Shadowing Practice: Graphic Designer Burnout is a Problem - Learn English Speaking with Video
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it's a fucking pressure cooker man it is it is we
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we have to deal with shit we have to deal with tight deadlines tight deadlines right crazy customers then vendors
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that they're dealing with right and we're constantly on the go
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but the thing is you know burnout isn't just about you know bad clients
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or industry trends right like the reality is it's all about how we let this shit affect us right okay
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and how we react to it on a regular basis
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there was a study done by uh we transfer okay
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and you know everybody's favorite you know file transfer program yes
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and um they interviewed oh geez hundreds
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and hundreds i think it was thousands of like graphic designers globally okay
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and 70 over 75 percent of those people okay were experiencing burnout during
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that interview which is ridiculous during during the interview
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so they out of everybody
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so they they interviewed okay it's a big number what they interviewed
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and 75 percent of the people were like i'm feeling burnout right now
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and there was another study by um i don't know
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if it was creative hut or something
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but it said um 80 over over 80 percent of the people they interviewed said
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that they experienced at least one day of burnout a week
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which is a kind of a weird way to go about it and
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and i get it sometimes i get i you know like
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by thursday night thursday night's my night like don't don't expect
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anything fancy from me you know like i'm usually mush
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and that's when i'm like i have to just kind of unwind thursday night
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so i get i get what they're saying
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but burnout is such a huge part of this space
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and i think it's something that not enough people they don't well
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if they talk about they sugarcoat shit you know what you should do is you should journal your feelings and, and get in touch.
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And, and it's just like, fuck guys.
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Like this is, this is not legit.
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Yeah.
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Right.
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A full on spa day isn't going to cure that.
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Right.
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Right.
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Exactly.
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And, and then again, you know, maybe this is, this is some tough love in this episode.
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Cause I mean, we're not, we're not exactly known for pussyfooting around, you know, so some of you might actually get offended by this.
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We've actually experienced burnout, but the reality is I think by the end of this, everybody will get stronger by listening days we'll be stronger
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because you know what it's it's it's not an easy thing
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to go through yeah have you suffered burnout i think i've
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suffered it a few times in my space me too over
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the past 25 for sure did you survive absolutely i'm still fucking here exactly you know
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and the funny thing is right now i can genuinely say
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that i i i've mentioned this before in this podcast i
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think i'm creatively burnt out right now oh you are i genuinely feel right now
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and i think i've been going through this the past year
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but love the space yeah i am now acting as creative
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director i'm finding it a lot easier to to help everybody
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else with their with their journeys i've i think my passion
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for the space has shifted yeah from the hands -on doing
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which is what i've loved to do for the past 25
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years right i fucking love the problem solving part of the space now right
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and that's where it's like you know i i had an interview with somebody
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and she said what's your favorite part and that was it
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that was my favorite part was when you that aha moment
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when it's like i know what the problem is
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and now i'm going to help you get that solution yes but you know i guess i guess
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if we were to go through a list of like burnout
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symptoms i can't see i have any maybe i'm just going
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through a phase right now where it's like i'm i'm more
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energized by other parts of the space other than the hands -on doing maybe that's right
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and i don't think that's that's a bad thing with i
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think as we get older we have a natural progression away from
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that kind of stuff into the more top of the biosphere of of what graphic design is right
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and i think that's where you're where you're landing like you
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said the problem solving that's a that's a big deal that's probably my most i think i'm
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so excited and there is nothing wrong with with being a specialist in
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that ah right yeah so
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so what we're gonna do is we've got you know we got 10 you know reasons you know
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and these are the most popular reasons
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that these were surveyed okay from over over okay like it was like 7 000 people who surveyed this okay
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and i'm on a newsletter so i hijacked some of this information
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and i added some of our own on top of this
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but this is legit out of this giant survey i went through this i'm like legit legit legit legit right
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and we're gonna do our own spin on this okay
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because nice again so we've got 10 reasons why designers feel burnout
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and the hard truth bombs that go along with this shit.
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Okay.
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Cause again, you know, I agree with a lot of these, but at the same time, it's like, you know, is this self -sabotage?
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Okay.
