If I try to express it in two words, may be “organised chaos” would come to mind. We were all working in something different, some where in the class working and others in the PAC. We all had our own task but we were all working for a same goal. The environment was very frustrating and stressful I was trying to help everyone I could but at the same I had my own things to get done. We were day away from the opening of our exhibition and it was crazy around, in the PAC the exhibition experts were dealing with broken and damaged images while in the class the rest were cutting pasting and fixing descriptions.I was mainly concentrated with getting the banner ready for the exhibition entrance. I was with two of my other classmate’s experts in Photoshop helping me doing the final touches. This was a very important job for me since I was the one who decided to stand up and lead the creation of the banner to introduce the exhibition, although it was a small touch and not very significant it helped me open up and be able to take on an important responsibility for the team. Honestly, I thought I was going to be able to do it on my own, but it turned out to require a lot more help than I expected. Two of my classmates had to work very hard with me to be able to design the final product, we tested different fonts, colors and effects trying to get as much feedback as we could get to make everyone happy and satisfied with the final product. Then, I was responsible to produce the banner so I had to find a printing shop and make sure the job could be completed in time for the exhibition. Sincerely, I feel very proud of myself because at the end I felt I could manage the whole process even though I had no prior experience.The last days before the exhibition were very busy and stressful, those were the days that I learned and grew the most. I was able to see how thing work in the real world and how it will be when I have a job and need to get things done on time and by myself. Besides, I experienced how not everything works out the way we plan. For instance, we thought that we were going to print the picture once, hang them were they belong and done but it didn’t turn out that way, many pictures got messed up and we had to reprint a lot of them, there was a wall in the PAC with scratches and dirty. Having all of these difficulties and challenges helped us as a group learned to be persistent and never give up until we are happy and proud of what we have. Personally this experience really gave me a life lesson since I was so used to limiting myself and when something came out wrong I would try to solve it but if the solution was to complicate I would live it that way. After seeing how we were able to paint a whole wall to be able to solve a problem and be happy with the results taught me how there is no limits and to keep persisting.By the end of the exhibition I was found myself not only feeling proud of everyone but of myself, I never realized how much work I had been putting to this project until it was displaced and hearing people listen to me talk to them about my learning experience. Besides, this was a great way for me to grow and gain a little more confidence with myself. In the future I will still be looking for other small opportunities of leadership to be able to breakthrough my insecurities.
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