Self-reflection 2018
Today on May 21st, I have only a few weeks left before graduation and the final presentation for FutureProof Personal Development Planning module is on May 31st, Friday.
I knew I wanted to have a career in either Marketing or Fashion Styling because I have a great interest in channeling my creativity. During diploma, I wanted to become a Fashion Buyer, but I did my internship as a "Buying Intern" in a fashion company, it made me realized that it is not who I am and not for me because the job itself lacks creativity.
I asked my friend who got an internship as a fashion stylist, I get to see what she did during her internship, and helped her to do mood boards, I knew right then I have a soft spot for creative careers.
Therefore, from then on, I need to be in the creative side of the fashion industry or else I would not enjoy or love my job for me to stay long.
I am a very motivated individual when I fully understand what I need to do and most importantly, I need to enjoy doing it for me to move further.
For a year of degree, I channeled my creative self, doing fashion styling on my friends and being the photographer/photo editor myself. On top of that, this year I get to practice my software editing skills with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign for all assignments given in regards to Fashion Styling, Web Designing, Layouts, Social Media, Marketing and more.
I noticed my skills grew over the past year, in terms of knowing how to mix and match colors to entice certain target market age groups for my fashion styling, marketing or websites which made me realize that I know for sure that I can survive working in the creative field. Furthermore, I get to volunteer as a fashion stylist during this degree year with Amos Ananda x Leslie Kee and Digital Fashion Week which were good experiences. Moreover, as a class during this degree year a lot went on and happened, we even organized a fashion show which was not required for us to do as we can choose to organize other kinds of events.
During this fashion show "We can be Heroes", I know I can manage people well being one of the 4 leaders, and I was the leader of Styling team, I learnt so much about people, about designers, and organizing the entire event with only 3 other people. It is possible as long as everyone is willing to work together, nothing is impossible. After the fashion show, I felt happy and accomplished as a leader because as a leader you need to work together with everyone and not just giving people or your team mates tasks, but to guide them along the way.
But in the end of the day, my goals are to make my parents proud, especially my father, he who tried his best to provide me with the best education, he who works day and night endlessly for me and my brother. I owe him too much, he is the reason why I push myself to the limit, no matter what I can never give up due to my father. He told me to not put pressure on myself but how can I not? because I know he believes in me. By this year he is supposed to be retired, traveling with his hard earned money, but yet again he is still working, majority because of my education and my future. My father once told me that my grandfather told him not to spend so much money on my education because I am a girl and in the end of the day I will "follow my husband everywhere he goes", not going to lie, hearing that made me furious which is why I will never stop pushing myself till I reach my goals, till I can repay my father's sacrifices back.
-Stephanie Steven
