9/22/2025
Written 9/18/2025
As I look forward in my second year with Vivero, accessing my current goals and where I have room to improve in my work is a very important task towards making sure I make the most out of my time with my coworkers and project. Accessing what I have learned, what I still need to, etc. will help me understand better where I can go from here! I think that certainly my biggest area of growth has been becoming more determined and invested in the work I am doing, and particularly in trying to make that work enjoyable and producing of good outcomes, rather than a simple task to get done. I do feel that I could improve on my general tolerance of setbacks when troubleshooting or attempting to do something in a specific way—often times when I am working through a project task or on my own portfolio, if there is a minor setback it will unproportionally upset me compared to something big that is easy to identify. I guess you could say the detail work sometimes gets me. Despite that, I’ve grown and learned a lot technically as a Vivero Fellow and working out all those tiny, frustrating kinks has allowed me to up my comfort levels with website-related projects and general software issues. I always considered myself more of a hardware person when it came to computer work, but I definitely feel more confident about assisting and making my own digital content than I did when I started.
With all of that in mind, for the rest of the semester I think I’d like to focus on further advancing my knowledge of creating sites that are both artistic and accessible. It is relevant both to myself as an artistic professional in the future, and to my project work now on the Virtual Tithead Project. Specifically in this, I’d like to further develop my understanding of WordPress and maybe Elementor, such that I can continue to make sites! I’m also interested in learning a bit more basic HTML, which may just happen behind the scenes as I work throughout the semester. I think to start, I’m going to keep playing around with WordPress and continue developing the Virtual Tithead WordPress website, as well as assisting others in figuring out their own personal portfolios. By working with others on their projects, I can continue to develop my own skills and go from there!