I received my university results from the past few months yesterday. This has probably happened to a lot of people in life, unless you're extremely talented, but after months of long hours and dedication it just didn't seem like I was getting the grade that I was wanting.

Maybe I am a little hard on myself. It has been said to me a few times in the past that I beat myself up. Don't get me wrong, I am happy to have passed, it just seems that as a graphic designer, the hours put in to your work don't always seem apparent to a lot of people. Something so 'simple' makes people think it was done in a few hours when it took a few weeks.

Although I'm very critical of my work I am also a person that believes in taking the criticism and building on it and becoming better. After all, I am a student with a lot of learning to do and this frustrating grade is just another trigger to make me work unbelievably hard to get to where I want to be.

But if you're reading this and are a graphic designer or a graphic design student yourself then please, give me any or all the advice that you can. I know I need to improve to get that first degree.

Nothing needs to be said.

Today I had an urge to buy a ukelele, so I did. I bought a Kala Makala MK-C and I cannot wait to play it. This also made me want to play my guitar again, so I dusted it off and tuned it up using Pro Guitar Tuner. Let me tell you, having not used my guitar in so long, it was pretty out of tune and i'll also admit that, despite having a lot of lessons, I still suck at playing guitar.

I've tried playing a few instruments. I've played kit drum, harmonica, snare drum, and guitar and i'm not great at any of them. Snare drum and kit drum are probably my best bets, but I had to sell my kit and lost interest in snare. So here we are today. Life is too short to say that i'm rubbish at what I do. I enjoy it, yes it's very frustrating, but I enjoy it because it's such a great way to let off some steam and lose yourself for a while.

So in the next week or so, when my ukelele arrives in the post, I will start learning new tricks on it. I'm super excited. I'll keep you updated. I've read nothing but good reviews about this model of uke that I bought, so fingers crossed. Maybe one day i'll actually go to Hawaii and surf and play my ukelele instead of surfing in cold watered Scotland...