Day 69: Tuesdays are Going to Break Me...or Change Me.

Wow, almost two weeks in and i'm already getting tired. 

Most of my classes this semester deal with humanity, ethics, ecology and sustainability.

- Haiti Studio

- Humanitarian Design

- Lighting Design in Developing Countries.

(- Building Codes)

The last three are all on a Tuesday from 12-9, and if i'm lucky, i'll get home around 10:30pm.

While these classes are interesting to me, I often wonder if any of these classes i'll take will be any use to me in the future. Or rather, will I be able to use what I learn and use it to help people.

I have been aware of the sort of trauma and suffering that people go through after a natural disaster or just from poverty. That they lack the basic things that we usually take for granted. They say that people need three basic things to survive: food, shelter, and clothing. 

Sure, thats for survival, but in this day and age, what about living? what about expanding and developing communities? Things like lighting, education, and better technology?

When I first entered this school, I wanted to become a designer that could help people in some way. A designer for the people. But for most of my time here, I never really got a chance to learn about designing for the people until this semester.


I spent most of my semesters learning the basics, learning about more environmentally friendly building methods. And while that interests me, what I really want to do is to help people in some way.


Its one thing for me to say that I want to help people. I have to actually do something if I want to make it meaningful. Because as they say, actions speak louder than words.


Maybe i'm just naive, but it doesn't hurt to dream.


I'm writing this now, at the start of the semester, so that later on I don't just settle for the first job I can get.


So that on days like this when I get home at 10:30pm and have to start working on studio, I don't get discouraged. Sleep is for the weak, foo. 


I have to stay strong.