Alright. Who’s hungover?
It’s the day after the day of the race that stops the nation makes the nation drink copious amounts of champagne. Starting at, you know, 8am.
How was your day? Did you drink too much, or too little? Did your shoes hurt? Did you win on a horsey? What did you wear?
If you missed any of the coverage, have a flick through our gallery below of all the fashion from the day. Our pick for Outfit of the Day was Rebecca Judd – anyone who can pull off black and fluro pink is a winner in our books.
Personally, my day was quite boring. I just worked and then I had to do a uni essay. So while everyone else was stumbling home holding their shoes in their hands, I was at home, eating burritos and trying to incorporate as many big words into one document as possible, without it being completely indecipherable.
I did, however, get thinking about the cruelty behind many aspects of horse racing; and the sad news that Verema was euthanised after the race due to a broken leg. I know that the horse-racing industry is big business; it just makes me unhappy to know that animals are hurt in the process.
It got us all talking in the office – you can read our post about it here.
How’s your week been? What’s on your mind?
Top Comments
OMM: now that it's exam time, I'm starting to seriously ask myself if I want to continue with the dual laws/journalism degree I've been studying for two years now. I want to swap to straight journalism because I absolutely love it, but I'm scared I won't get a decent job when I graduate, or I'll be banished to the middle of Australia to report on a fence feud for ACA (ugh!). It's the main reason I've been in laws for this long, because there's more security - even if I 80% know I don't want to be a lawyer (well, more so, I don't want the lack of balance that comes with a lawyer's life). I enjoy learning about law (even if it doesn't make sense to me until the 10th time), but not sure if I should bury myself in HECS debt if I've no intention of using the LLB for something.
MMers, help me out! Nat, how do you manage?! D:
I wouldn't worry about the HECS debt! I think education is incredibly valuable and with the journalism industry as it is and considering you've already done 2 years I'd keep going with the double degree. You don't have to work as a lawyer to utilise a law degree. It's relevant in many industries.
You'd be highly sought after as a journalist with a law degree. There's probably a really high percentage of people who get a law degree and maybe work as a lawyer for a few years, but then move in to something else. Law opens a lot of doors so if you like studying it, I say stick it out! (from another Law/Arts student who's spent many hours puzzling this same question ;))
Thank you both! Some serious thinking to do this summer!!
Hi lovely MMers. I saw Molly's post below about being so tired, and I thought I had somehow accidentally written it myself (and forgotten...because I'm so tired).
In short, she said: "You guys, I am TIRED! Tired of working full-time, sitting in a dreary office all day, getting home at around 7.30pm after gym/yoga/stuck at work late, then only having the energy to cook dinner, blob on the couch for 2 hours, then go to bed - and repeat the next day!" What suprised me wasn't her post - but that no one said "duh, that's how we all feel!"
Do not all people feel like this? I assumed this was how every adult working full time felt - but maybe I'm just not coping with normal daily tasks very well! I feel like I am on an endless hamster wheel of things I *have* to do every hour (work, exercise, eat, "relax", sleep, repeat), and I am just exhausted. I consider myself very lucky, as I am healthy, working in a great job, with a beautiful partner and a lovely home, so I shouldn't complain - but I feel like I am shooting down a vordex of Groundhog days into old age.
I am so tired. I wish I could work part time or just quit work and live overseas as an international explorer of life and love...but I also don't want to give up my career, and I want to prepare of the future (being children, etc).
Is this how everyone feels? Or am I just not coping with life very well?
I don'r know about everyone else but I feel this way and I have a dream of working overseas too! I have always wondered if it was only me and if I just can't cope. Since I moved out of college at uni I seem to love my job for a few months and by the 9 months to a year mark I hate it. I have no idea how to change my mindset because I know how lucky I am to have a job but it doesn't make it any easier to endure the crappy job. I also have an issue finding something I like doing, if I could just find what I love to do maybe I could make a career out of that :) Hoping you feel better but I'm sure there are many of us that feel that way :)
it doesn't have to be this way! Make some changes :)