Can I handle it

 "Imagine third year"

Safe to say deadline week was definitely taking its toll but that wasn't the thing that was on my mind. I started considering how I would manage my workload in my final year at university, there was no way that this work would amount to even half of what I would have to do in the months ahead. With that being said I didn't give in to the pressure and yes eventually everything would be completed. But then I had an epiphany; life was definitely that much easier when I started the work immediately. Had I reached a milestone in my life? Pat on the back again. I had found a way to motivate myself to work and learnt how to turn on my creativity without leaving everything to the last minute. It is easy for people to say that when you work better under pressure but I have always known that never really applied to me. Even though that didn't stop me testing out the theory multiple 

times. I knew I wasn't the sort of person who needed pressure to work well and so working close to deadlines never really worked in my favour. I always knew I was not reaching my full potential.

I say all that to say it was nice to realise that I can work even when I feel like I am having a creative block, there is always a way to get around it and still be productive in that time.

Thinking ahead to 3rd year I have already thought about projects coming my way, at least I could work towards the ones I knew were going to happen regardless i.e. my dissertation and final exhibition. There is definitely no harm done working towards these projects, doing research and getting my ideas together. If the brief required me to change any of my ideas it would still be much easier to do than to start afresh. 

I guess it is almost a given that I will feel some levels of stress and pressure close to any deadline and that is not a problem. The main thing is ensure I do not decreased the quality of the work I do if I feel overwhelmed, I just need to consider how am I dealing with it. I think I did quite well during this time, which leads me in high spirits when I think about my final year at university. I know I won't be and probably can't be perfect all the time so admitting and tackling my weaknesses now is better than trying to work through them when it matters. This realisation will definitely help me not only at uni but in the field of graphic design altogether.