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Is this self -touch?
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Oh, right.
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Okay.
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You know, one thing I want to clarify though, is most people think there's this myth, okay.
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That burnout is, it occurs from being overworked.
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Right.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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And that sounds like that would be the reason why somebody would be burnt out right
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but in actuality it's just a myth Okay.
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Overworked doesn't necessarily cause burnout.
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No. And the reason for that is because, you know, if you have the right clients, if you have the right pricing in place, right, you have, you know, you set the right boundaries.
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So nobody's calling you at 12 o 'clock at night, asking for changes to a project, right?
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You know, you could work 12, 14 hours straight on projects that you're passionate about.
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God knows I've done it for many years.
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I used to do that.
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Right.
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Yep.
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Overwork doesn't necessarily translate to being, to, to, to, to burnout.
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Okay.
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It's everything else that goes along with it.
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That is right.
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Yes.
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Passionate, high performing graphic designers that they commonly put in long hours.
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Look at like the Sagmeisters, the Jessica Walsh, all the, all the designers that are actually living and breathing in New York.
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They're pulling all these crazy hours and shifts and this, not because they have to, because they fucking want to do it exactly right and and
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that i love number one unrealistic expectation ah this is good okay
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and this was a twofold okay okay
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so obviously everybody's going to be like oh yeah my my
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clients these days they're asking for too much they expect me
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to be a designer they expect me to be a copywriter a social media expert plus you know answer phones
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and and understand this and be a mind fucking reader right
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and it is true right like
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if you the truth bomb to this whole thing is of course you know
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that will lead to burnout the truth bomb in this situation
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though is you know the control is up to you
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when it comes to setting boundaries right with these customers right okay
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and you know it is up to you to set this
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if you don't set these if you don't set these boundaries
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and put them in place you are actually part of the problem
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and you are going to lead yourself down that down
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that cliff road yep okay
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and again there's nothing wrong with the client expecting you to
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do all these tasks okay this is another you know another
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truth bomb to this whole thing right on unrealistic expectations on the customer side is one thing
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because they will always ask but the reason why they always ask is
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because they want one partner yes they don't want to have
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to go to a social media company to do this
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and go to a video company
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if they can find one person to do one person
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that can do all of this right they're they're gonna they're gonna push their luck
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and see if they can yeah okay yeah doesn't mean you have to take their out their their calls
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and work on weekends right it's up to you to set those boundaries
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but you can't blame the client
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if they want to give you all of their work exactly
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and hey bring in a friend you know what i mean like network
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and and you could very well create your own agency from this kind of absolutely right
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or be look at it as a performing freelancer exactly
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so here's the other you know the other edge of the sword on this um you know expectations right
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or the unrealistic expectations i think also graphic designers are probably leaving school okay
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or they've got some sort of attitude
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that you know they're thinking i'm only you know doing this to design i wasn't asked to do copy.
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I wasn't asked to do social media.
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And so all of a sudden it's like, you know, the, the, the graphic designer admittedly only wants to be a pixel pusher.
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Yes.
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Oh yeah.
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Right.
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And the thing is, again, going back to what the client needs, that's really unrealistic.
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If that's your expectation as a graphic designer to sit there and just, you know, design all day.
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Okay.
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And design your kind of project.
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You do the stuff that you want to do.
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Don't even touch powerpoint people okay like it's i did not
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become a designer to do powerpoints like get off your fucking horse
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because what clients are going to want yes okay whether it's an expectation
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or not um is somebody to help them with all aspects of their design exactly
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so you know what you know you guys need to get off your high horse here and realize
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that the future designer is going to be a renaissance designer
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they're going to be expected to do more than just a
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pixel like be a pixel pusher yeah okay you want to you want to niche
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and be a specialist fucking go to it go for it i'm
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so blessed i you know what be a logo designer yep
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and that's all you do be just a powerpoint designer right rock fucking on okay
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but if you want to be a graphic designer and think
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that you're going to spend your life you know designing content
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creating content on a regular basis be prepared to be able to take it all on yeah right
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and there's nothing wrong with
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that yeah no job security it totally makes you more exactly yeah why do one job when you can do 10.
