My plan for continuing education

Most of us know that a lot of professions have to take a certain number of credits of continuing education after the graduate to keep their license. My dad is an accountant and I always remember him taking some sort of class. Teachers and health professions are a few of the other people that have to take continuing education classes to keep their license. In graphic design we are not required to take extra classes. We aren't even required to have any formal degree. People just want to see your work and look at your portfolio. I think its extremely important to continue your education. Graphic design is always changing and changing fast. If we don't stay on top of it or try to keep up then our work will suffer and our chances of getting jobs will suffer as well.

Personally, for me, I think I need all the help I can can get. I am 15 credits away from graduating and I still don't feel like I have learned enough to go out and do this for real. Because of this I know that I will never stop wanting to learn more and grow in my abilities. One of the most obvious ways you can continue your education is grad school. But that is something that is not in my plans. I think I will try to get on with a company who is flexible so I can keep up on my skills and continue to use them while still being a mom and waiting for my husband to get done with school.

I think it also helps to follow other designers blogs and websites. 

If I can see what other designers that I admire are doing and read what they have to say it will help me learn after I'm out of school. Also, there are tons of books about design that can help you continue to learn.