Personal Development Plan - October 2015

1. Think back to last month - considering the whole academic year; Your confidence, your attitude to learning, the work itself? 

* Last month I had a mindset ready as to what I wanted to get out of this term, I feel that I am staying as positive as I can and I am speaking out when i'm struggling. I don't want to struggle in silence, so I tell my tutor either face to face or via email, and if I am very nervous to speak I will speak to my Personal Tutor. I feel that by making lists it works and it doesn't work, It can stress me out by seeing the amount I have to do, however it makes me so relieved when I can cross them off one by one. 

2. Think about your learning progression, your personal and social development: What skills have you acquired? 
* I feel I have learnt a lot more skills in actually speaking to my tutors, I can approach them to ask them for help on personal project and to widen my skills. I have actually become a lot more confident in speaking to other people in which I have started attending extra Art classes with Calder Art Graphics, in Byram Arcade, Huddersfield.

3. Be Self Critical; What have you learnt about yourself? 
* That I can get anxious very quickly, I need to breathe and re-consider the situation before giving up, also by saying I will do this at home, I force myself to stay in University an extra hour, for example on a Tuesday we are in University 9:15 until 11:15 in a Lecture and then 11:15 until 17:15 we have the studio to ourselves with tutors circulating, throughout October I didn't leave any earlier than 16:00 however most nights I would be there till 19:00 and sometimes longer. 

4. At the start of the month; what concerns you?
* The deadlines, being a lot closer together this term, and still being fairly poor on Adobe After Effects.

5. What excites you? 
* That workshop week is coming up and I can gain more skills.

6. What steps are in place to achieve your aims? 
* Lists! A lot of lists!!!