The work is never just “the work” | Are.na
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The work is never just “the work” | Are.na
The work, no matter how worthy, is often a slog. The “before” stage is exciting, full of potential. The “after” gives me resolution, closure, the feeling of a happily ever after. What happens between those moments SUUUUCKS. It’s just me, zoomed into my canvas at 3200%, tweaking a bezier curve on that icon oh-so-slightly. Watching Rocky Balboa lift ... See more
Dan Mall • Dan Mall’s 10 Principles for a Worthy Design Career | Figma Blog
I’ve recently been exploring the metaphor of work as trace – that it isn’t so much about what we put out into the world as how we put it out; that the thing we really ought to care about, the thing that ultimately matters, is the intention from which the work emerges. The rest is all mirror, representation, resemblance.
Rebecca • [BIFFS vol. 2] Work as trace
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Just like work expands to fill the time available, work expands to fill the team available.
Jason Fried • It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
the work of defining what needs to be done is harder than doing the work itself
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“Work is never finished, only abandoned.” —Paul Valéry
Austin Kleon • Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Austin Kleon)
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