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It's Your Business. You're Entitled - RD252

It's Your Business. You're Entitled - RD252

FromResourceful Designer: Strategies for running a graphic design business


It's Your Business. You're Entitled - RD252

FromResourceful Designer: Strategies for running a graphic design business

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Mar 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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It's OK to have one of those days. Wednesday this past week started like any other day. I got up around 7:45 to see my wife off to work, then went to the kitchen to feed our cat and dog before going to the living room and turning on the TV. I fast-forwarded through SportsCentre, which I record every day at 4 am. I watch the hockey and soccer highlights and then usually skip through most of the other sports. Once done with SportsCentre, I switched on a Canadian morning news show called Your Morning. As a designer, the show's logo drives me crazy, but I like the hosts, and they usually cover some interesting topics. It’s been part of my morning routine for years. This takes me to 9 am when I normally start my day. But on Wednesday, when Your Morning wrapped up, instead of turning off the TV, I sat there as Live with Kelly and Ryan started. I don't usually watch this show, but I decided to sit through their opening dialogue. After 20 minutes of this, I realized why I rarely watch the show and turned it off. I made my way to my office, which is only 10 steps away from where I was and sat down to begin my day. I had an issue with a website the day before and had sent an email to the support team at SiteGround to see if they had any ideas. I normally don’t look at my email first thing in the morning, preferring to wait until noon to read through them. But I checked it on Wednesday morning and found the anticipated reply email from Siteground waiting for me with the info I had been hoping for. I made the necessary adjustments to the website and then sent an email to my client saying the problem was fixed. With that out of the way, it was time to look at my To-Do list. I had seven things on my list, Design podcast cover artworks for client A. Design podcast cover artworks for client B. Start a new website for client C. Finish website for Client D. Create social media header images for Client E. Perform a podcast brand audit for Client F Read and reply to an RFP (Request For Proposal.) None of them had a pressing deadline, and none seemed very appealing at the time. I couldn’t decide which one to tackle first. Instead, I decided to have a shower. 45 minutes later (I lost track of time standing under the showerhead,) I was back at my computer. I saw my email program was still open and decided what the heck, and went through my inbox, which killed about 30 minutes and brought me to 11:30 am. Looking again at my to-do list, there was nothing there that would only take the 30 minutes I had until lunch. Let me interject here. I’ve been doing IF, Intermittent Fasting for the past couple of years. It’s a way of managing my weight without actually dieting. The way I do it is to only eat between the hours of 12 noon and 6 pm. I can eat anything I want, within reason, of course, as long as it falls within that window of time. From 6 pm until noon the next day, all I have is water. That means that by noon each day, I’m hungry. And the idea of starting a new project 30 minutes before my eating window opened was not very appealing to me. So instead, I decided to go for a walk. We’ve had an unusually mild week this past week, and I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and get some exercise. I walked around the block, a 2.5 KM loop or 1.55 miles for you Americans, before arriving back home in time for lunch. During lunch, I turned on the TV again and switched to Netflix. I’ve been watching Suits lately and am really enjoying it. I was halfway through season 2, so I put on an episode while I ate. This episode had a guest character that I recognized but couldn’t remember where I had seen before. You know how it is. You know the person but can't place them. It keeps nagging at you. So when the episode was over, and I went back to my office, I opened up the trusty IMDB and looked up that episode instead of getting to work. The actor was Scott Grimes, and the show I recognized him from was The Orville, where he plays ship pilot Gordon. That was
Released:
Mar 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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