New Year, Here's to More Doors Opening
- dtaylorhistorian
- Jul 20, 2023
- 1 min read
Last week I celebrated my birthday. Last year was hard due to grieving my mother and health challenges presented by Covid-19 diagnosis. In that year, I completed a film production certificate program at Clayton State University. Unfortunately adding that to my schedule meant less time for this site and podcasting. I hope to get a consistent schedule for both this year. The film certificate adds film production to my public history expertise and skill set in truthful storytelling. I am excited to see how my skills grow. One of the documentary shorts I helped produce has been entered into several film festivals including Atlanta's Bronze Lens. I look forward to networking in this new community while continuing to build my practice as a historian. I am currently working on a script for my own documentary. I also look forward to more adventures in the museum and theatre communities.
This post about new beginnings really hits home, especially when thinking about the overwhelming doors we have to walk through each year. Last semester, I felt so trapped by a mountain of digital coursework that I couldn't even focus on the new opportunities ahead; I was so stressed that I actually spent time looking for online exam takers just to help clear my path and reduce the anxiety. It’s a great reminder that sometimes we need to clear out the old academic clutter to truly welcome the fresh starts and open doors that the new year brings.
Reading New Year, Here’s to More Doors Opening really took me back to the transition points in my own academic journey when one chapter closed and the next began with both excitement and uncertainty especially during those intense seasons of research and deadlines when I sometimes half-jokingly thought an online class taker might give me a moment’s peace just to catch my breath; I’m a student of PhD in current days and doing part-time job at The Online Class Help and assisting students in their academic work I have a deep interest in helping others bcz in my college days I suffer alot from these types of hustles I’m really cpnsious about my studies and others, and reflecting on those moments makes…