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Makers, the World Needs You to Take “ME-TIME”
Many of the creative people I know are also some of the most hard-working, committed people I know. Creative work in almost any area–art, design, engineering, development, etc.–is usually just the right mix of enjoyable and challenging. Because of this it's easy, as a...
Why You Won’t Hear From Me After 5pm
If you've ever tried to visit your favorite restaurant or coffee shop after they close, you've probably been met with the disappointment of the "CLOSED" sign. For many businesses it doesn't make financial sense to stay open 24 hours and because many of us understand...
Focus On Where You Are Today to Make Meaningful Progress Toward Your Future
Some of you know that I co-host a bi-weekly podcast with Sean McCabe, and you may also know that he is one of my mentors. I've learned a great deal from him about creativity and business, not only from the things he and I talk about, but also from his example. I'm...
Maintaining the Posture of Power While Looking for a Job
It Feels Personal As I write this I am in the process of finding a job that will cover my expenses so that I can spend some of my free time discovering and building my passion without putting it under unnecessary financial pressure. So I'm doing what most people do...
I’m Setting a New Course and Invite You to Come Along
If you've been following this blog or receiving my newsletter, you probably know that I've been wrestling with some questions lately. Though I have been working as a freelance designer for a while and have had some success with it, I realized that I cannot continue...
An Oppressive Cage for My Creative Passion
The Wrong Problem I'm a big fan of the whole "make a living doing what you love" thing. The problem is that I "love" many things and I "love" the IDEA of many more things. I've been trying so hard to solve the problem of finding out what I want to do that I've been...
Stop Being a Starving Artist
I Was An Artistic Child I self identified early on as an artist... When I say artist, I mean one who is generally interested in and cannot help but to express his or her self through some or many forms of artistic mediums. For me it has been a variety of things,...
How to Love Doing What You Don’t Love
You Gotta Love Business I co-host a bi-weekly podcast with my good friend Sean McCabe over at seanwes.com/podcast, where he and I talk about (to put it generally) creativity and business. During a recent episode we were discussing the business side of freelance work...
My Workspace, My Helm
Today I'm going to talk to you about a place where I spend most of my time. My home office. I used to spend most of my time in coffee shops, working on my laptop. As my office took shape, I found myself addicted to working here. Our office is actually an offshoot of...
Anhalt Hall
Goals and Summary: The goal of the logo is to convey the rich history of the dance hall, while highlighting the fun, light-hearted, community spirit that people experience when they hold and attend events there. A refresh of their branding will help Anhalt Hall to stand out more prominently in peoples’ minds when they consider […]
Why You Shouldn’t Quit Your Day Job
Pursue Your Passion, Do What You Love, Follow Your Bliss, etc. I am a big fan of the idea of "pursuing your passion" or "doing what you love" or "following your bliss". After all, life is too precious a gift to waste it on something that doesn't matter to you. While I...
Dealing With the Reasons We Seek Distractions
Distractions come in many forms these days. From social media, unexpected e-mails, phone calls or visits, to distractions in our environment, it's really easy to let ourselves get distracted. Sometimes I find that despite my best efforts to build barriers that should...