I have been delaying this cos I didn't want to start the New Year with this kind of a post.... This might sound depressing, but it's actually not, once you overcome the first, emotional level...
Don't get me wrong, my state of mind is actually pretty good right now.... :)
Some of the things I have learned at NID:
- Confidence is something that does not come from within. First you fake it, act it out, then you get used to it being around, then it slowly gets internalized and you start believing it. Looking withing yourself is dangerous.
- You are more screwed up than you know.
- If you want to be happy today, don't delve into your past. Don't try to figure out why you are the way you are. Sometimes, rather, most times, it is better to leave things to the surface.
- Your problem remains the same, only the context changes and the people you discuss them with change. Do not discuss the same problems with the same people every time; they'll get sick of them.
- You don't learn what you expected to, or came here to learn; but you learn other things which may or may not be useful.
- You don't "become" a designer. You just start to act like one.
- Being depressed is the easiest and the most tempting thing.
- You might think that you are not wasting time, but actually, you are.