Episode 28 Why Writing Things Down is Important Even For Designers

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s episode of the Make + Design Podcast, Carina runs through the reasons why *writing* is so important to developing ideas. For her, most great ideas start with paper and pen–this is one of the reasons that her membership group is called “Ink Club.” Carina recalls that on Episode 21 of the Podcast, calligraphy expert Melissa Esplin taught us about bullet journals. Both Melissa and Carina use multiple journals. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carina walks us through the journals that she uses and how they help her. Carina keeps a “traditional journal,” like a diary to record thoughts and events. She also keeps a “business journal,” where rights down new ideas, notes on new podcast episodes, and other inspiration that comes to her. Carina also uses her business journal for one of her daily practices, writing down her ten biggest dreams as if they have already happened. Her business journal is the one she takes with her to conferences and business meetings. Carina keeps her journals and they become physical evidence of what she has accomplished. If you begin to journal then you will be amazed when you look back and see the results of all that you’ve accomplished. That physical evidence helps you to overcome imposter syndrome by giving you proof that you are amazing! Carina really digs in and takes a deep dive into the revelations, epiphanies, and plans that have come to her because she writes it down. “When we write it down it somehow always turns into a plan.”</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">__________</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here:</span> <a href= "http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">__________</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>About Carina Gardner:</strong></p> <p><