I knew it wouldn't be like this forever. One and a half days of school, self-study and freelance work as an illustrator. That I have so few fixed appointments during the week and am so flexible. I went to school with the aim of graduating.
I graduated a month ago.
And now it's the old days, which was a normal week for me back then. It's always special to say goodbye to something you liked, knowing that it will never be the same again.
I'm looking forward to the next chapter and I'm very happy that I've now graduated. Nevertheless, I look back with a little melancholy.
Because I was able to divide up the whole week myself, I was forced to develop a system that was easiest for me. I loved organizing my days and designing the planner.
In my planner, I was able to keep track of homework, meetings, due dates, events, rehearsals, phone calls, general to-do's, sleep, studying and everything else.
I appreciated the flexibility and personal responsibility. It took a lot of discipline, that's for sure. But I enjoyed the freedom, working quietly on my own at my own pace and in the way that was easiest for me. Occasionally studying with classmates before school. The alternating phases in which sometimes schoolwork, sometimes illustration dominated.
I got to invest so much time in great projects, my website, drawing, photography and similar things.
I am deeply grateful for this opportunity.
Another highlight was definitely that I was not only flexible in terms of scheduling, but that I could also work from pretty much anywhere.
Sometimes it was on the train somewhere, in different libraries, in the city, at the lake, at home, on vacation.
My graduation means that I can now start a new chapter and go to university. That will be very different again. A new city, new people, five days of lessons or lectures again, different annual planning in terms of vacations and so on.
I'm excited to see how it turns out, how much time I'll have for my own projects and what's in store for me.
See you soon!
Viviane