Category: General
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Things to Know About Therapy
Since my mother passed away in 2018, I’ve had a standing appointment with a therapist. However, it was far from my only experience with therapy. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so I’m sharing this video today. It’s the first in a series of storytelling videos I mentioned earlier this week. Who should see a…
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Storytelling Forthcoming
My backyard is a disaster. Special Agent Dana Scully doesn’t seem to mind. While showing a recent design client a new updated page, I realized I haven’t made a personal update since last July. So here’s all the stuff that has been going on. The Too Good To Be True Job In my update last…
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Leap of Faith: Fulltime Freelance
How do you feel about a taking a leap of faith? It makes me nervous because it has come back to bite me more often than not, professionally and personally. And yet, often it is the only way to really break a cycle. Here’s The Deal One of my UX peers has been freelancing over…
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Stressing Out
New Job Last week I accepted an offer to return to my former job at 3M. It is bittersweet in a number of ways, but mostly bitter. I won’t be returning at the same level I left. Instead, I’ll be at the very bottom of the ladder and have to work my way up. I…
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Untitled No. 1
One of my problems is that I’m always taking on too many projects, and today is no different. In recognition of this problem, recently I attempted to wrap up one of my projects, the Fender Coronado II rebuild. It took several hours to correctly solder and stuff the electronic guts into the body, but I…
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New Hostinger Hosting Customer
I didn’t realize I was going to write a whole hosting review today, but here we are. I was just going to type up and publish something simple so that I could know when my nameservers have updated. If you’re just a casual visitor of the web, you might not have had the displeasure of…
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UX Career Journey Pt. 7
Over the weekend I recorded and uploaded a new video documenting the progress on my UX Career Journey. Jobs continue to be scarce and I find myself diving more into freelance and passion projects as time allows. The biggest update is that I am studying for the Series 65 License. So that’s something. Watch the…
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Would I Do Designlab UX Academy Again?
It’s going to be a no for me, but if you have more means and more support, it could still be an okay option for you. From April 2022 through March 2023 I was in the Designlab UX Academy Bootcamp. I outline the costs, the course, and what did and didn’t work for me in…
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The Holidays Are Hard
This year I find myself struggling with the holidays more than usual. Never would I have imagined that instead of joy and happiness, the string of events from Thanksgiving to New Years would bring increased unease and discontent. Without kids or a significant other, I often feel subject to the whims of extended family. I’m…
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New Print, New Doubts, New Projects
This week I finished up a new print. It’s called “Records Are Ritual” and pays homage to the collecting vinyl records. It is a 4-color print on natural color 100# cover stock. It is a numbered edition limited to 33 pieces.