Journal

Success to me this quarter looks like putting on an amazing event, selling out/having a good turnout, and getting to know and establish good connections with all my team members. I know I like to stay on top of work especially with only 5 weeks until pitch and that can get annoying, so I will try my best to be patient with my group. For me personally, I would like to produce quality work under time constraints and stress. I have a lot more work from other classes this quarter and I know I can get overwhelmed easily. I want to try and combat that by making time for myself to go to the gym, do art, and see my friends this quarter.

I learned that I am more nervous to talk to random people than I was expecting. We also accidentally formed too big of a group which I think made it hard for us to feel comfortable going up to people and “bombarding” them with questions. I also learned that I have to be okay with people rejecting me/us when we approach them. Not everyone has the time or wants to answer questions. I wish I would have prepared some questions beforehand to give us some sort of direction. We stalled quite a bit because we weren’t ready with questions.

We went to Buffalo Exchange and Third Planet to try and find younger folks who may be interested in events to give us an idea of things they liked. We talked to a couple of college-aged girls who both said they liked music and enjoyed food trucks or snacks at events. I didn’t see very many people so I guess I saw the lack of people downtown. That was a little surprising, usually downtown has quite a few people wandering around. I have a feeling most of them were in restaurants which would be rude to go in ask people questions and interrupt their meal. I remember feeling like we were a little unprepared and had a hard time picking a direction of questioning. We managed a few interviews though! There weren’t many people in the stores we went to… maybe a weeknight was the culprit. I definitely want to try this again now knowing what to expect. I got a little nervous when approaching people, hyping myself up and then psyching myself out. I also remember being hungry and wanting food downtown, there were some good smells.

I think finding random people and not asking friends or roommates provides for more honest opinions and replies. But asking people I know is for sure easier. I would like to ask different people but I’m not sure if I will have the time most days, and it might be out of the way for me but I think I could try once or twice this quarter. Not much else has changed in my perspective. Coming prepared is the way to go for sure and not putting my own emotions into the interview. What I mean by that is removing myself from the project I’m working on so I don’t get “contaminated” answered from interviewees if that makes any sense. Just asking the questions with little to no regard to how it relates to myself and solely how it affects the project instead.

This weekend I hung out with friends on Chuckanut Friday and Saturday at the house she was house-sitting at. We goofed around and then Saturday morning we all went for breakfast and got matching rings downtown. We had a lovely weekend. it was nice to escape from responsibility for a couple of days.