Thoughts From A Digital Marketing & Social Media Apprentice!

Hello dear internetters, readers, bloggers, whoever you are, hello! I hope you have all had a wonderful Easter and enjoyed a lovely bank holiday weekend to do well... nothing - I know that's exactly what I did anyway. The weather was lovely for a couple of the days here in England so I did try to get out and enjoy some of that. Anyway, I am coming to you today to tell you about some really exciting news which was given to me just before the bank holiday Easter weekend. Trust me, all I have wanted to do since I was given the news is get onto my blog and share it with all of you, however Gossip Girl has seriously taken over my life at the moment so I apologise for that.
Back to the news...

So as I have previously mentioned I have just completed my Level 2 Business Administration course at my current office which I am glad I had the opportunity to do. I have recently established however, that what I really longed to do is Digital Marketing and Social Media. I thought that if I wanted to pursue my dream I was going to have to leave my current employer and look for somewhere that would let me do the apprenticeship course as this is the only way I was going to be able to get into this sort of career as I didn't go to college etc. So anyway my career coach, which I got as part of my previous apprenticeship course, came in to my office to see me and she knows how much I would love to be given the opportunity to do the Digital Marketing & Social Media course which they offer. At first my coach didn't think that she would be able to help because my current office doesn't really have the capacity and they are not really into all of the social media side of marketing and the academy weren't allowed to move me to a different employer offering the course with more capacity as this was ultimately against their 'rules'. As you can imagine this was heartbreaking as I do love my job at the moment and I would have loved to be the one able to introduce the company into social media. Anyway, after a long morning of talking to my boss and my career coach, it was finally decided that it was exactly what the business needed and it would be a great opportunity for me to get the qualification for me to progress into the industry. I think my heart might have skipped a beat as I tried to contain my excitement so as not to look like a total loony in the middle of the office!

This is what I was imagining in my head... 

So you are now looking at... Trixybelle, the new Digital Marketing & Social Media apprentice for Architect CT! (Every time I call myself that I can't stop smiling!) 

I am so lucky to be given this opportunity and I will be counting myself lucky the entire year I am doing the course for. My boss is amazing for giving me this exciting chance and I cannot wait to get started and stuck into something new!

If you are 16-18 and are looking for an opportunity like this or you are interested in a different apprenticeship course, get in touch with The Apprentice Academy, Manchester. I know that I am 19 but I did become an apprentice when I was 18 so that doesn't matter. After doing one course, there are loads of courses to choose from to progress to once your first level is complete - look at me, I was a business admin apprentice and now I'm doing something totally different! 

A really old photo of an excited me, I was so excited because I knew this day would come!

Stick around to follow my journey being a Digital Marketing & Social Media Apprentice, who knows where I could end up next?

Love,

Trixybelle xoxo

Thoughts of a musical Friday afternoon

Hello my darlings! So i'm having a lovely Friday afternoon in work. I think the best thing to get keep motivated on a Friday afternoon is definitely music. Not just your average music though, it's Friday afternoon it's got to be real feel good stuff.

You know what's coming don't you? That's right, my top 5 music motivational tracks for a Friday afternoon.

5. Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams. I absolutely adore this song. It's brilliant at any point of the week but especially for a Friday afternoon. As any of my friends will know this is my ultimate jam. Yano like after you've had a few drinks and you hear your favourite tune and you're all like "oh dammmm, it's ma jaammm"? Yeah you know the feeling! (And yes that's actually what I say in the middle of a club...)

4. Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men. Ok, so if you actually listen to the lyrics of this song you might think that it's not a very uplifting motivational song for a Friday afternoon. However, the trumpet solo's in this song are hauntingly amazing. It's one of those that as it builds up you can really belt it out of a Friday afternoon and it does make you feel that little bit uplifted. Give it a listen, it's a brilliant song I assure you!

3. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston. I am a well know Whitney fan girl in my house to the point where my sister will actually pause a playlist or the TV when a Whitney song comes on (most of the time I Will Always Love You, i'm a right good belter you see, Simon Cowell does not know what he's missing) so that I can run into the room and dance around like an over obsessed teenage girl. So Whitney obviously had to go on the list and what better way to get some Whitney motivation that wanting to dance with somebody?

2. Hakuna Matata - Disney's 'The Lion King'. How can it possibly be a good musical motivational Friday afternoon without Disney? Especially in the form 'Hakuna Matata' - it means no worries for the rest of your days...you know you want to sing along! Obviously all Disney song's are great of a Friday afternoon but singing about no worries with no worries, got to be the best! 

1. Song 2 - Blur. This is definitely an absolute all time favourite of mine. I don't think I could ever miss it off any top 5 or top 10 I ever create. Slightly random choice for number one but I don't think that this has ever come on shuffle and I've skipped it. Best Friday motivation ever, and it does literally make me want to scream "WAHOOO" especially when I walk out of the office at 5:30 on a Friday, you should give it a go! 

Well I hope you enjoyed my favourite 5 motivational Friday tunes. A very lovely mixture in my opinion and if you're ever feeling a bit rubbish on a Friday afternoon, give some of these a go and I am sure that they will lift your spirits.

I'd love to hear what tunes keep you motivated on a Friday afternoon!

Trixybelle xoxo