I’m nothing if not ambitious. Give me a task and i’ll hope to achieve the best I can possibly get from it. Then comes the downside, the voice in my head that says don’t do it, what if you are’nt good enough, what if you fail?

Does your internal commentary drive you mad? I think mine has split personality disorder. In the end I just get on with it, because there comes a point where at least at the end of it all I’ve got the fact that I actually did something to fall back on.

No regrets, as Robbie Williams once sang, they only hurt.

Having said this, is it pertitent to tell myself im going to be a big time writer for ‘Empire’ magazine, that I will be interviewing Steven Spielberg in the October 2014 edition of the biggest film magazine in the world??

Perhaps that would not be wise, dreams suit a purpose, but that purpose is not now. 

Now is a time for realism, maybe a little hope but definately not dreams, dreams often turn to dust. 

To be honest I just want to be a good journalist, and to actually be in a job in journalism in five years time.

In the next five years I intend to do well at my Multimedia Journalism Professional practice degree at Teesside University.

In that time I believe it is also realistic to build up a body of work that would impress potential new employers and to make vital contacts in the industry throught work experience and being a general pest as I often am.

The rules of being a pest to get what you want:

• Be polite and courtious (but no one likes a butt kisser)
• It’s better to be interested than interesting- ask questions
• If ignored, bug, bother, pester!!! They will soon tire and give in.

These few techniques may seem simple and straightforward but the charm required to pull all this off takes time, and maybe a few people calling you very naughty exploitative deletives!!

Ok why not I will give you a little taster of what I would really be pleased with in five years time.

I WILL be a big time writer of ‘Empire’ magazine.

I WILL be interviewing Steven Spielberg.

And above all I will take full advantage of spending the best years of my life living in the realms of the greatest visual minds of our time.

So for all you fellow movie geeks out there.

Persevere! You are not wasting your life.

I’ll call back in a few years to let you know how i’m getting along. I hope to one day be an inspiration to you all.