Week 10 brings the next graded assessment in the form of a group oral presentation. Me and my partner have been practicing and meeting up to make sure we are fully prepared for this and have a script of what we are going to say. Unfortunately the past few weeks have been really tough due to my chronic health condition kicking off and me being in a lot of pain, the morning of my assessment I really struggled to move or get out of bed never mind actually leave the house and attend University. I emailed my tutor explaining this as I am unsure of the process for what to do in this occasion. The tutor responded quickly informing me that I should ask for an extension from the appropriate person for this module assessment. This has been granted to give me the time to recover. I feel that doing this task in a group has developed my skills of working in a group setting and I feel more comfortable doing these type of tasks.

Although there is nothing I can do about being ill I believe looking back working so much over the last term as well as focusing on my studies hasn't helped me as I have over run myself and burnt myself out, Due to this reflection I have spoken with work to inform them that starting January I am wanting to change my role as being a bar manager while studying just isn't working for me. They have agreed for me to keep my responsibilities but with some parts of the role shared with someone else on a part time basis so that I do not have to sacrifice my role as well as my studying time. I believe these changes will help keep me focused on university and give me the time needed to ensure I can attend every lecture as well as have time to read and start assignments earlier going forward. 

In this weeks workshop the group was given the arguments for both groups on the debate from the workshop the previous week. I have spent time reading through these carefully as a unbiased person looking at the references supporting each argument. I have decided that both arguments have very valid points but my personal circumstances still overweigh my opinions on this and I believe the use of both is a very effective way to help manage with anxiety.