love/ hate/ life

studying design is not good for your mental health, and your physical one for that matter.

you get stressed out,
you spend a lot of money trying to get everything to be perfect
(even if everyone else says that it already is, just because being perfectionist roams in your veins),
you skip meals,
you are socially deprived,
you barely have spare time,
you don't live normally,
you get productive during crazy hours and that normally is when everybody else is sleeping,
you are anxious most of or all the time,
you crave from validation from others
(either regarding your idea, your work, yourself),
you work your ass off creating awesome work but jobs don't come your way,
you are barely appreciated,
you are expected to be a master in drawing even though in reality most designers can't draw,
your artwork would almost certainly get screwed up by the marketing team,
you get very low points if you're applying for permanent residency in australia,
you don't get a lot of money
(contrary of popular belief),
you strive to be different but alas everybody is.

but you stay in the industry, because despite the long list of the bads, you love doing what you do.

talk about being doomed.

in my case?

1 A-Z, 0-9 typeface design
1 DVD packaging mock up
ideas for poster
an entry for a design competition

i've got 8 hours to complete them.
the worse bit, is that i hurt my back this afternoon.
SO PAINFUL it made me cry.
(in private, of course. it is still painful, but i'm okay as long as no one touches it.)

am i gonna sleep?
of course i'm not.

design is not all gold and glitters.
being a designer is not an easy job.
so don't judge us.

don't think it's easy being us.