Follow Through

There are three kinds of people in this world:

1. Those who overcommit, but somehow still manage to get shit done. (That's where I fall.)

2. Those who commit to nothing, ever. But, they never end up letting people down.

3. Those who volunteer, talk out loud, and then drop the ball, leaving those who bust their asses to wonder why they're working so hard. 

(Sure there's probably like one in 32 million people who fall into a fourth category of "appropriate commitment," but it's just too rare to include. )

So, who do you want to be?

Doubt

There are moments in every designer's career where we question our skills. (Yes, even Advergirl has those moments. And they aren't pretty.) Days—or weeks—when we we're off our game, we don't feel passionate, we feel less that thrilled with the work we've been churning out for clients that request illogical revisions that meet moot goals. We all have those days when someone reminds us that our work is not as good as it should be, or could be, or as good as we wanted it to be.

Those are learning moments. Days, not to be taken lightly, where we must step back and analyze the true value of what we do—the value of it for our clients, our employers, and the value to ourselves. And figure out how to do better. How to be better. How to keep creating despite doubt, so that the fruits of tomorrow have at least a shot at being sweet.

The next project—big or small—could be amazing. And you can't know unless you try.