Listening to white creative and hearing how a previous student has been able to set up his own business that is has become more successful as time goes by. What I took from this afterlife talk is that he appears confident in his ability, enabling him to express this confidence in his work.
What he did mention is that he could’ve done more in university as he seems to leave everything to the last minute. He focused on his freelance over his university work that can have his ups and downs. When he graduated he did know what was going to happen! All he knew was he wanted to stay in Cardiff to find a job where there was more opportunity using the part-time job to pay rent an bills.
He started to do a lot more freelance after meeting people while doing other jobs. From that connection that he managed to find, instead of working any hours he wanted his home, he was able to find structure in his working life. Giving himself structure was key to be able to settle and work well and be happy with what he was doing. This is very relatable, as uni for me is very strange compared to the working world people. Routine is key to create a healthy, successful working environment to
Keep designing for the fun of it. If you want to try designing something (clothing brand) just do it.
Sam Ashton 