What makes me most productive as a business owner and graphic designer? You guessed it, putting away my phone. 

Yes, saying “no” to my phone is my #1 all-time productivity hack. Rationalizing I need to post something to my business Instagram account, I pick up my phone and start scrolling. And scrolling. Not necessarily engaging, but turning down rabbit holes. An entire half hour can go by before I realize my mistake. I’ve learned over time that shaming myself or feeling bad about thirty minutes lost rarely helps, but what does, is making it harder to use my phone. Here are three tools that I’ve used, in order of helpful to most helpful in staying off my phone and on task.

It is this: YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE DOING DESIGN. ANNNDDDD...YOU HAVE TO BE SHARING IT WITH THE WORLD.

This is the best thing I've watched on marketing. You should watch it too. 

It’s a scary thing to expose your process, because in a lot of ways it changes over time as culture moves and your business evolves. However, I every time I’m read a blog on someone’s process, I’ve grown.

In no particular order, these are the podcasts that I listen to most regularly. Why these? Because they’re the ones that most often beg me to change me life/business/art practice in some way.

As I’ve been wanting to revive this little piece of cyberspace I’ve been asking others what they want to read about. Sharing why I became a graphic designer was suggested; it seems like a natural place to start (re-start?).