Self Evaluation

As I think were most of the others in my year, the idea of following the course of my first term by blog was daunting. It seemed like a lot of work.

I, by nature, am a procrastinator. Due to this, in the first few weeks of term I struggled with keeping on top of my blog work, I noticed my independent study visits were piling up and I was becoming stressed.

As I sat down and typed and typed, I caught up. As I worked and uploaded, the blog became easy – enjoyable. I enjoyed keeping track of what I had done and it forced me to reflect on what I had learnt and where I could improve. The blog taught me not to let work pile up until it made me stress, to continue at a steady pace and turn ‘work’ into a hobby and something I enjoyed. If I could start over I would do one blog post per every few days, I think this would have caused my blog to be less of a chore and kept them more relevant.

I had always wanted to start a blog of some form but never knew what to write about or where to begin – what could I possibly have to say that could be an interest to other people?

As I created my blog I realised the point in what I was doing was not for the interest of others approval, but rather for my own enjoyment, work ethic and learning. The blog made me keep up a constant stream of interest, always applying myself to my fullest, keeping notes, and not go through periods of time (as I usually do) of not doing anything at all, and thus, really getting out of a working momentum.

I am constantly trying to force myself to become a more organised person. To keep notes and lists, to write down what I learn, as I learn it. I think keeping a blog helped me organise myself in a lot of ways. I enjoyed having my process written down on the internet, where I could return to and reflect on things I had done, rather than unorganised lists I constantly make and evidently lose.

At the beginning of the blog I struggled with uploading pictures, it was something I seemed to always be putting off and therefore some of my photos are not the highest quality they could have been. If I was to start over I would progressively take photos as I am doing things, I would have included more photos of the actual processes rather than only photos of my final pieces.

Writing is something I have always enjoyed. I think in the case of the blog I got carried away with words and feelings where I should have focused more on facts, processes and technicalities.

Through the course of the blog I learnt that life is much easier when you don’t leave things to the last minute, when you push yourself and work methodically, the sense of accomplishment is really a valuable and worthy thing.