So I've had a whole 5 months of summer
to change my attitude towards work, relax and get my motivation back.
Even though its my first week back i'm buzzing, I just want to do
work, and do it well. Just scraping through into the second year has
really put everything into perspective, and how lucky I am. I'm not
wasting this opportunity.
As I type this I just got back from a
lecture, the first thing I did when I got back home was grab a drink
and fire up Microsoft Word and start brain farting/ babbling
everywhere, and you are reading the results of it. Go back 365 days
ago, as soon as I was given a task, like this one, which the deadline
is week away, I would start it the night before it was to be handed
in, frantically typing whatever comes to my mind just to get something
down, just to say 'i've done it' which results in pretty poor quality
work.
Even though it's early days so far with
all my projects/work I have been set I have started on the day it has
been giving. Usually with the first day planning how and when I’m
going to do certain bits of it, setting myself personal deadlines. So
far its working well, I just need to stick at it for the rest of the
year. This is going to be a hard habit to break, I've never been that
good/caring when it comes to planning but I know it is a habit I have
to break, no question.
One of my changes I want to make this
year is to make better use of my time, going back home is around an 8
hour round trip, that’s 8 hours I could be doing something
productive instead of staring out the window on the train. I plan to
use this time to read drawing/art related books.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Figure-Drawing-All-its-Worth/dp/0857680986
– i'm going to start here. Even the little things are going to make
a difference, such as I plan to have a small sketchbook in the
kitchen, so while I’m waiting for my food to cook I can doodle in
the sketchbook. It’ll be just a quick 5-10 minute sketch but over
the academic year that’ll add up to 25 hours (yes I did the
maths....) that’s 2.5 credits right there! I spend a long time speaking to my girlfriend everyday on the phone, so i'm using this time to doodle/ do some drawings, although i am finding that she's getting mad at me for not listening :/. Its little things like
this which will get me a decent job after I graduate.
I've also had the summer to change my
mindset, I wasted too much time last year playing games and watching
stuff on tv, while this is not a bad thing as these mediums can be
another source of inspiration, the quantity I watched/played ate into
work time too often. This will really be put to the test this month
and next as many games I have been waiting for come out. Ill keep you
posting about my progress.
To symbolise and motivate me to keep me
on this new path I have ordered this poster:
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| This now hangs proudly on my wall above my computer |
Thanks for reading!
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