Elena Tsangaris

Designed by Studio Foray
Developed by Elena

I took the Squarespace Design Course a few years ago and, most recently, the Shopify Course. I chose to take these courses because I wanted to work with these platforms but didn't have the time to fully explore them/watch tutorials etc. on my own.

I think I learnt a lot about myself just throughout the Shopify Course, how I get really excited to learn new things, that I like to be "hands-on" to learn, but the freelancing part is always the part where I confront the ways I'm in my own way in work. Why do I have so many blocks around time management/setting boundaries, pricing, invoicing and contracts?! Not sure yet, but watching the freelancing bit definitely showed me they are there 😅

The fact that it's very interactive, in the sense that you have a project to follow and in each video you learn something new in bite-sized pieces and, by the end of it, you have an actual website created!! Also love having Discord and access to the teacher. That is invaluable!

Actually follow along the exercises (don't just watch) and be somewhat active in Discord. I think that the more you interact with the course, the more valuable it becomes and the more motivated you are to continue/finish it.