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well boy when you put it like that sean that sounds like it's not all at once some days
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all right
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so that's that's number one that's number one all right yeah
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the number two reason okay why people felt burnout lack of appreciation and recognition sometimes customers is
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they're known to think of us as just pixel push, literally, you know, we can make things look pretty here.
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You can, you can make this thing look much more pretty than I can.
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Right.
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You know, clients don't actually spend enough time thinking or realizing what we do, you know, and what we do is obviously a lot more than just make things look pretty.
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It does go much more deeper than that, you know, but the reality is this isn't fucking kindergarten and, you know,
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we're not working for participation yes exactly okay we don't need
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a good job yeah every time you do something right you
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don't need you know like a a good pat on the
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back just to complete your job right this is a business
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yeah this is what you are expected to do right
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and until you actually get like recognition is great
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when you get it from the right customer it's awesome yeah
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but you know what the thing with that my favorite kind of recognition hey
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that works yeah right i got i got great lead i got incredible leads from this right recognition is great
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but it's not fucking guaranteed it's not and
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if you kind of go into this you know expecting
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that you constantly need to be reassured a pat on the
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back you know good job good job good job whether it's
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from your customer whether it's from your manager your creative director
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dude this is not the right space for this okay
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because again you know you you want real appreciation in the
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space okay charge what you're worth get a good salary right get everything in place right
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and work with clients who respect you gain
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that expert status yeah they might not always be like boy
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sean you know you you rock it i couldn't do this without you
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but they will treat you like an expert yes that's recognition yes that's what you need All right.
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Number three.
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Okay.
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Number three, third reason why graphic designers burnout.
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Rapid industry changes and uncertainty.
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So this, this is, I get this, right?
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This, this space, it moves fast, dude.
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And you know, in the past 25 years, this, we've seen the world go from print to digital.
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And then we saw the introduction of social.
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Now we see print coming back, right?
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Like, and this is only in a 25 year span, which in all fairness is not long.
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And there was a lot of other shit in between this and then AI, right?
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Like this space moves very, very, very fast and it can be really overwhelming, especially technology wise, right?
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It is really overwhelming to keep up with it on a regular basis.
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So, you know, there's no question with this, right?
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But, you know, in my opinion, the truth bomb on this one, okay?
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Yeah.
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It's a lot to keep up with.
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Okay but the designers who complain about the keeping up with everything are the designers who you know who spend
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so much energy on the negative miss out on the positives
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and what i mean by this is you know
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when z factor started okay the first you know three four five years just print that's
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that that's all
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that was it right yeah that's yeah web got it picked up it was a big thing
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and i knew a lot of print a lot of design agents
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that were like oh no fuck it we're not doing
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that we're sticking into print flash in the pan yeah they
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disappeared yeah within years we're still sticking around 20 years later
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in this same space as they would right yeah like you know you have to adapt
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because again this that's the whole point of what it is
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that we do is is media keeps evolving
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and adapting fucking right now people are
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so you know they're fighting ai designers are reluctant to move to ai
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but the reality is ai helps you get your shit done
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faster okay it makes you a more efficient designer stop complaining
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about the fucking shit that's going on yeah get on
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and actually get on with it do it learn it yes
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because you will you will evolve with the rest of the
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space yes don't don't worry about the technology that's evolving okay
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you're the one who has to worry about evolving you're evolving with the industry
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and that's a good thing guys
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because again this is what we need to do good designers are adaptable designers right
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and we keep evolving year after year after year after year.
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So, you know, I, again, I, I, I find that as an excuse.
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It's, it's, it's sure it's, it's pretty bad.
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It's, but I do think it's weak.
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All right.
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Number four, misalignment with their personal values.
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So this is an interesting one that I thought, because again, and I'm not surprised to have, to have read this one.
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On this list, because graphic designers are empathetic.
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Designers are empathetic on a whole.
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Yes.
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So when we get into something, the real good designers don't just get into it
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because they think it's going to be a cool industry those
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those designers usually disappear within you know three years right people come in
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and they start because they're looking for some sort of meaningful work okay you know
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and and now it's like after two three five years they realize
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that dude all i'm doing is is designing all this soulless you know stuff
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that doesn't mean that doesn't mean anything to me
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that i don't care about and stuff right yeah
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so this can actually build up to people and actually create this whole burnout situation from this So yes, I get it.
