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Treating your life like a product; instead of asking others what they need and if things are okay, we can look inwards and ask ourselves the same things. What needs to change? The narrative becomes, what do you think, to what’s my opinion?
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Do little things bit by bit; it doesn’t have to be a big change, working towards something — progress — is more important than the end goal
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Listen to your gut, intuition, to trust yourself; what works for me vs what’s working for others. Sometimes what works for others doesn’t work for me
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Find a balance between intuition and data/other opinions
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3 hang ups we have as designers
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Doing it right: by who’s standards though? What are my standards, what of my measuring stick?
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Trying to be perfect: hesitation, procrastination; afraid of being wrong, embarrassed, failure.
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Desiring a shortcut: (impatience) where is this feeling coming from?
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thinking about the language that therapy and self discovery has given me, the ability to notice things and name them, has made things easier to address and understand. The fear of the unknown dissipates and I’m able to address things easier. Name it, if it’s a good feeling embrace it if not pop up and say it doesn’t claim me