In this post, I may not be as spry as I normally am, but I have been editing for about five hours each day for the past three days. Not complaining, not complaining, but I am exhausted.
But who cares when we've got a reflection to do!
This project... I don't even know how to describe how this project has impacted me. I guess the best place to start off would be my leadership. I think my team members would agree with me when I say that I am the designated team leader. Looking back, I feel like I was gaining more and more leadership qualities, not just in e=being able to delegate work, but just giving my team confidence in their own work and supporting them through all the tasks that this project requires.
One reason that I am so impressed with my growth is because of how daunted I was by this project. When it was introduced, I was genuinely scared. This felt like a mountain that I was fully unprepared (mentally) to climb. I know that we had been prepared for this throughout the year, but when it finally came, I did not really know what to do. But, with all the time we were given and all of the help from my instructor and teammates, it grew to be less and less scary.
Something that this project has taught me that I will continue to carry on is the importance of confidence, in more facets than one. One must be confident in their ideas, and if they are truly important, stick to them in the face of adversity. My teammates and I did not always agree on ideas, but when I felt strongly about one, I would present it in different ways and try to make it accomodation for everyone's vision. I don't know if I put that in the best words, but that is how I got Regression to be where it ended up.
Kind of on the opposite side of the spectrum, I also found ow important planning was. To plan everything is to be prepared. Not for everything, but a lot of the stuff that could happen. We ran into some hiccups, yes, and when that would happen we would overcome them. But, there were times when it felt like something could go wrong, but we had something planned out just in case of that.
Something that I found to be a key part of this journey was having immense amounts of patience, especially when in post-production. You might be thinking that I am talking of having patience with others (which is true), but what I am referring to is patience with yourself.
Editing takes a long time. We know this. But it takes especially long when you have basically no guide and are creating something new that has to be coherent. As I edited the opening, I am willing to admit that I got frustrated a number of times. Throughout those times, I had to learn to have patience with myself and sometimes just take a step back. Honestly, this is one of the most impactful things I got from this project.
Well friends, this is basically my last blog post before the final one. One might say the penultimate blog post. We shall only meet again one more time. See you on the other side.
Tainted Roots Signing Out
"I am a victim of my own success." Conquest, Invincible S3 (2025)
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