Abandoning your sense of safety, and embarking on 5 months of travel as, effectively, a homeless person with two backpacks, will teach you a fair bit in a short amount of time.

Imposter Syndrome is a prevalent issue in and outside of the design industry, infecting the hearts of the ambitious. I've encountered it numerous times across my career, both for commercial and non-commercial projects. It has crushed my excitement and motivation, dissuading me from one opportunity after another, and has never failed at informing me of how egotistical, ill-knowledgable, and naïve I am to believe myself worthy of doing 'X'. It is a plague of the mind that often begins from logical and well-meant investigation before mutating into a heavy smothering cloak of doubt.

There is a beauty and ground-shaking power to re-imagining the way you think of writing. In this article, I want to share with you where I stumbled most on this, how I can to a more logical way of thinking about tackling writing, and then some maths for you figure-weirdos to see how powerful this can be.

Detox from music — are you crazy!? Well, possibly. But surely you’ve wondered what plugging into a personal sound chamber almost 24/7 might be doing to you — just a little bit?