Practice Makes Perfect

...or so they say. If it's true then the more I write, the better I'll be at it and the easier words will flow, right? I think this is true to an extent. In German every week we write a journal entry on what we read the past week, seeing as it's an Introduction to German Literature class. At first I used to struggle so much to meet the word count and find enough to write about for the given topic. Today I wrote my 12th journal entry and it's gotten to be a much faster process than it originally was and much easier also. Although I'm still not getting perfect grades because checking my German grammar is a lot more difficult than checking my English grammar, I think I have definitely improved. What I've taken from this experience is that the more I practice writing in this blog, the more I'll actually keep it up (hopefully), so today I thought I'd talk about projects.

For one of my classes, we've been doing a lot of work with branding - identifying our own brand and selling ourselves. Next week we have a personal brand poster due, and with it we need to link a social media site that promotes our brand. The problem with my Facebook and Instagram, however, is that I don't think they full capture my brand and who I am as well as they could. Instead of linking one of those, I opted to make a new site specifically for this project. I started working with Pathbrite. When you make a profile it suggests that you answer three of their questions as a little about me section. One of the questions was "When do I feel most energized?". I thought about it feeling pretty energized as I realized that the project for me was something that made me feel energized. I love working on new projects. I can't say the same about finishing them but more on that later. I recently came across a website to make my brand poster and it has a ton of graphic art text you can add to posters or pictures and make really cool business cards, invitations, blog posts, or whatever comes to mind. For example, I made this cool blog header I'm going to try and find a way to add on to my page:

Uncovering something new is like unlocking potential, like seeing a different side of someone or finally understanding a concept that was holding you back in a class. Opportunity inspires me. It gets me energized and excited. I like the idea of a blank page, an open day, something that you can fill the way you want to. I guess I've always liked projects. I was big on art projects in school and dorm decorations was a favorite activity of mine this summer. Even in school I liked getting a head start on projects because when you have time there's so much you can do with it. I mentioned before I'm not so good at finishing projects. I hate being in a time crunch or having one part left of a project after I've been working on it for a while - the only exception being puzzles, but even with those I get bored at the end when all the pieces begin to look the same. Does that make me a quitter or just a great starter? Is there a such thing as someone who starts projects and gets the ball rolling then passes it off to someone else to finish it so they can move on to the next thing? If there is why I haven't looked into it yet is a mistake on my part. The more I think about it the more true I realize it is. Even with books I get bored before the ending and struggle to finish, and with blog posts thinking of a way to end them is difficult so they usually end in the middle of some thoughts. I guess all I can say is it's a good thing I'm not playing a sport or trying to write a novel. 

To check out my Pathbrite go to: https://pathbrite.com/lngoldstein
To make cool graphics go to https://www.canva.com/