After reading multiple post about how exhausted senior designers are in this moment, I have been asking around for habits and resources for this exact topic. Multiple wise mentors recommend “From strength to strength” from Author Brooks and what stood out to me was how happiness in work happens in flow state and at the cross section of interesting and interested.
The simple hack I walked away with was if the work is still interesting it has potential to make you happy/win
Yes! I love this. I think what’s challenging is that it can sometimes manifest as “I need to work on interesting stuff to be happy”, which can become its own unique torture for some designers. I’ll read strength to strength! I’m a big fan of Arthur Brooks. I suppose part of “deciding you’ve won” is being able to see the value and get motivation from all design work, or perhaps see and enjoy hidden value? I.e. this is good for me but not that enjoyable, but therefore I’m happy? It’s a tough one! 😂
After reading multiple post about how exhausted senior designers are in this moment, I have been asking around for habits and resources for this exact topic. Multiple wise mentors recommend “From strength to strength” from Author Brooks and what stood out to me was how happiness in work happens in flow state and at the cross section of interesting and interested.
The simple hack I walked away with was if the work is still interesting it has potential to make you happy/win
Yes! I love this. I think what’s challenging is that it can sometimes manifest as “I need to work on interesting stuff to be happy”, which can become its own unique torture for some designers. I’ll read strength to strength! I’m a big fan of Arthur Brooks. I suppose part of “deciding you’ve won” is being able to see the value and get motivation from all design work, or perhaps see and enjoy hidden value? I.e. this is good for me but not that enjoyable, but therefore I’m happy? It’s a tough one! 😂