I am learning that running a small-ish business is a lot of work (lol). There are six people giving at least 4 hours weekly each just to upkeep alongside the full-time technician and studio manager.
When doing design type of work there is no time for much research or anything, stuff needs to get done. You learn while doing it (if there’s time for that).
All of those damn uni project pdfs pay off now, who knew.. I hated them and now if I didn’t have that (limited) knowledge I would struggle with InDesign.
Anastasia, the jack-of-all-trades studio manager is quick.
Snap decisions. I’d spend ages on all of this stuff trying to make the perfect thing poster, pdf or whatever. I am so slow.
She bangs it out in no time and makes me do the same. There is a lot to get done in her workday. Not all is perfect but it’s done.
She knows there’s no time and most jobs can be done to an acceptable standard and that’s it. For me it’s hard to do that. Perfectionism is not very helpful.
It’s good to have someone to ask for second opinion.
She doesn’t know everything. I have stuff I know from my experience and education too. Working as a team is efficient and fun. I can snap out of my anxiety ridden brain and bounce of her.
I am learning that making portfolios for other people, or fixing stuff in photoshop, mock-ups or other technical digital stuff is ok, but I’d rather be doing my own stuff.
I guess, that’s why people get paid to do it. I’d rather got paid to do it than not lol, because it’s not always feeling like the best use of my creative energy when it’s not my work. I’d rather do my own work, ideally. That’s what I would like to do. Although it does feel good to solve problems or make something nice sometimes.
