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Week 2

I found this week introspective and insightful. It's reminded me of how important it is to revisit my internal landscape every once in a while, to reflect on traits I'd forgotten to look at, to celebrate what I've got, and to notice where I can put in some work. Creative Types Test Reflect on your dominant creative type and how the skills and characteristics of your creative type will help you excel in your chosen design field. My dominant creative type is The Alchemist, I more or less agree with the type breakdown. Creative type aside, the description speaks more broadly to my general personality; ‘Your life is an endless quest for meaning and a journey of self-exploration’ ‘[You] seek to understand the inner workings of all things’ ‘Having touched your own depths, you understand that even darkness has its purpose’ In terms of how this way of thinking – of having a strong focus on examination and inquiry – will benefit me in interior design, I think the ability...
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Week 1

Hi Hannah,  I hope to make this visually appealing in the coming weeks. But, for now.. Knowledge gained: What did I learn this week, academically and personally? It has been a long time since I have studied outside of the context of work. Of course, I’ve learnt new skills and gained knowledge in the workforce, but that has always been under the motivating forces of Getting Paid and of Avoiding Getting Fired. Learning proactively, under my own steam, and because it is something I want to do, feels like returning to a long-lost version of myself. I was interested to hear what you had to say on resilience and the academic slump. I have consistently experienced this throughout my life and have never thought it was a common feature of the process but rather my own personal glitch. Challenges: What obstacles did I face, and how did I overcome them? I managed the 2.5 hour commute on Monday morning pretty well but I left 6 minutes too late on Tuesday and disc...
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