We joked about being stressed and sleep deprived when we were second years. We toyed with the possibilities of spending all day drinking tea and chain smoking. We all said that we would have no time to go out, no time to spend on ourselves, but we didn't really believe it.
And now... three weeks in, this has all come true. I never ever thought that I would live in a world where I didn't have time to dye my hair, pluck my eyebrows and, heaven forbid... Shop.
I am sure that all third years can relate to this post, all of my friends are stressing about their workload and I'm sure we can all play the 'Who's course is worse' game, but I can obviously only relate to Fashion.
I know for a fact that in an Art-based course, inspiration is key. We can stare at a blank piece of paper for hours, but without the motivation we can do nothing. Some days I would quite happily trade drawing, moodboards, patternmaking and toiling for reading a book, or doing an essay. I'm not saying that this is easier, of course, there are days when I am glad for my creative work, glad that drawing, doodling and colouring is actually classed as work.
The sheer quantity of work required for third year is also a shock. We are supposed to do 8 hours of University work per subject every week. We have 5 subjects so 8x5=40 hours.
Count in the weekends, I have to make sure I do 5hours and 42minutes of work every day. I have a job and a work placement, as a lot of students do, meaning that this isn't always possible.
Count in the fact that our dissertation is due in on the 19th November as a first draft and (not that I'm counting obviously) but thats exactly 5 weeks from today. And i haven't started. Stressed is not the word. I also have two other deadlines before this day stressing about whether or not we are going to have a Fashion Show or not. Sometimes I feel like I am drowning, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I knew that Third year would be difficult, stressful and sometimes downright scary but I still feel that it will be worth it. I hope. I'm sure we will see.
