Design Hustle Diaries

Another Up and Down Week in My Sales Empire

A seven day snapshot of my ongoing journey

Cornhole Stickman by Mark Ewbie

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I wrote a seven day piece a while ago, about the day to day efforts and slow, random grind of an amateur writer and t-shirt designer.

I’m not going to write one of these every seven days. Or with any regularity. Only when the week includes some interest like victories or even failures.

I mean. If I sold or created nothing for seven days and just vegged out watching TV that wouldn’t make much of an article. Monday — nothing. Tuesday — nothing. Wednesday — changed channel. Etc.

Here’s another seven recent days plucked from my design and sales diary. I have been keeping a diary since 2014, when I first had the idea of becoming an internet millionaire. Whenever it gets me down I revise my notes while finishing a bottle of Scotch and loading the antique shotgun located above the fireplace.

Not really. Here’s the snapshot.

Thursday.
Played with a new design idea. One of the key aims in creating designs is to produce a single design style that can be repurposed many times. A key example…