00:00the funny thing is when you get away
00:01from that and your heart can be pure
00:04towards a project that might only make a
00:07tenth the amount of the money guess what
00:09you do you enjoy it who cares about
00:11being number one it's okay to be number
00:1447 here in portland and i think i'm
00:16about number 45 or 46 so
00:30i feel most creative when all the scary
00:34and i can breathe and i can just play
00:37with graphic design when it's that weird
00:39rare instance where i get to make
00:40something just for myself that i may or
00:43may not share with the rest of the world
00:45or my feed but i made something that
00:46surprised me it's a rare thing but if
00:49you learn how to harness that you can go
00:50build something really cool out of that
00:56daily rituals i love watching the public
00:59freakouts with those they're getting
01:01kicked off of planes i could watch that
01:04i think it's making a list
01:05putting the scary stuff at the top
01:07sprinkling a couple fun things at the
01:08bottom of the list and getting through
01:10the list at the end of the day it's
01:12really cool just to sort of turn that
01:14page in field notes and get ready for
01:15the next day that's a good one too that
01:17sounded actually positive
01:23i've actually been able to get more done
01:24we've been locked down you know it's
01:26allowed me to sort out what is and isn't
01:29important and then focus on the stuff
01:30that matters the most to me instead of
01:32worrying about jumping in the car and
01:34going down to a client meeting now i had
01:36more time to worry about things like
01:37data so i cleaned everything up
01:39digitally i know it's a nerdy answer but
01:42on a sort of a human level it's also
01:43allowed me to move more like you know
01:45we're working out a little more we're
01:46eating a little better now this is just
01:48getting too personal but that is the
01:56being versatile when a client throws you
01:58a curveball your ability to be graceful
02:00to have to work a little extra when you
02:02think you hit something and the client's
02:04seeing something else and you have to go
02:06and add extra time and suddenly you're
02:08starting to lose money but it's just
02:10going to happen think of it like a
02:12little bank sometimes you have to put
02:14money into it sometimes you have to take
02:15out of it and there's an ebony flow to
02:21as a kid from the midwest who grew up
02:23with worrying parents everything is sort
02:25of feast or famine and you take the jobs
02:27that are gonna pay and that was always
02:29priority number one so i did whatever
02:32the hell it took to get ahead right and
02:34luckily i was able to do that with
02:36but how things have changed i've been
02:38able to loosen up a little bit and
02:40believe a little more in myself instead
02:42of waiting for the client to come to me
02:44and provide me that source of income
02:46instead getting weird and creating it
02:52when making logos i'm a little bit
02:55better at being able to refine just how
02:58many versions i make and that just comes
03:00with listening making notes and getting
03:01to know the client's problems and then
03:03doing a little bit of research and
03:04digging into it instead of showing them
03:06you know sometimes a couple hundred
03:07things maybe only showing them a little
03:17it's always something more technical
03:19it's like learning the software a little
03:21bit more or understanding like really
03:23simple things like naming convention and
03:26folder structure because it's all about
03:28navigation i try to lead now making good
03:32decisions with my data
03:40how do you overcome creative block by
03:42being creative this stuff is not that
03:45rough aren't we lucky to have awesome
03:48computers be using colors and typefaces
03:52washes over me and then suddenly i feel
03:54better about things so i don't know it's
03:56like i remind myself all the time how
03:58lucky i am to do this and that frees me
04:01up you know and kind of resets me you
04:02know there are legitimate times that
04:04people are having a hard go there's ways
04:06to solve that and that might just be
04:08taking a break taking a nap trying
04:10something new but for the most part just
04:13people being a little poopy about things
04:14you know and not doing the work that it
04:16takes to make this stuff
04:22somebody shows me not necessarily the
04:23light at the end of my tunnel but the
04:25light from their little tunnel and like
04:27i think of my buddy cody hudson because
04:29if you go look him up it's called
04:30struggle inc you see these kind of like
04:32organic forms and stuff that are just so
04:34powerful to me and what he teaches me
04:36every time i look at his work is that
04:38sometimes it's okay to be really mellow
04:40and then when i think of guys like tall
04:42boy or high road design or even my buddy
04:44boss dog down in the desert that you can
04:47make skulls and sharks and creepy little
04:50ogres and stuff and just a sense of when
04:52you look at their work but they're
04:53having fun making it not everything is
04:55about a buck everything's about a brief
04:57everything is about you know some sort
04:58of like over marketed excel spreadsheet
05:02of things you're forced to say no
05:03sometimes it's just about having fun
05:05with this stuff and making it and
05:06sometimes that'll be the best work you
05:13thank you for asking about the the
05:15self-care you know conundrum um i make
05:18sure that my chi is perfectly aligned
05:23it's nice to take a walk
05:25go move your body a little bit get a big
05:27old gulp of fresh air it's nice to grab
05:30my guitar and learn something you know
05:32and be creative in a different way and
05:34i'll feel a little better at the end of
05:40turns out when we were in the big shop
05:42and doing all the meetings about
05:43meetings and all that kind of stuff and
05:44emails about emails we were wasting a
05:46couple days a week now that everyone is
05:48home they're actually saving time to do
05:51stuff like be with their kids or go
05:52outside or go work i kind of stumbled
05:55into that years ago that's when i
05:57started to dream make my own stuff save
06:02and start making my own way so far so
06:09i don't know if this should be a
06:10one-word answer i don't know what the
06:11hell's creativity orange creativity is
06:15creating a space for yourself where you
06:17can sort of surprise yourself and that
06:18might be just by being super organized
06:20so that part is is handled and then we
06:22get to go play you just make cool little
06:24decisions that you didn't see coming and
06:26you learn how to harness those things
06:27into new territory for yourself i don't
06:30know where that stuff comes from but
06:31it's out there you just have to learn
06:37don't be afraid to um believe in
06:40yourself you know and if something feels
06:42good to really push that thing to
06:44believe in that thing to roll the dice
06:46on that thing because sometimes that's
06:48where the sort of gold is to be found
06:50it's not necessarily chasing these
06:52carrots on a stick with big clients or
06:54big projects or flashy things or cool
06:57things and really just focusing on
06:58making things that to my eye
07:00are beautiful that offer something more
07:03than some cynical take on a baby yoda
07:06you know what i mean
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