Balance

On Modes and Time Changes

I used to think about freelance work in terms of seasons. These days, I think less about seasons and more about modes - and the hard part isn't choosing which one to be in, it's noticing which one you're actually in.

Balance, boundaries, and buffet breakfasts.

As I’ve hinted in my last couple of emails, I’ve been up in London a lot recently. A close family member had surgery planned, so I was splitting time between work and hospital visits. They’re home now and recovering well. Praise, thanks and love to the NHS....

The call came from inside the house.

I was having coffee with another freelance designer last week when they started telling me about their latest project drama. Not client drama, the self inflicted kind. The kind where you find yourself still up at 2am, obsessing over the information architecture for a checkout flow that was probably fine...