not the kind of time I want it to have. But then, perhaps I should just focus on getting the words out. But but, I don’t know what to say. I played the board game twice. Should I write it as anecdote?

Sometimes, I can seriously get bogged down into the details like tone and audience and message when I should just write. the damn. thing! I can’t help but think about the professional details of the whole thing and I end up being unable to write anything. It’s such an unpleasant experience.

I know it’s hard enough to write for a living for anybody. I keep thinking of things that have nothing to do with what I’m doing and I wish I knew a way to just stop.