Wednesday, May 05, 2010

fading on day 4

4 days down, 2 more to go.  including a full day simulation.  full day.  simulation.  and to prepare for this we have to have an additional session this evening for more group work.  group work!

part of why i feel as though my energy is fading is not because i spent last night in the sex tourism capital of the world (the walking street of pattaya shocked me and it would take more to shock me than the average person strolling through a sex tourism district in thailand), but because i am still not terribly convinced about this whole un thing and my role and future in it.

i have a new friend (who, incidentally, is considered throwing in the human rights towel and taking up floristry as a career path) so that is keeping me going at the moment. 

don't get me wrong, i think this training is going to be invaluable.  but 4 solid days of humanitarian reform, cluster systems, ohchr/unhcr/rc/hc/wfp/icrc/irc/amc/ocha/wash/gbv/iom/nrc/iasc/idp/drc/icouldgoonandonwiththeacronyms, strategic planning, programming, advocacy, interviewing, etc (etc again, if you are kenyan) is numbing my brain's capacity to fire on command.

and there's no way around it but through it.

1 comment:

Heather said...

you can do it!!!!!!!