Today I had to give a presentation on my process and end results for the controversial advertising assignment.
I had prepared my presentation before Christmas in time for the previous date set so today I went through the presentation, and changed a couple of slides.
I presented last but wasn't particularly nervous which is massive progress. I used to be in the same state as I saw fellows students in today and it's such a relief not to feel like that any more. It's an age thing and also I learnt a few years ago that if I know the subject I'm talking about, I'm confident because the knowledge is inside of me.
I asked Lotty to make notes on the feedback the group gave to me today in case I didn't remember them :
- my controversial advert wasn't obvious but very clever once recognised
- my food advert may not be obvious to those who don't have the problem
- both adverts are acceptable as controversial adverts - have more confidence in my work
- I had lots of good ideas but didn't have confidence to take them forward - maybe if I had experimented more I would have taken one further
Lauren's comment to me today hit me between the eyes. She said imagine what I could have achieved if I had worked consistently on this project rather than a few weeks. This hit me because its commonly said that a lot of people in addiction are high achievers (and I was) and we joke saying wow imagine what we could achieve when we're not in addiction. I have been still stuck in the food problems and this has I know impacted my first term. I talked about being paralysed and unable to move forward and I included this in my evaluation and taking stock project because how I feel overwhelms me and I am not as productive.
I have started today though with a motivated outlook, am dealing with my food problems (again) and I have an aim to get some of my work up for sale on a regular basis online and at craft fairs. This is following the good feedback I have had following the market stalls. I have been waiting to produce that one special thing but it dawned on me before Christmas that I could be waiting a very long term especially with my high expectations!
The feedback I have received today was very welcome.
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