The Holiday Chronicles – The Reflection

(Read the first post...first.)

If there’s one ultimate thing I’ve learnt over this holiday it’s to stop faffing. When you get a good idea – even if it isn’t the best idea you think you can come up with – stop trying to achieve that elusive better idea. Chances are, you won’t find it. You’ll just end up stuck with an idea you don’t like and a handful of other rubbish ones.

Another lesson over the holidays has come about from work rather than doing college work. I’ve been working on a flash website almost since I started there, and nearly every time my first ideas got knocked back. At first, it devastated me. All those three hours… wasted. As the weeks have gone by though, it’s got easier and easier to take rejection. Not criticism, just straight out “I don’t like that, it won’t work”. I’m now at the point where it means nothing, and I don’t really get attached to anything I work on anymore. That’s where I should be eventually, but it seems as though I took the Crash Course to Rejection without me knowing it.

If I’m honest, my time planning hasn’t been perfect. Even though I’ve got a steady job now with solid hours due to other issues my time to do work is rarely ever concrete, so sometimes it is still a case of catching an hour here and an hour there. This I hope to change, but sometimes the factors are outside your control. Time planning is constantly in the forefront of my mind, and I do feel like I am improving. This time last year I wouldn’t even be able to handle to do it for a week.

If anything though, it’s meant I’m coming back with more enthusiasm than ever. More passion about the industry that I want to spend the rest of my life in and most importantly of all, more mental strength. I honestly can’t wait to get back.