Today was dedicated to a little catch up on Personal and Professional Practice since my last presentation with my group. As a class, today we looked at how to get ourselves to become part of the industry. How we make the moves that are needed to get myself from outside the design industry to the inside. Since when I finish my course I will be actively looking for a job.
There was a lot of information being given and there I was told that when it came to getting involved within the creative industry, the phrase that we as up coming designers have 'a lot to gain and nothing to lose', was quite inspirational and made me think a lot about life during and after my years at university, but in a different perspective than the way I was looking.
Personally I find it very easy to become stressed and very worked up in the moment, and I don't find it easy to just stay calm and take things one step at a time. However I always worry and I naturally always think ahead instead of concentrating on what I'm doing in the present. So today was a very mind changing session, in future I might try thinking about things though a less detailed perspective and take a step back and look at an opportunity or situation for what it simply is.
I want to be be able to present myself in the best way I can when it comes to the times that really matter.
Later on in todays session I worked within a group and each took it in turns to write down something positive about each other. The reason for this is so at the end of the session we could find out how other people perceive us. It was interesting to see how new people that I haven't spoken to as much perceive me and to see if that was different to how I perceive myself.
When I got my paper back I had a lot of different notes on it about me
I got
Quiet
shy
good design skills
fun
fashionable
creative
team worker
well dressed
conservative
composed
pretty
unique
stands out
different
out going
I loved all the comments, since they were so nice I felt a little boost of confidence after I had read the comments too.
The session was really helpful because it gave everyone a chance to tell people how they see each other and also provided the opportunity for self positive feedback.
