Now I do.

Deciding what to write. 
So, I browsed through Medium a little and noticed it’s mostly for nerds or nerd like people. Or people with real experience who’re sure they know what they’re talking about. But I’m just going to use Medium to express, rather whine about my work related issues and sometimes, if you get lucky, then other issues too! But basically to whine, yes.

I have always been fascinated with design and how design can move things, people, businesses and even generations. But I’m still just learning and thus according to me, I know very little. Yes, I might be aesthetically on point but aesthetics aren’t everything, so I’ve discovered recently, though I wish they were. I’m actually an artist, so I like to call myself. An all rounder artist- referring to the shape of my face and other talents. I can sing, or at least I used to before I turned shy because of a few rejections. I act in theatres sometimes, more of a passion. I paint, yes, draw and paint and sketch, everything- this one’s my favorite talent to have. But when I was painting full swing, say 3 years back, art wasn’t really that much of a thing. Or maybe I just couldn’t figure out a future in it. Now I do.

So what does an artist do who doesn’t know what to do with her talent? She tries to use her skills to make others happy. That’s called design, I didn’t quite realise it at the time, but Now I do. And how does an artist disguised as a designer charge for her services? I didn’t quite know then and I still don’t. How to quantify such things like talent? Goes above my head.

Anyway, coming back to my design story. It started in college. I am in this shitty ass college called Pearl Academy of Design in New Delhi. Why I call it shitty? No, not because the faculty isn’t good, don’t get me wrong- some of them are out of this world, but Pearl taught me to adhere to deadlines and not find and use the best of my creative self, which is what I wanted to learn in the first place. But how does anyone know if they’re the best version of themselves? That’s for Kung Fu masters to decide, for me, I’m just happy as long as I’m satisfied with my work.

I’m not here and writing because I’m a master designer now or something. Heck, I’ve probably just started off and I might be quite shit at it too, who knows? This blog is merely to keep a track of my design process — my life. How I’m designing my life with design.