Comments on: How to Avoid Designer Burnout

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:29:22 +0000

Some excellent advice that also can relate to many other aspects of your life as well. Good things to know.

By: Mariusz

Mariusz — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:52:43 +0000

Interesting post, describing most things I do. One thing I’d like to add from my side though is – change your environment. As a creative, it’s very easy to burn out if you’re working in a static environment like office or home. Go crazy, work from pub, take few days out of town to work etc. That’s what I often do, that’s why I decided to be employed as a 9-to-5 designer only for 75% contract, not 100% – I have Fridays off, which lets me take my fiancee and drop out of town, not only to admire views, but also work in the evenings. Often I do most work on trips like that just because changing environment lets me recharge my creativity batteries.
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By: Andrew Houle

Andrew Houle — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:09:00 +0000

@Justin – Glad to hear you like the site. btw, nice gravatar :)

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:58:24 +0000

Whoa… this site is pretty awesome :) your layout is really well designed, and your blogs are (judging from what i’ve read) very interesting. heehee… consider yourself favorited. :-P

By: s

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:56:27 +0000

nice post. good , and thank you for allowing my design to show in your flickr account, i opena new site. where my friends post there work for free. see it, its just a beginnging iam an animation student. s´s last post was... Maya Works: Amit Sangwan

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:23:39 +0000

Great post. I always seem to find myself only really advancing my style when I want to redesign my website or portfolio, and not on clients work, and on my own time. It's usually random too. Getting outside is the biggest thing for me...if I'm in my house all day, my eyes start to hurt and I feel like I'm detached from the rest of the world. Nick´s last post was... Wordpress: Customize the_content(); to Generate Your Own HTML/CSS Image & â€œMoreâ€ Link

By: Manda Szewczyk

Manda Szewczyk — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:52:10 +0000

This is a fantastic post, and advice that I need to follow. As a new business owner, it is my nature to say yes to everything and work all hours of the day and night to try to please my clients. I'm hoping that I will find a balance eventually. I'm not to the point yet where I can afford to take holidays, so I try to break up my day by taking my dogs for a walk, calling a friend on the phone, or watching an episode of The Office. I'm also surprised to find that Twitter has been a great help in my quest to stay creatively charged. When I feel a lull coming on, I jump on Twitter and start checking out what awesome links have been floating around. After looking at a few good blog posts, I'm usually motivated to get back to work. Manda Szewczyk´s last post was... 8 Common Graphic Design Myths Revealed

By: David Bolton

David Bolton — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:38:08 +0000

Excellent article!

You may well have written that for me! I am a keen web developer and designer that suffers with the dreaded ‘block’. Some of these tips are now going to be placed firmly into my arsenal.

Thankyou

By: Seikensy

Seikensy — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:22:24 +0000

Really good read. Thanks for pointers…. For me getting away and surfing seems to provide the balance. That goes in the getting away from the cpu category.

By: Danh ba web 2.0

Danh ba web 2.0 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:21:41 +0000

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