Future Practice, Store and Time Management
Recently I've been doing a lot of thinking about my practice outside of LCA. I think this Summer I've proven to myself that I am capable of sourcing work through contacts etc. this is something that will continue to naturally build as I endeavour to pursue more networking opportunities and people to know. I do want to push my self initiated practice a lot more this coming year however. Last year I uploaded my Dear Self zine to Etsy, and last week I sold my final copy. This has left my store bare, which is why I feel it's a good time to evaluate what I want to put onto it this year. I've got a lot of ideas in mind for small projects I want to undertake and pieces I want to create ready to upload to the webstore. I'm thinking of doing a 'store relaunch' around mid october. I'm setting that as a vague deadline to have most of my new stuff ready by so I can upload a haul of them at once.
Now is also a good time to think about my branding. It's something I don't feel fully happy with at the moment and something I really want to work on getting right this year. I'd like to do a little more tinkering before uni gets into full swing again.
I'd also LOVE to get in control of my time management this year. Last year was a complete mess, and the amount of last minute work and extreme pushes I had to undergo to finish my work to the quality I wanted it finished to was exhausting. This year I'd love to plan my time well enough to work really hard on uni work throughout the week, and be able to concentrate on my own practice outside of uni on the weekends (commissions, practical work for store, store management such as shipping, organising ect). I'd like to leave uni knowing I've created a small hub around my work external to the uni environment, and having a small stream of income wouldn't go amiss this year either.
REMEMBER TO PLAN TIME WELL THIS YEAR!!!
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