The last week of Design

Although I started off not enjoying design, im pretty sure it wasn't the design process that I didnt enjoy but more the lack of organisation of the elective itself. It was a bit scattered and disorganised and I feel a lot was thrown at us with very little help or explanation.
After the white card model and hearing what the lecturers had to say about my design and the positive feedback that I got I felt a lot more at ease and a weight was definitely lifted off my shoulders. This week iv really enjoyed working in my own time at home where I have no distractions and making my model come to life and adding textures and making chairs and tables and organising my folder of costume designs and props and technical drawings. Im really happy with what i'v produced and when I popped into uni yesterday and saw how little everyone else had done on their model I felt a lot more at ease again because I was clearly much further ahead than the rest of them.
I have enjoyed my time in design in the last 2 weeks, the first 2 I didn't enjoy quite so much but once i'd got my heard around it and time managed all the other work that was to be done for other modules, I started to relax a bit and made lists and priorotised what was the most important and have managed to get to today and only have a couple of things left to do which are easy and im not stressing about.
I think I have learnt a lot in my time in design. I've learnt how much work it involves and how important it is to research a play so you get a feel for the characters, the set and you are able to create the atmosphere and produce a set that tells the story itself.
I've learnt that it is a very stressful thing to do and there are a lot of areas to take into consideration. I know that the 4 weeks we had was not a long time and that designers usually get longer but I think it was good to be rushed and have to create your own timetable and be able to manage your time well, as well as trying to juggle all the other modules and workloads. I think its really important to be able to manage your time, especially as a designer.
Although I worked without distractions at home I did make sure I came into uni at some point every day even if it was just for an hour, so that I could see how the others were getting along and talk to the lecturers if I needed anything.
I know i'v been a bit of a moan, but its just because when I get stressed I get run down really easily and when im run down I tend to get ill which makes me a bit deflated and irritable. Which has happened. But I suppose it also made me sit down and make lists and priorotise what was needed, and in doing so like I said above, i'v got a ahead of myself and im beginning to enjoy myself and what im doing.
At the end of the day though...Im still glad to be an applied artist and cant wait to get back into scenic after Easter!