I am really proud of the work Mitch and I did.
We had some problems. Communication and face-to-face collaboration was the biggest issue. The other was allowing each other to put our ideas forward and not taking total control. Mitch and I are often at loggerheads and we had our doubts. At times we thought it was going to be impossible to actually work together. We pushed through though, and created a fantastic project in the end.
I had some issues with making the actual book. As I stated in one of my previous entries, I had problems with getting the tea-stained pages to dry in time. Waking up at 5:30am to find that my assignment was still soaking wet made my stomach knot up. I spent a good 20 minutes folding alfoil to put between pages, and then using baking paper because I ran out of foil. I spend another 20mins or so turning each page, supervising the oven, making sure each page was dry. I then took another 10mins taping up the torn pages. This was all while having breakfast, getting changed and doing my hair, all done in front of the oven. I’ve gotta say, I was very, very stressed.
My anxiety couldn’t have risen up at a more perfect time. I am so thankful that Mitch stuck by me and helped me out when I was panicking. That goes for making the zine, too. With his support, I managed to get my side of things finished. Anxiety is something that affects my daily life and it gets very hard. I wouldn’t have been able to do this assignment without Mitch. I know this would have been prevented if we had started earlier. It took a long time for the ideas to come, and even longer to execute them. We got it done in the end though, and that’s all that matters.
I’m happy with the end result. I’m proud of my work. And I’m proud of Mitch. Whatever mark we get, it won’t change the fact that this is one of the most awesome projects I have ever done.
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