You're welcome, Hilary. It's easy to get frustrated at ourselves for not making enough progress as we imagined but it is important to enjoy the journey and be patient with ourselves. :)
Speaking of resilience, yesterday I received feedback on a recent project I completed. Overall it was great feedback with a few nudges on areas I could improve in. I used to get down and worry about the feedback and not living up to expectations I had for myself. Now I embrace the feedback and know that this is the secret sauce for becoming more aware of my skills and to be able to address the areas I need to in order to grow as a designer. The key part for me is to be resilient and use the feedback to learn from instead of feeling down because of it.
Thank you, Rizwan, for a fun experience writing about my take on resilience!
And to answer my question:
Every day I try to be more patient with myself. I'm no master at this yet, but eventually, I might be.
You're welcome, Hilary. It's easy to get frustrated at ourselves for not making enough progress as we imagined but it is important to enjoy the journey and be patient with ourselves. :)
Speaking of resilience, yesterday I received feedback on a recent project I completed. Overall it was great feedback with a few nudges on areas I could improve in. I used to get down and worry about the feedback and not living up to expectations I had for myself. Now I embrace the feedback and know that this is the secret sauce for becoming more aware of my skills and to be able to address the areas I need to in order to grow as a designer. The key part for me is to be resilient and use the feedback to learn from instead of feeling down because of it.