Tutor Time May 5th

Today we had a group discussion, where we first wrote down answers to three questions,
'Positive experience of self directed research/ engagement with creative outlets / reading around subject'
I said that I had looked quite deeply into research and when we had the task of coming up with a business plan I began to find it interesting and research led me from place to place and I began to imagine the possibilities of creating something similar to use as a real plan. I also became much more aware of what is involved with setting up a business and how much has to be planned and taken into consideration before you can even start and the costs involved.


'Evaluation of managing own time and project work'
The management of my time seems to be working well and has probably improved from last term, I have been setting myself goals for when I want a piece of work finished and the majority of the time I have stuck to them and when I haven't it's usually because I've prioritized other work over it.


'Aspirations for future. How might they have changed? what prompted the change?'
My plans have changed as when I started I thought that I wanted to do graphics design but I found that I missed doing art the only time I was really getting to do it was in my free time and as I got further in to the course I lost the time to be able to do it. 
I think my plans have changed as I try to picture myself doing graphics in the future and I can't really see it, I've lost some of the enjoyment of the work, although I really like the current project I still can't see myself doing it as a job yet. Art is something I really enjoy doing but it won't be sustainable so it will always be something I do in my free time. I also enjoy photography so I think this course is still very relevant as it gives me access to a little of all of these practices.


While having the discussion I took some notes that I thought were good or helpful such as to remain open to other influences, not to cut out everything else because you are studying one subject. When finding exhibitions not to say that you'll only go to ones that you think are in relation to graphics in my case but to go to different exhibitions as they might offer a different approach to thinking.
Talk to other students, that are higher level or have moved on, get advice as they have been through it and will probably have good tips of what to do or not to do. Also talking to people who are already in the jobs that you are looking into, get to know what it's like.


Some methods that other people were using to manage time were to use a white board in their room, notes can easily be added and changed, and it's a quick way of getting ideas down, I really liked this idea and think that this will be something that I will try, another suggestion was to write down things that you have completed as well as a list to do this way you get to see what you have achieved so far and this might give you an extra boost to go further.