Miles Grant's Senior Projects: QFC

My very first initial goals consisted of one goal, and that goal was to come out of college with less debt. When I unluckily wasn't scheduled with many hours the first two weeks of the project I gave myself many other goals to accomplish. These consisted of painting/ spending more time on the drawings in my journal, practicing mandarin with friends via Fortnite, working out 5 days a week, drinking a gallon of water a day (inspired by Benjamin), and finally cooking with my mom more. I did in fact reduce my college debt, especially in the second two weeks where I worked for about 50 hours in total. I have spent more time in my journal, more time doing art in general and have worked on a painting with a work friend all of these activities has felt great. I have cooked a lot more however not very often with my mom. Over the course of the project I made coconut Thai curry, beyond burgers, wagyu burger, and regular griddles burgers. I perfected the art of the caramelized onion, made savo...

-On Sunday some less experienced workers were distributing the frozen load during my lunch. The store which also made it hard and when I got back downstairs there was a lot of work to do. As soon as I began I worked as hard and as fast as I could while also keeping the process organized. My manager congratulated  me saying that my hard work had rubbed off on the other workers helping with the frozen.  -This week I learned that working hard can make a process easier because it will inspire others to work harder/ the way you work will inspire others. Also in conversation with Adam Simon, I learned that spacing art pieces when presented lets the viewer focus on their art. We also discussed how making art can be very discouraging when we don't like what we make but that we are always learning. It is important not to get down on one's self. I think that Sasha is a big inspiration there. I did stay consistent with my workouts however which has felt very good. I also made cheesy spin...