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I am very confident in my future career in the design industry, my sketching skills are pure savage and I am like unreal on solidworks. And don't start me on my communication skills, I could talk for Ireland. You would deffo be missing out if you were to deny me a position in your company.

^^Inaccurate representation of what I should say in a job interview.

It sounds better than how I currently present myself. If someone were to ask me about my design skills or such my reply would sound more like 'I am so sh*t at everything'. Honestly I have no confidence in my design skills, especially in terms of what skills seem to be important here as a design student, like sketching, and technology thinking, and being creative and innovative. I definitely have learned to develop some of these skills to some extent but I would not consider myself a very creative person.

But this way of thinking has definitely been caused by comparing my work with others. Looking at others work has always caused discontent within my own work. I find it difficult even to work in the studio where I'm surrounded by the most hard working and skilled class mates I know (hence my probably low attendance (ah no, I do attend) ). I absolutely cannot work on a project when there is someone beside me doing the same thing except better. And there always is. Even when I have worked particularly hard on a project and am proud of my work, walking into the studio is guaranteed to change that.

There is always someone who is more creative, more hard working, more thorough in their work. C'est la vie. I need to learn how to deal with it.

Please do not think that I am incapable or sensitive. I really have put myself down here. I have plenty of work that I have worked hard with, that I am passionate about and that I am proud of, and then plenty of projects that I could improve on a lot. And some days I will go into college with a piece of work and think 'mine is better than yours'.

Its a horrible way of thinking, especially in the design industry. We are encouraged to be creative and free-thinking and expressive and such, but then we are criticised heavily and told how our 'expressive' work should look. How can they blame us for being precious and restrictive about our ideas?

I'm getting side tracked..

My point is that I find it hard to be confident about myself and my work. Everyone can be, I just need to find my niche, what makes me stand out and to just be able to be confident and proud of myself and my skills in general. I think confidence is definitely a skill in itself, some are more skilled than others but it can be learned. Will someone give me a master class? Let me know, contact details above^^^ tanx