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Friday, August 19, 2011
phantazmagoria: It's good to have resolutions.
phantazmagoria: It's good to have resolutions.: I promised myself that I was going to blog once a week. It's one of my new resolutions. I'm not a writer. i don't know what to write about....
It's good to have resolutions.
I promised myself that I was going to blog once a week. It's one of my new resolutions. I'm not a writer. i don't know what to write about. This is pushing me out of my comfort zone. Everyone can appreciate that, I suppose.
I started a continuing education class at UNCW. It's an online deal, so I don't actually have to go anywhere or meet anyone. That speaks to my inner-introvert. Yes, I have one. I was initially embarrassed about the telling people I was taking the class I was taking. I don't like to admit my short-comings. I'm supposed to be an "expert" in the field I'm in. I needed encouragement from the few people I told and even then, I still procrastinated signing up. But I did, and I started Wednesday. Yay me.
Intro to Photoshop CS4 is what I'm taking.
Embarrassed because I use Photoshop everyday at work. I am not exaggerating in the least bit either. I am a graphic designer in a printshop. We use Photoshop all the time.
I realized that taking this class would be beneficial because I took Photoshop in college 13 years ago. It was Photoshop 5 then, I think. Don't you think that it has changed since then??! Well, all these new tools and filters and bells and whistles now offered in the application, are things I've never learned. Sure I could just look at a tutorial, but I hate learning that way. This feels better - paying for it justifies it somehow in my brain! hahaha.
I was worried I wouldn't learn anything helpful. First lesson into it and I learned a new way to color correct photos. It was cool too. So, now I'm off to do lesson 2.
And I'm pretty certain that I'll be taking more UNCW con ed classes in the future. There is even an event planning class. woo hoo! I love event planning.
I think that I will definitely make taking these classes one of my resolutions.
In the book that I read that I'm always gushing over, The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, she said that the single most important thing that kept her motivated for her resolutions was keeping a Resolution Chart. I am going to do that too. What better way to reward myself than with STICKERS!! I love gold stars!
I started a continuing education class at UNCW. It's an online deal, so I don't actually have to go anywhere or meet anyone. That speaks to my inner-introvert. Yes, I have one. I was initially embarrassed about the telling people I was taking the class I was taking. I don't like to admit my short-comings. I'm supposed to be an "expert" in the field I'm in. I needed encouragement from the few people I told and even then, I still procrastinated signing up. But I did, and I started Wednesday. Yay me.
Intro to Photoshop CS4 is what I'm taking.
Embarrassed because I use Photoshop everyday at work. I am not exaggerating in the least bit either. I am a graphic designer in a printshop. We use Photoshop all the time.
I realized that taking this class would be beneficial because I took Photoshop in college 13 years ago. It was Photoshop 5 then, I think. Don't you think that it has changed since then??! Well, all these new tools and filters and bells and whistles now offered in the application, are things I've never learned. Sure I could just look at a tutorial, but I hate learning that way. This feels better - paying for it justifies it somehow in my brain! hahaha.
I was worried I wouldn't learn anything helpful. First lesson into it and I learned a new way to color correct photos. It was cool too. So, now I'm off to do lesson 2.
And I'm pretty certain that I'll be taking more UNCW con ed classes in the future. There is even an event planning class. woo hoo! I love event planning.
I think that I will definitely make taking these classes one of my resolutions.
In the book that I read that I'm always gushing over, The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, she said that the single most important thing that kept her motivated for her resolutions was keeping a Resolution Chart. I am going to do that too. What better way to reward myself than with STICKERS!! I love gold stars!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Re-inventing blog and myself
Journaling is supposed to be a very therapeutic tool and blogging is journaling. So, I'm re-inventing this blog for my life lessons and growth purposes, to be therapeutic. Originally, I was using this blog as a business tool because I believe that a successful business in this day and age needs to have a strong online presence. Blogging, Tweeting, Facebooking, emailing, internet marketing is more powerful than any god. Any business that doesn't do these things is nuts.
Perhaps I'll mention this to my boss. I don't want the company I work for to go out of business. Recently, I read a book that changed my life and adjusted my attitude towards my work and my company. No job will ever be perfect. I genuinely LIKE what I do. I am a graphic designer in a printshop. The book I read was called "The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin. The career-life-changing line I read was:
"Too much concern about whether I was getting praise or blame, spoiled my pleasure in my work and, what's more, probably weakened my work."
To me, this was life-changing because I do really like what I DO, but my bad-attitude towards office politics ruined it so much that I hated, dreaded going into work each day. ISN'T THAT HORRIBLE?? So now I smile and try to be cheerful and helpful and courteous, and all the good things that make a good employee.
In this book it also said happy people are more successful. There was a lot of great things in this book.
Anyhoo ... from now on this blog will be for my personal growth as a human bean - a life long process, I know.
Things I'm working on:
Speaking up
Not taking things so personal
Cutting people slack
Asking questions
Learning new things
Not shying away from the unknown.
Oh, and StumbleUpon.com is one of the greatest inventions ever. This is what I found yesterday:
Perhaps I'll mention this to my boss. I don't want the company I work for to go out of business. Recently, I read a book that changed my life and adjusted my attitude towards my work and my company. No job will ever be perfect. I genuinely LIKE what I do. I am a graphic designer in a printshop. The book I read was called "The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin. The career-life-changing line I read was:
"Too much concern about whether I was getting praise or blame, spoiled my pleasure in my work and, what's more, probably weakened my work."
To me, this was life-changing because I do really like what I DO, but my bad-attitude towards office politics ruined it so much that I hated, dreaded going into work each day. ISN'T THAT HORRIBLE?? So now I smile and try to be cheerful and helpful and courteous, and all the good things that make a good employee.
In this book it also said happy people are more successful. There was a lot of great things in this book.
Anyhoo ... from now on this blog will be for my personal growth as a human bean - a life long process, I know.
Things I'm working on:
Speaking up
Not taking things so personal
Cutting people slack
Asking questions
Learning new things
Not shying away from the unknown.
Oh, and StumbleUpon.com is one of the greatest inventions ever. This is what I found yesterday:
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