Alfi

how to stop wasting your intelligence > stop explaining your potential > produce evidence of it

i don’t want to: - work at a fast-moving startup - rush design just to ship faster - be corporate and toxic - spend my days in meetings about work instead of doing the work - work on things i would never put in my portfolio - sell my time rather than expertise - outsource my creativity to non-creative people i do want to: - work with creative open-minded people - work with people who understand why design matters - curate and spotlight genuinely good work - build for communities i care about - have enough freedom to choose what deserves my attention - help other designers {you can insert suggestions in replies} - make an impact on tech without compromising humanity

it’s fine to use figma, it’s fine not to use figma and switch to paper or another tool, and it’s fine if you’re fully prompting designs now it’s NOT fine to judge someone over their workflow -- who cares? the outcome is what matters

Most people treat the circumstances of their lives like facts about their worth, or a life sentence, but they’re really just a reflection of the energy they’re operating from. Once you learn how to shift that energy in practice, there’s nothing you can’t do. No limits, no “never”s, nothing off the table. That’s an incredibly powerful thing to understand.