My Name is Heidi: I Will Steal Your Pens and Eat Your Heart.

I know I go on and on about how much I hate discrimination against account people. But I just need to get this out there. They steal pens. Really. And lots of them! Put a new pen out and they’ll snatch it up as soon as you turn your back. I guess it means they’re working hard . . .

just a head’s up.

It’s my only complaint about them. Account People/Creatives are totally dependent on one another. One couldn’t function without the other.

Since the holidays are right around the corner (21 days, actually. I know this thanks to Wal-Mart’s countdown. And the fact that I can subtract 4 from 25. Woo!), I have a new suggestion for all the other students to add to their lists: One Show books. I’m at a point in my life where I don’t need more shit to clutter my already small living space. I don’t need more clothes to wash. I need inspiration. I need to study to get where I want to be. BE LIKE ME.

**Disclaimer: I’m writing this after practicing three different ten-minute presentations, all of which I’m presenting within the next three days. I don’t really know what I’m typing. In my head I’m just reciting things about Multicultural Millenials, Ozarks Literacy Council, and Guy de Maupassant.

So, this week I experienced for myself something that I see the other Vores experience all the time. I had an idea that I had spent a lot of time and energy nurturing and put a lot of love into . . . ripped to shreds. By another Vore, no less. Alright, Heidi didn’t rip it to shreds, but she raised some serious doubts about the Nissan campaign I’m working on. “Half-formed idea,” “Inauthentic,” and “Insulting” were a few of the nice terms thrown my way. This was the first time I’d really experienced someone else criticizing my work from the outside. They’ve told me over and over again how hard it is, and now I understand. If you think it looks hard from the outside, you have no idea.

All this being said, I’m grateful it happened. And hopefully I’ll be a better strategic thinker because of it. So I say this in all seriousness:

If you think you have a good idea, always, always, ask someone else.  

They may be right, they may be wrong, but they’ll at least get you to think about it differently.