Sunday, 6 August 2017

Fixation

Fixation

fikˈsāSH(ə)n
Noun
An obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something.

In my case that fixation right now is CoffeeCup, a software used to make responsive websites. A software I’ve never encountered but have to master in order to complete the tasks asked of me. A software that has little online resources that can be used for assistance which leaves me to figure out the inner workings. And finally, a software that I underestimated. It may sound like I am having a tough time but you’d be surprised how much University students end up learning on their own, we always figure it out and it has heightened my interest in research. Having a fixation is detrimental to anyone, this I know, yet I can’t ever seem to let anything go before I completely solve it. Fixation has been one of my biggest obstacle in life, getting too caught up with one thing making anything else temporarily irrelevant. So of course I came home and just had to get the software on my personal machine. And even though it was my free time I have been continuously trying to figure out more and more, so far so good.


Monday I arrived at Pangroove Elegant Events by eight when I wasn’t expected until nine, I knew exactly where to go but yet I was still lost. I got there and the administrative assistant, Emi, showed me how to use an accounting software she uses for her daily tasks although she mentioned that accounting wouldn’t be my focus but since I also do accounting she decided to show me a few things. Eventually I was allowed to go to my desk and look through the website that I will be creating a whole new layout for and came up with ideas of what I want it to look like and that was my day, planning. I like to do and plan as I do, it’s very hard for me to map out and then follow that map so I got into contact with the owner of the business, David Hutchinson, to figure out the recommended software and that’s when I first heard the name ‘Coffeecup’. Mr. Hutchinson had told me to plan it out until next week but who am I kidding, I needed to start using the programme. I later sent him what I was able to do, being that I am very new to the software, and he was very impressed by what I was able to do and that I decided to start instead of waiting until next week as he told me to. My progress in such a short time showed him how capable I am of managing myself and the software. As the days went by I slowly started to figure out some more advanced features and was able to make changes to my previous work and do some very difficult things which I’m proud to have achieved. Things I couldn’t figure out how to do when I first encountered the programme I have accomplished through trial and error, like a mobile navigation that actually worked. By the fourth day there I got a visit from Mr. Hutchinson and was introduced to one of his clients as the intern that would be doing his website and he later told me that I was doing a great job and that I could use this work to market myself. In all of this, I am learning something new and that is very valuable. ‘CoffeeCup’ is an obstacle to overcome and I am very surprised and proud to have gotten this far in just one week as I was told I’ve learned how to do a lot in a very short time, I guess fixation has a good side to it among all of the bad it can bring. 

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