Just thought I would state my reasons for doing this yearbook pitch. Not that I need to explain myself to anyone, but I have a couple of very specific reasons for going for the yearbook.
First off, at the end of last year before Christmas when Fred told us the yearbook pitch would be up for grabs, I initially thought of trying to find someone to do it with but decided against it, simply because in general I kinda shirk away from this kind of thing. It's a lot of pressure and effort and I generally prefer to do my own thing. But Adam came up to me and asked me (after I'd volunteered) if I'd join him and Luke in a group and on impulse I said yes.
Now thats not my reason. I volunteered because I knew it would provide useful experience and provide an insight into dealing with printers, clients etc. I started to pull out because I talked myself out of it. The reasons I kept with it were:
1) I need to stop being a coward and start doing this stuff, and
2) I know how I work. We'll get lots of time to complete many briefs, I'll mess around not getting anywhere for a while and when it comes to crunch time I'll churn the work out. Provided we win the yearbook with out pitch, I will, quite literally almost, be forced to do meaningful work from the outset. Which is what I need. Deadlines, pressure, time constraints. So for me, the only way to overcome one of my weaknesses in the way I work is to be forced to do it.
Which is a good thing.
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