Story Time
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Learn to take pride
I’m a true example of being my own worst critic. I say this at a moment in my life when my expectations for the quality of my work or use of my time is my number one priority.
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This is for those who work well under significant and unnecessary pressure
All my life I have operated on the “take it one day at a time and knock ’em down as they go,” outlook. This strategy has turned me into an unintentional procrastinator. I find that I often am completely engorged in a project… or completely avoiding all responsibility so as to not encounter stress until I have to. Recently I began to notice, after all the years of being told to be better prepared, this may just be the way I operate. Everyone’s hours of productivity are different, some are night owls who flourish in the light of the moon and are most creative during the hours others are sleeping,…
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Small Support
I was thinking the other day about how young entrepreneurs are often self-focused. This quality often gets a bad reputation for its ability to divide relationships and create an air of bloated "ego," but there is another not-so-great outcome for this habit. Solopreneurs are often overly competitive... they are so busy trying to be the next best thing they forget to support those around them with the same dreams.
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Trusting the process
Lately, as I am coming to a close on my college days, I have been thinking about my aspirations and goals with who I have come to be over the past couple of years. I have learned I am someone who works better independently and likes to have creative control and claim to her work. This is why I know with my whole heart I belong in the freelance creative field.
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Something’s brewing
If you are unfamiliar what a "capstone" is, I will give you the skinny. Basically, this is the final project that caps off my college career. It is a single media project that demonstrates my skills as an electronic media student. If I fail this, I don't graduate.
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Do something big that terrifies you.
I was very active in the volunteering community when I was in high school and the early parts of my college career. When I got my first job at the television station however, I had to give up my free time to focus on my portfolio and my job. I told myself I needed to take a new road and begin a journey separate from my life norm. I wanted to find a way to service my soul, while servicing others.
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Passion for Your Craft
One thing about my chosen career path that soothes my anxiety is that even on my days off, I am still affiliating with my craft in some way.
