Life by Design
Seeing + Being + Making.
Exploring Ideas through Reflections, Notes, and Creative Experiments. (Since 2010).
I’m not hiding anymore
I have always lived with this tension between honesty and performance. To an extent, we all do. I don't know exactly when it started, but it has always been there subconsciously, colouring my work and my lived experience. I think it comes from my experience growing up...
Some Ideas to Keep in Mind as the Year Begins
So it has been about two weeks into the new year. Things are getting into full swing. With school and work opening again, we are all easing back into our normal lives and routines. If you are reading this, you have probably already done some form of vision boarding...
The Key to Approaching Your Goals More Effectively & with Less Stress
The other day I was on TikTok (I know, bear with me as I gag for a bit 🤮). But I came across this clip that I found useful and got me thinking more about this concept of leading and lagging indicators. This idea has its origins in business and economics circles....
I Beat God of War Ragnarok and It Made Me Want to Call My Dad
For most of my teens and 20s, I had little interest in video games. Sure, I played a fair amount as a kid but something about getting stuck on the DMC3 Cerberus boss fight as a teen really just put me off the whole thing. Why waste my time fighting a...
In Praise of Cyclical Productivity
If you have been a long time follower of my projects or content, you would know I’m prone to abruptly taking time off for up to months at a time. I used to think this was an issue, but lately, I have come to look at it as more of a feature than a bug. Over the years,...
The Art of Not Trying
I stopped trying. Life has never been better. And that is so fucking weird. I mean, on one level, it feels strange not doing anything, or not having to do anything. Not feeling like I have to run on the treadmill. And it’s not like it is forever. It is at most (at the...
Life is all About Managing Inputs and Outputs
We’ve all heard the phrase, you get out what you put in. Or garbage in and garbage out. The inputs you feed yourself with are important. The things you listen to, the people you hang around. The books you read. the thoughts you entertain. Also the action you take. The...
Staying Sane in an Insane World
The world is going to hell in a hand basket. At least that is what it seems like. Everyday there is something else going wrong. In the last week, war broke out in Ukraine, and South African artist and icon Riky Rick committed suicide. It is not like war isn’t going on...
Exploring Relaxed Productivity
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the concept of “Relaxed Productivity”. The past few weeks have been a bit manic. I’ve been juggling multiple projects, chasing new business, creating new products and producing more content than I usually do. It has been a bit crazy....
