I have completely overhauled my affairs since I finished my work placement, and have made some important decisions:
1 - I have decided to REALLY go for it as a designer. (I was always ambitious, but had also been trying to balance a career as a DJ and music producer, out of financial necessity).
I have now 'handed in my notice' on my DJ job, and will have finished entirely by the end of 2008. I actually plan to stop in any busy way from early October.
2 - I have committed myself in various ways:
I sold all my DJ and music equipment, bought a fast Mac pro 8 core with 14gb of Ram and a really nice big screen.
I turned the room that had been a half DJ-room, half-office into a fully equipped studio space, replete with a mini-library. It is immaculate.
3 - I will now be organising myself as if I have a job. I am keeping a time-sheet.
4 - I will now reflect on every job I do, whether college based or outside work. This can go on my blog, and also be saved in a text file with the folder for each job. I read Stefan Sagmeister's "Made You look" and knew it would be a good thing to do.
5 - the combination of time-sheets and reflections will help me get good and get quick. It seems in the real world, thne mantra is "Hurry Up!"
6 - I recieved masses of advise and observed many good work ideas at Bruce Dunlop (so many I felt I had enough to skip the Creative Futures week at college). The important thing now is to act on them and start building a portfolio.
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