the placement diaries

a blog about my placement year (2021/22)

• the placement diaries: week 1 - welcome week - 17th september 2021


• the placement diaries: week 2 - market research and analysis paralysis - 24th september 2021


• the placement diaries: week 3 - being on the verge of death, hallucinating, and finally making a start on things - 1st october 2021


• the placement diaries: week 4 - overthinking, redirecting, and still being at square one - 8th october 2021


• the placement diaries: week 5 - going with the flow, using linkedin, attending the first workshop, and actually putting together a business plan - 15th october 2021


• the placement diaries: week 6 - having two business ideas, a dilemma, and half a pitch - 22nd october 2021


• the placement diaries: week 7 - half term - 29th october 2021


• the placement diaries: week 8 - a room of one's own, thinking about how much i should spend in order to start the business, and still being in a dilemma - 5th november 2021


• the placement diaries: week 9 - business bootcamp - 12th november 2021


• the placement diaries: week 10 - a quiet week and more market research - 19th november 2021


• the placement diaries: week 11 - going back to the original idea - 26th november 2021


• the placement diaries: week 12 - cold 2 electric spookaloo, an unattended social event, and doing lots of research - 3rd december 2021


• the placement diaries: week 13 - waiting for a break, and getting the business plan done - 10th december 2021


• the placement diaries: week 14 - the end of term - 17th december 2021


• the placement diaries: week 15 - a fairly complex puzzle, going to the theatre, and ai generated christmas films - 24th december 2021


• the placement diaries: week 16 - a year in review - 31st december 2021


• the placement diaries: week 17 - having an anti capitalist mindset - 7th january 2022


• the placement diaries: week 18 - getting back into it, slowly unlearning hustle culture, and making a start on contributing to open source software - 14th january 2022


• the placement diaries: week 19 - redirecting (again), making a start on creating nfts, and exploring my options - 21st january 2022


• the placement diaries: week 20 - getting back on instagram, vision boards, and the labyrinth of the mind - 28th january 2022


• the placement diaries: week 21 - no more nfts, getting really noticed on linkedin, and thinking about becoming a writer - 4th february 2022


• the placement diaries: week 22 - becoming a freelancer, finally filling out the grant, and getting more positive visions - 11th february 2022


• the placement diaries: week 23 - on being single, refusing to be a content creator, and going old school through no choice of my own - 18th february 2022


• the placement diaries: week 24 - setting up freelance profiles, finally having the right tools, and getting my first potential client - 25th february 2022


• the placement diaries: week 25 - doing the work - 4th march 2022


• the placement diaries: week 26 - spring, continuing on doing the work, and making a start on creating a professional website - 11th march 2022


• the placement diaries: week 27 - rewriting the business plan, and attending a social media workshop - 18th march 2022


• the placement diaries: week 28 - pitching again, advertising commissions, and deciding to come up with a social media strategy - 25th march 2022


• the placement diaries: week 29 - having a niggling feeling about becoming a freelancer - 1st april 2022


• the placement diaries: week 30 - personal branding, voice notes, and still having doubts about going freelance - 8th april 2022


• the placement diaries: week 31 - looking for things, plain text files, and writing for a friend - 15th april 2022


• the placement diaries: week 32 - what if i...? - 22nd april 2022


• the placement diaries: week 33 - apartment tours, thinking about what could have been, and making a start on the reflective report - 29th april 2022


• the placement diaries: week 34 - being in person - 6th may 2022


• the placement diaries: week 35 - genre defying music, editorial illustrations, and creating the final drafts - 13th may 2022


• the placement diaries: week 36 - void year - 20th may 2022


• the placement diaries: week 37 - notes on the metaverse - 27th may 2022


• the placement diaries: week 38 - neither here nor there - 3rd june 2022


• the placement diaries: week 39 - the end - 9th june 2022