Once I started learning to fly, the work I did for my clients got better.
Read MorePandemic Life // 10 Questions on Dating a Creative
So. How’s everyone doing? This quarantine life is sure something, isn’t it? They said COVID-19 would majorly disrupt life. I didn’t think it would be like this. When I was stuck in quarantined, I thought I would interview my boyfriend about what it’s like dating a creative. I think I’m an entertaining ball of fun to be with, but let’s see what my partner (and current office mate) has to say.
Read MoreWork at Play // Inviting Play Into Your Craft
Last year I experienced burnout. I was doing work I didn’t enjoy and was taking whatever came my way. At Design Camp, I resolved to enjoy my work again. Over the holiday, my friend and colleague, Ben Easter, gave me some sound advice: play. I can’t do anything if I haven’t thought it to death, so of course, I spend an absurd amount of time thinking about what it would look like to play with my work. I decided I needed to withhold judgment and reconnect with that sense of curiosity that I had when I was a kid.
Read MoreThe Value of Personal Projects
You know those nights when you go to bed and you almost dread going to work, and then you get to work the next day and you don’t want to do anything? You sit in your workspace exhausted. You’re annoyed that you’re even there and you’re unhappy with everything you’re doing. On every front, you feel beat down and stuck. For weeks on end, going through the motions has been the name of the game.
Read MoreTop 10 Favorite Office Supplies
I LOVE office supplies. I’m an addict. Office Max is just as dangerous for me as Target. Perhaps it’s a good thing that I went into a field where office supplies are necessary. Then again, probably not as many office supplies as I have.
Read MoreCairn vol. 18 // Feeling Like a Fake
I’ve been a business owner for 3 years. I’ve been a designer on a professional level for 5. I’ve been a photographer for 11 years and doing it professionally for 7. I started my life as a creative in 2006, thirteen years ago. And you know what? I still sometimes feel like I’m not enough. I still feel like a fake and a fraud. This month, all of these feelings came to a head and I was forced to confront them. One of these moments came in the form of a creative breakdown where I realized that I hated what I was shooting, erased the card and went and cried my eyes out in the bathroom till I felt sick.
Read MoreIn My Bag // Graphic Design Edition
About a year ago, I promised a look inside my bag and what I carry as a graphic designer. Amazingly, I got to how I travel as a freelancer before I got to posting that. What I need as a designer varies from day to day, depending on the project and what I am working on, so this post could really be a short chapter book. To narrow it down, I’m going to cover what I take to a meeting where I will be working at the meeting location afterwards.
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