Interning

I just finished my first week at FamilyLife as an intern in the web graphics development department. Whew, what a week! Already I feel like I have learned a lot and improved my skills. But I know that I have a lot more learning to do. The scary thing is, they've pretty much given me carte blanche as far as my projects are concerned. (I almost would prefer not to have that freedom since I feel slightly incompetent in the area of web design).

My two main projects are the website for the LifeReady Woman and the redesign of the MomLife blog. Since the web design team is made up of just men, they found that it would just make sense to have the only female work on those two projects. While I am female, I feel like that doesn't give me the knowledge to design the LifeReady Woman website. The other day, I was stuck on my design. The main problem was that I couldn't figure out how to design a website when I had no idea what the content would include. So I got the bright idea to visit the LifeReady Woman website to research it....then I realized, "Oh, it hasn't been created yet, because I'm creating it". That was just one of my bright ideas this week...out of many.

On another note, I really enjoy working at FamilyLife. It's an awesome environment, and I feel like any stupid things I do will be dealt with patiently by the people around me. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they will continue to be patient for the next 9 weeks!