10 Steps to Survive Week 1 of UX Academy

(A 40 hour, 3 month / 20 hour, 6 month online UX program by Designlab)

1. Empty your mind and your calendar.

40 hours at a job and 40 hours to study? — That’s… not going to work.
(EDIT: It HAS been done! Impressive!)

2. Keep your bookmarks organized.

You’re going to keep receiving them.

3. Wrestle with your files in Ai/PSD/Sketch.

Make that software work for you! Keep wrestling as hard as you can.

4. That “optional” reading? Mandatory.

You need reading for the REAL WORLD… and assignments due on Sunday.

5. Cuddle with Pomodoro,

or Trello, or Habitica, or any other productivity hack to avoid distractions.

6. Yet still… stay on top of Slack for bonus gems.

Local hangouts with your peers, free design magazines, and helpful videos!

7. Take lots of notes and draw.

You will be able to use some of it later for your projects.

8. Get out in the world!

Find real world examples for your projects. Or, switch up where you work!

9. You will sweat through your first mentorship call.

If you didn’t, then you’re not working hard enough.

10. Congrats, you did it!!!

Now do it all again next week, but times 100!