We are on a sabbatical week and we are starting something new. Hope you enjoy the new format for our off recording weeks!
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TRANSCRIPT
[00:03] Hey guys! I’m BrandiSea, and you’re listening to episode 80 of design speaks. This week is a sabbatical week, which means that Michelle and I don’t record together, but, um, I’ve decided to repurpose some of my older content, some stuff that I have out on youtube. Um, I used to do something called design tip Tuesdays. If you’d just do youtube.com/brandiseadesign you’ll be able to check those out. They’re just anywhere between three and five or six-minute clips of me just talking, giving you a quick tip. And I hope that you enjoy it. This week’s design tip is, have a purpose. So I understand that the word purpose has like this huge meaning behind it. Um, I think people really struggle their whole life sometimes is finding a purpose, but, um, for, for our sake, for this particular Tuesday, um, I mean more like finding the why behind what you do. [01:09] Um, so why do I do these design tips? Because I want to share easy ways to be a better creative that don’t sound complicated, that don’t require thousands and thousands of dollars of design education. I want to be able to help people. It’s the same reason that I do my podcast. It’s the same reason I started the blog. I don’t want to just complain about all the bad design out there. I want to help people become better designers by sharing what I know instead of keeping it to myself. So that’s my why. That’s my purpose. That’s why I show up here every week. It’s why I teach at the school where I teach. I also have a different why behind the actual design work that I do. I do the design work that I do because I love to be creative. I love to experiment. I love to combine colors and shapes and images and really make cool things out of them and it’s fulfilling for me to be able to come up with something that is my very own and finding my voice is my why and my purpose in my actual work. [02:14] So I know it sounds complicated, but if you just ask yourself like, why do I do graphic design? Why am I creative? Why do I paint? Why do I draw? There’s a why in there somewhere that you have an answer to, and it’s really important to kind of analyze that every now and then so that you remember on those really rough days when you’re like hating your life as a creative because those days happen that there’s a reason why you’re here. There’s a reason why you’re doing what you do, and, uh, if you need to play it up somewhere, excellence is another one in my wise, I want to pursue excellence and I have it. I made a flag at James Victore’s retreat that says, “excellence” on it so I can remember when I’m having hard time. This is what I have to strive for. So find your purpose, figure it out, remind yourself of it, and I promise you that it will help you get through those, those tough, creative dave. Michelle and I will be back next week with a full episode. Until then, check out our patrion and share this podcast with a friend.
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