Fight Creativity With Creativity - RD299

<h2 class="p1">Find something to distract your creative mind.</h2> <p class="p1">Nobody tells you when you get into the design industry that regardless of whether you’re doing this part-time or full-time or how many hours you devote to working each day, being a graphic or web designer is a 24/7 job.</p> <h2>The curse of creativity.</h2> <p class="p1">Let me know if this sounds familiar to you.</p> <p class="p1">You’re out doing errands. Maybe it’s grocery shopping or going to an appointment. It doesn’t matter. Whatever you’re doing has nothing to do with <a href= "https://www.resourcefuldesigner.com/raise-your-prices-get-better-graphic-design-work-rd026/"> design work</a>. And yet, for some reason, you find your mind churning away at design-related things.</p> <p class="p1">It starts contemplating a problem your having with a client website. <em>Hmm, what’s the best way to accomplish that?</em> Or it starts generating ideas for that new logo you’re designing. <em>What if I play around with using an abstract star in the logo? </em>It could be something as mundane as imagining colours. <em>I like the blue on the cereal box. I wonder how this blue would look on that poster I’m designing?</em></p> <p class="p1">Even though you’re “off-the-clock,” your mind keeps designing.</p> <p class="p1">You may be watching TV and only half paying attention to what’s playing because part of your brain is crunching away at some design problem. Or worse, you’re lying in bed in the pitch dark, wanting to fall asleep, but your brain has other plans.</p> <p class="p1">Have you ever found yourself in any of these situations? Call it the curse of creativity. Those gifted with it know that creativity can pop up at the most inopportune times.</p> <p class="p1">Now, don’t get me wrong. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love how my mind works and all the creative things it comes up with. However, I could do without the sleep deprivation. But even that’s a small price for something I love doing.</p> <p class="p1">But even though I embrace t