This project has been exciting and different and I
have really enjoyed completing it. It was different from other projects as it
did not focus wholly on just the marketing. Because it is a business plan, it
needed financial information and additional information on areas such as human
resources, and I liked this as it made the project seem more realistic. I feel
that it was more self-directed than other projects, and in some respects I
thought this was good as it meant that we could complete the project based on
our own idea, completely from scratch, and this was good because it meant that
you could choose an idea that you’re passionate about. I thought it was bad in
part as well just because it was the final project for the course, and more
direction may have been helpful. However, I do appreciate that as a final
project, you are expected to complete your work independently as at this stage.
I encountered some issues towards the end of the
project in that I fell ill and was worried about whether I would be able to
complete the assignment in time. Fortunately, I was able to complete the
assignment but at the time, it did panic me. I used the emotional pathfinder to
help me deal with my negative emotions towards the completion of the
assignment. Here is my emotional path:
The Dominant Emotion: Stress and panic.
The Cause of The Emotion: Falling ill near the
deadline and not knowing if I was going to be able to complete the assignment
in time.
The Object/Focus of Concern of the Emotion: This
emotion found expression through me being ill which was making my negative
emotions more dominant. Obviously when you are ill, you can feel negative too.
The Emotional Intensity: This emotions were strong.
Strong to the point where I began finding out about extenuating circumstances
as I was convinced I couldn’t complete the assignment.
The Way the Emotional Response Evolved: Firstly I
felt ill, and upset, then stressed and panicking. After speaking with my close
family and friends, and having some reassurance from them, I began to feel more
confident that I would be able to finish and began thinking rationally. I
plowed through my work and found that it was not as hard as I thought I would
be, and I would in fact be able to complete the assignment in time. This turned
my emotion to determination, and I was determined that I would finish the
assignment in time.
Speaking with people around me, especially those
who are also completing this assignment, helped me to realise that I was just
being negative and assuming the worst.
I have enjoyed this project overall. I do
not feel that it is my strongest piece of work and I think this is due to the
fact that I started the work very early, and by the end of the project, I was
almost blinded to any improvements that I could make, because I had been
looking at the assignment every day for 6 weeks, but overall, the amount of
work I did complete, I felt impressed with. Seeing the finalised assignment was
very rewarding.
