It's the little things, right?, those little things that gives pleasure makes all the difference in the world.
Yesterday I was designing a newsletter. Nothing revolutionary, nothing unseen, just a newsletter.
But I had such a joy in the process. I don't know if it happened to you, but to me, sometimes, the pure fact of arranging text, or any other object, in a blank space, and finding a balance between those elements just brings me pleasure.
To see the hierarchies of elements and a well proportioned layout gives me this wonderful sensation in both my stomach and some part of my mind.
I remember that at some point, yesterday, I spend 10 minutes changing the position of a sub-title... just by a few pixels, until I found that right spot that just "felt" good.
To create something that has a flow, that is readable, that is easy to consume, gives me a sense of achievement, of completeness, of pleasure.
I'm not really sure why that is, why this feeling of pleasure becomes so "physical" in a way, but I've found through the years that many of us (designers) get that same pleasure from simple, little, tasks, and I believe we should enjoy it. When you find your self in that situation, of enjoying some aspect of the process, or some aspect of a result, enjoy it! indulge your self in that feeling! remember to stop and be in that moment, remember that feeling.
That feeling will take you to the next unpleasant task with much more ease.
Yesterday I was designing a newsletter. Nothing revolutionary, nothing unseen, just a newsletter.
But I had such a joy in the process. I don't know if it happened to you, but to me, sometimes, the pure fact of arranging text, or any other object, in a blank space, and finding a balance between those elements just brings me pleasure.
To see the hierarchies of elements and a well proportioned layout gives me this wonderful sensation in both my stomach and some part of my mind.
I remember that at some point, yesterday, I spend 10 minutes changing the position of a sub-title... just by a few pixels, until I found that right spot that just "felt" good.
To create something that has a flow, that is readable, that is easy to consume, gives me a sense of achievement, of completeness, of pleasure.
I'm not really sure why that is, why this feeling of pleasure becomes so "physical" in a way, but I've found through the years that many of us (designers) get that same pleasure from simple, little, tasks, and I believe we should enjoy it. When you find your self in that situation, of enjoying some aspect of the process, or some aspect of a result, enjoy it! indulge your self in that feeling! remember to stop and be in that moment, remember that feeling.
That feeling will take you to the next unpleasant task with much more ease.
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