I learned the more involved facets of graphic design, print prep and typography in mid-2005, just after the kiddo was born. In mid-2006, I needed to find a new job because life was moving in a divorced direction, and my graphic design job with the soon-to-be-ex-in-laws was getting a little awkward for us all.
Showing posts with label this isn't rocket surgery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label this isn't rocket surgery. Show all posts
I Can't Decide, Please Help Me.
In my "free" time I'm setting up my long-overdue portfolio website. It's a process I've been spreading out over the past year, building the site, deleting the site when I thought it was stupid, rebuilding it again, and creating/collecting content in the meantime.
It's a lot of work. I'm constantly surprised by this, but I'm attempting to create a portfolio site that's not going to be a pain in the ass to maintain. Let me be super clear about this: I. HATE. ADMIN-WORK. I've just realized this recently, in fact; I always thought I liked it because I'm fairly good at it. It turns out:
Not having admin-work to do > Having admin-work to do
Pseudo Goals
I feel like a blog should have goals, or at least pretend like it does. You might be surprised to know that in spite of being atypically absurd even on my best days, I still prefer to have goals attached to most things. It's the follow-through I struggle with. So, in light of us finally starting this blog we've been talking about for six months, I present you with MY set of pseudo-goals.
1. Be better at follow-through.
The hope is that I'll see goals I've written about, and hold myself to them. Or something like that. I'll get back to this later.
2. Choose your words carefully, think about what you mean to say/write.
Self-editing is good. Needing to do it ALL the time, not so good.
3. Stop apologizing for yourself all the damn time.
It was annoying when the girl on Next Food Network Star did it, so it's a habit you're going to break. I mean, if I choose my words more carefully, I won't need to apologize so much, will I? Right.
4. Don't get hung up on the formatting.
I've started blogs/websites several times, but never launch because I can't settle on the format. It's what I do for a living, but this isn't supposed to be work, you know? For example, I hate the default font for this thing. Within 5 minutes of setting up the blog, I was looking for ways to change it. Help! STOP ME, PLEASE.
5. Type longer sentences.
Re-reading this stuff is going to eventually give you a seizure, or people will think you are incapable of forming complex thoughts. I know, right? But it's not true. That's just how I think. I mean, if you put a few of the short sentences together in a meaningful way, sometimes that shit makes sense. I'm just saying.
6. It's my blog, I can talk to myself if I want to.
I do it all the time, I exist in my head. Are there people who don't do this? I want to meet them. Actually, scratch that. They're probably boring.
I'm sure we'll add more rules/goals/etc as time goes on, I think of crap like this in the shower.
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