My UX Design Update

Yesterday, I took a short mini UX design course for beginners and in one of the lessons, I was reminded to blog about my journey in UX design, even though I already made up my mind to do that, but after my first post where I wrote about how I first came into UI/UX DESIGN, I have been feeling like there was literally nothing to write about but that’s really not true.

So between now and the last time I wrote here, I have been thinking of what to do for my case study research, and also going back to my previous works/designs to correct the many mistakes I made in the designs, and also trying to work my way through animations and neuromorphic animations and it has really been fun.

While working on my next design, I noticed something about a feature I wanted to add but realized that it was missing in other models that we have presently so I decided to also use it for my case study and right now I am still conducting my research, trying to get people to fill my form and see if the problem I am looking to solve is actually a problem that people care to see solved and it has been going well so far, even though I have been very lazy with drawing the wireframes and get done with the UI, I am moving forward still

I also have not even applied for any jobs/internships yet. Actually, I sent one out and when I was asked to send in my works I felt very inadequate and felt like I really did not have any impressionable works yet and I just let it slide, saying to myself that when I feel like I have enough works that are good enough to be sent out, I will re-apply but what I have realized is that that time where I will feel very satisfied with my works, without feeling inadequate might never come, at least not so soon, and even though I have charged myself to be more confident about my work, I still struggle with a lot of anxiety which makes me even feel reluctant when working on new stuff. I really hope I overcome it soon. I will want to say it is some sort of Imposter Syndrome but it isn’t imposter syndrome if I am actually an Imposter right?

There is also this friend of mine who just after 1–2 months of me starting to learn UI/UX, has started sending me job openings and you know, while I knew I wasn’t yet ready or fit to start applying for jobs, I was glad that someone saw my works and effort and felt like I was good enough to apply for jobs. And even though he isn’t a tech guy, he used to see me post my designs and hear me talk about design and felt like I was good enough. When I told him I wasn’t yet ready he encouraged me and I felt like most of the time men are always more audacious and confident than women when it comes to applying for jobs, and I am trying to learn that from them, while I continue to work on myself and my skills. Wish me luck

Another thing I have really been struggling with is Soft skills. As a socially anxious person, I find it very hard to put myself out, network with people and join/form communities. It is something I am working on and even though sometimes I feel like I have no energy for that, I just keep trying.

Thank you for reading. Hopefully next time I post here, I will have completed my case study and post it here for you to see. Honestly, I am very excited about it. And I hardly get excited about things. Even though right now I am already thinking of different scenarios in my head and giving myself reasons not to follow through with it, but I will anyway. It might drag on and might take time for me to overcome it and actually do the work but I definitely will.

Thanks again. You rock!