Instead of completely sticking to the original schedule that I made for the module, I set myself a target of getting 1-2 briefs done in a month, allowing myself to have a few days of break in between briefs. I think the final schedule went well and I did not feel really stressed even when the deadline was a few days ahead. However, as I like to procrastinate, without having a very concrete plan makes it difficult to start a project. I forced myself to look at articles related to the specific topic in order to get myself into the mood of starting it. I then do the planning after starting the project, writing down to-do lists, listing titles of blogs to be completed, and setting deadlines for uploading blogs.
Overall, I think I did quite good in completing all the 10 briefs. I did my best in all the 10 briefs and I am genuinely satisfied with all the outcome. I think I have improved in putting together the final outcome and presenting them in a professional way, like the penguin and craft beer brief, I appreciate the final presentation of the outcome.
I also think I improved a lot in stress management. In the past two years of uni, I used to say that I had bad stress tolerance and the way to alleviate that is to have good time management. For this year, I would not say that I have a concrete time schedule, but I did force myself to work on 1-2 briefs in a month. Setting myself goals for each month worked very well for me in alleviating stress and gaining a sense of accomplishment.
For things to improve, I used to only like looking at the final outcome of people’s work without looking at their process of thinking, I feel like I have to look at more other people’s work and their thinking process and the concepts behind their projects. Like in B10, covid times, I did a lot of research in people’s work during quarantine and I think that is a really good exercise for me to strengthen my brainstorming skills and creativity.
