5 Words

My previous post was about a play dough model representation of where I want to be in 5-10 years time. So, I thought I'd pick a few words describing how I'd like to see myself in 5-10 years time. I decided on

Happy,

Inspiring,

Appreciated

Committed

Successful.

Throughout this post I will give a quick explanation of why I have chosen these particular words / what they mean to me.

Happy – when someone mentions ‘happy’ I think of ‘content’ or ‘fortunate’. I am very fortunate to be able to have a close family who support me whatever I decide to do. I am fortunate to be given so many opportunities and experiences. These experiences have shaped me to be the person I am today. I think that bad experiences and just as important as good ones because you can learn from them and they can make you a stronger person. When I have produced bad artwork or have been given bad feedback I take on board the advice and improve for next time. I like the sense of pride when iv completed a good piece of work. I feel like if I am happy, it has knock on effects and benefits.

Inspiring – I would like to have the effect of inspiring somebody. After I have finished my degree I would like to become an art teacher in a high school. I would like to think I could inspire young people to want to do well in the subject, to become more creative and be motivated to produce work and succeed. In the future I would also like to have a family, where I would defiantly like to inspire my own children to be the best that they can be by teaching them manners, helping them academically and by guiding them down the right paths.

Appreciated – I would like to feel appreciated in 5 years time. I know I am going to give everything to achieve my goals and it would nice to feel like people valued me. If I did become an art teacher, I would treat the pupils with respect and think highly of them. I would hope that they would think highly of me too as I would always push them to be the best artists they could be. I would also like to be appreciated by my friends and family.

Committed – I would like to be commited in 5 years. Some commitments are like marriage. I would like to be commited to a job, by showing up and doing the job well. Throughout the next 3 years I intend to be committed to this art course by producing the best work that I can. I will do this by turning up every day and staying in the studios or in the library when im not working at home. Every piece of work needs to be finished - I will finish one piece before moving onto the next.

Successful – I chose this word because I thought it was the hardest one to define. In my opinion ‘successful’ is hard to define because different people have different goals. Schools define success by grades eg  A*, A, B. In school I was never the most intelligent and in science, my C grade was the equivalent to another pupil’s A*. My mum used to give me so much help and confidence and I think that was so important because teachers wouldn’t praise a student for getting D grades, but if that was the best they could do then why didn’t they?  In 5 years I would see myself as successful if I was a teacher, or even if I was a step closer to being one.