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Last weekend brought with it so many new experiences – where do I even start?

I’d been asked to audition for a job as social media presenter at Scotland’s biggest music festival, T in the Park, and as if that wasn’t a big enough honour, I somehow got the job.

It’s difficult to even call it a job, when in reality it’s probably the most fun I’ve ever had. It entailed interviewing some of the festival line-up for the 成人论坛 T in the Park Twitter feed.

After arriving on Friday afternoon, we kicked straight off with acts like James Morrison, Fun Lovin' Criminals and Alessia Cara. To ease me in, you know? Day one was a blur of excited giggles and coffee.

On the Saturday morning, I took part in my first two-way on Radio Scotland. Stood on the windowsill of my dorm room trying to get a phone signal, I went live for the first time ever. It was a real proud moment hearing myself introduced to the listeners as a presenter. Me? Really?

The weekend was full on, with thirteen-hour shifts and an ever-changing timetable. Sometimes I think the only thing that kept me awake was the buzz I got from each interview. We spoke to some heavy hitters – Bastille, James Bay, Slaves, Travis – but as each interview passed it felt a little less surreal and more like my dream job. They’re veteran interviewees after all, and I almost feel like if ever I get the pleasure of bumping into James Morrison again, I’d greet him like an old friend.

Without even having the time to come back to earth and reflect on the experience so far, it was decided we would finish off Sunday’s coverage with a Facebook Live stream. I was given maybe twenty minutes notice, and I swear, my insides turned to soup.

Luckily, the wonderful Edith Bowman was on board to keep me afloat, and around five seconds after we started recording, I forgot all about my stresses and focussed on the reality: sitting on a couch with one of my broadcasting heroes, talking about music. I can’t imagine a more perfect way to have ended the weekend.

The beauty of being an apprentice is that it’s okay to ask a million questions, it’s okay to not get it right first time, and you’re free from the constraints of an everyday job to grab every opportunity offered to you.

Embrace your apprenticeship; it will love you back, and then some.

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