In Two Years Time It'll Be Two Years Gone

I think it would be a fair point to state that there are times when I go on for a bit too long in my learning journal. Sorry about that. To balance that out, I promise a bit more of a concise entry this time. So where do I want to be in 6 months time and 2 years time?

6 Months Time
I think one of the major things I want to be a bit better at in 6 months time is PHP. I think before I may have tried to do too much way too soon, and I feel ready to tackle to challenge of learning a new piece of software now. I've touched over some of the basics over the summer using the excellent PHP Quickstart Guide, and I've made a couple of extremely simple applications. I just think now I've got to push myself a bit over the wall, and take the plunge.

The next one is a bit of an odd one for me. I half want to say to myself I want to get distinctions on every assignment in the second year, but I know that's really unrealistic. I've decided to start with getting at least 2 distinctions, and see how I go from there. If I get those 2 distinctions earlier than expected then I'll consider this target again.

Obviously - like every other designer on the planet - I want a well-designed portfolio. I've decided to set this as a target for me because I know this will probably the single most important piece of design on the course; after all it's going to sell me to potential employers and show off my design skills. That's why it's of paramount importance for me that I do it right, and well.

And as a last one for the 6 month side of things, I want to continue to improve my design work over previous assignments over each new assignment. I think this will probably a quite easy feat to do with the latest assignment we've been given as it's been a long time since I've last done a college assignment. I'm eager to see how much I've improved, and to improve again and again over each assignment is a big target for me.

2 Years Time
There's only one target I have for two years time at the moment, and that's to be working at a design studio. I'm confident that I'll achieve that before 2 years time, but right now that is the only thing I'd like to focus on. Obviously there's sub-parts to that target, such as creating a good portfolio, but I've already mentioned that one.

446 words. Not that bad I guess.