Not As Easy As Expected

As mentioned before, the hospital has different shifts that they allow volunteers to work. I am required to keep the same shifts I initially sign up for throughout the spring. Therefore, the shifts I signed up for are slightly odd times.  I also don't get to volunteer as much as I wanted during January, however in the long run I will get to volunteer more! I'm realizing that a longer volunteer experience will only allow me to gain more knowledge about child life. It makes me wish Interim was something I could do all semester. I really feel like I could continue this project and make it SO great over the course of 4 months. Because I don't get to volunteer as much as I wanted, I am focusing my 'off days' on the resource book I am making for the psychology department. I initially thought that the book would be SO easy and wouldn't require much time. Boy oh boy was I wrong! I spent several hours today pouring over research on the child life website trying to decide what was important for me to include in my book. There is literally so much information and it will take me LOTS of time to get all the information together, and then format the book to appeal to readers. I already wish I had this book earlier in my research efforts to help me figure out how to become certified in child life, and what child life was! My goal of the book is for it to have resources that will be able to be used for several years, and won't require much updating. This past summer I became a student member on the child life website (which requires you to pay a fee). I haven't even tapped into all the other resources that are available for members. I expect my book to be around 30-50 pages by the end of interim. I am literally writing 3-5 pages a day of information, single spaced! This book is not as easy as I expected it would be!