First Lecture, My Future?

In the past 2 weeks, I have taken two classes of Overview of the Industry. The class was told that this course is extremely beneficial and very important. We, as a class, have been told that this course will help our future. It will prepare us for life after University. We were assigned to read a blog, Dena, C.(2015). How Are We The Same. Retrieved from https://medium.com/self-directed-practitioners/week-2-how-are-we-the-same-d12edb71b5e8, that our professor gave us. After reading the blog I saw things differently. The blog was about the work life of an artist. By artist I mean anyone who works in the creative field. It told us about how we had to view ourselves in the industry. What inspired me most about the blog was a video that was linked at the end of it. The video had animators talk about the industry and themselves in it. My favorite part was how we had to trust in ourselves and to not fear ourselves. From that I understood that we had to trust in our work. We had to not be afraid of presenting our work. This was beneficial to me because I often am afraid of what others will think of my work and also that I don't trust my skills, but I have to learn to not fear the judgment of others because their critiques are only to help push me to my full potential, as well as that I have to trust in my work. This is clear to me because to be successful I must be confident in my work, I must trust that my work is the best I could do and I should be proud of that.

Aside from the blog, we also had a talk in class. We talked mostly about what we saw ourselves doing in the near future, 2 years later, 5 years later and, 10 years later. Our professor told us that it is okay if we didn't know what we wanted to be, I think it's because people tend to change their minds and gain new interests, so that made a lot of sense to me. Overall I really enjoyed this week's class and I am looking forward to the classes to come and all the things I will be learning in the course.