After 6 weeks of study I am realising quickly that I really to need to make more effort towards implementing the various ideas and proposals that I have for the different projects I need to complete in order to achieve my degree. Looking back on recent times I have already identified that my lack of motivation is severely damaging my chances of completing the degree with a respectable grade and I intend to put a strategy into motion now to overcome the difficulties I have faced with my own progress.
First of all I have decided to plan a schedule for my various responsibilities to ensure that I am balancing my time against the individual demands of each project. I feel I need this discipline at the moment as I seem to have lost faith in what I am doing and am in real need of corrective motivation. This schedule basically spreads my week across attending college and receiving updates, reacting to current progress and also practical measures for each project.
The Beatles research project has moved on with my proposal having been submitted and the beginnings of what I hope will be my introduction has helped me find a starting point and direction. I have also started looking at my literature review and will be submitting both introduction and literature review next week for my tutor to review and give feedback for improvement.
The Blues Brother’s ensemble project has lacked commitment recently and I have compensated by learning more of our performance material at home which will hopefully put me on a good steadying for next week’s practice. I am confident that we can manage the final performance however lack of attention to detail at this stage will prove to be costly in the end so any outstanding issues regarding band commitment will have to be addressed soon.
I have slowed my input towards my digital media project as I have been working under the impression that the project was to be completed by December however it turns out that the module runs all through the academic year which helps me re-plan the content of the website I intend to design. Next week I hope to start experimenting with a basic template of how the overall website will look with space for all the relevant content considered.
I also met with my graphic designer Leighton this week to further the progress in my portfolio project which looks to be heading in the right direction as I ended the meeting pleased with the ideas of logo design and EP artwork which Leighton had created. I also have a pending 2000 word case study and presentation to prepare for this class so I have decided to leave the designer to it for 2 weeks until I complete these tasks.
The EP I intend to produce for my specialist production project has taken shape and I have recently added upgrades to my home studio that will greatly assist me with this project. I recently purchased an audio interface which gives me high end professional sound recording abilities and with the studio monitors and display device I have moved to I am finally feeling confident in my ability to handle professional recording and production.
All seems to be heading in the right direction however my stalled start has left me concerned in a positive manner as I remain on guard for any future absence of commitment, discipline and motivation. Next week I will hopefully be reporting on the consistent progress I am making throughout all my academic and personal projects.
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