[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading auto_text=”yes” heading_semantic=”h1″ text_space=”fontspace-h2″][/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]Okay… So, some context:
Last month, Adam J. Kurtz came to Melbourne to talk at The Design Conference with AGDA.
Did I go to see him? No… No I didn’t.
Did I know who he was at the start of June? No… No I didn’t.
I was first ‘introduced’ to him through a few Instagram stories of other designers I follow. With raw typography on saturated backgrounds stating very candid and to-the-point one liners, I was intrigued. So I did a Google, watched his talk at the Adobe Conference and found out about his book Things Are What You Make Of Them.
Now I’m not going to lie; I don’t know why, I barely read books (I can never stay focused on what I am reading. My eyes will be going from line to line, and my brain will be thinking ‘What can I have for lunch today? Maybe a sandwich? Do we have cheese left in the fridge? Nah… I think I finished it yesterday. Maybe I can use brie instead. Will that taste any good? Yea why not, what am I going to do, have a toasted sandwich without cheese? That’s. Absurd.’) but for some reason I’m a sucker for personal development-y books. I really enjoyed The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck. I think it has something to do with that I feel like I’m learning something; if I wanted a ‘story’ I would just turn on Netflix and finish Stranger Things or watch some more Game Grumps. So as a matter of fact, I do know why…
So long story short, I bought his book on “life advice for creatives”.
Now as for my professional development in the industry, I like to think that I have vasty grown and refined my skills across design, project management and general workplace skills. Learning how to talk to clients, how to develop and implement ideas across a team, so on and so forth, as anyone would in their first job. Although, I like to think have been lucky in my experience but also been pushing myself by been thrown in the deep end; willingly and head first at that.
With everything all the skills I have been learning, developing and refining, at every moment I try to simply remember;
“You are kinda an idiot”
It’s important to reflect in what areas I’ve grown and developed, but I try to keep it in the back of my mind to keep me grounded. One of the biggest things which I struggle with at times, but try to embrace as much as possible, is feedback. Reminding myself that I’m ‘an idiot’ is me reminding myself that there is always space to learn and grow.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]