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You know, not everything is always going to be, you know, the most exciting projects you get.
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The reality is if you've got these relationships with customers,
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you've got to expect that you are going to be doing just a lot of repeat materials on a regular basis.
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And that's okay because that's the material you should be looking at as paying your bill.
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You know what I mean?
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And then when you get the exciting stuff, you can live and breathe through that right shit
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if you really hate that pay the bills you know work
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that you're getting get it to a point where you can hire somebody else to do it for you
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and just take a small cut if you are above
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that kind of shit right yeah that's the necessary
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or the the necessary steps
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that you have to go through for this this kind of stuff to get to
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that to get to that point right
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but still i mean i like those minute details
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and those stupid things yeah they just i'm i'm the powerpoint guy
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and you know what i mean and it's like i i can find gold in
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that stuff it's you still you're still a designer it's it's layout it's
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and it's nice if you treat it that way exactly like say
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that a powerpoint has to be like a bar at the top a logo in the bottom corner
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and both points on page exactly those things look like fucking art well no i am not like
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that but some people will turn their nose up to
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that kind of stuff and i'm like wow don't be above
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that i would be above that i would never never be above anything like
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that because there's always something interesting to find in any project
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that you do agreed yes all right number five yeah okay
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number five okay reason why graphic designers burn out the endless need to upskill okay one thing
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because our industry constantly is on the move
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and everything's changing right you're you have to learn all these new skills you know you have to learn all these new, you have to learn the new way to be doing something, right?
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Because you know what?
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Apparently what you've been doing all this time has been wrong.
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Okay.
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And that's a lot of pressure to go through, right?
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Like, you know, it's like you, you, you thought you were, you know, doing a great job in Illustrator only to watch a social media post from your favorite designer to find out, is this what you're doing?
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You're doing this wrong.
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And when they put a song to make you feel dumb and do it this way.
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Right.
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And you know, it's funny, it's funny that we're making it fun, but there is this constant pressure to have to kind of dig deeper and dig deeper and dig deeper, you know, and trying to find these apps.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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The reality is, and I mean, no disrespect because God knows, you know, we love people like James Bernard and, you know, like the white wizard.
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Right.
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And again, and when I need to learn how to do something, I will go and figure it out on his, on, on, on his, he's the guy.
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He's the guy.
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That's where you go yeah but again i don't take any of it personally
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because the reality is when you see a video
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that says hey you know are you doing half tones wrong do it this way
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and it shows you how to do a half tone
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and then an hour
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or two later there's another guy who's showing you another way to do a half town
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because apparently that guy was doing it wrong
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and then you find a third
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and it's just like dude yes let me stick to my
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way of doing a half tone it maybe might include two three four extra steps yes
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but i'm only doing a half tone once every month
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so for fuck's sakes i i don't have to constantly feel
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that you know i'm constantly learning and i'm behind it's fucking exhausting i am
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so glad to hear you say that because i i look at this stuff
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and i'm thinking well the way i do it is wrong
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and you're right there are extra steps but i've done it so many times that I could, I can do it as if I can do it as fast as that,
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but the final product is the same.
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Exactly.
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So it's exhausting.
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And this isn't up, this is no fault of a graphic designer, but to get caught up in watching all these videos, right.
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And believing this shit, it is exhausting.
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And if you actually, if you're feeling like, Oh my God, I got to learn this on any given week i'm seeing five ten fifteen new things
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and i'm like holy shit that is a faster way of doing it
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and in two months when i need to do
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that i'm gonna try to find i will do
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that yes yes it's not gonna happen so so keep
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that in mind guys okay there is this constant push this endless you know push to upskill
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and upskill and learn how to do everything yeah
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but you don't necessarily have to learn how to do it
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always this new better way exactly do it the way you're
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doing do it the way you're doing chances are you might be fine okay it's a really big chance
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number six yeah okay reason on why graphic designers get burnt out okay the grind mentality
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and the hustle culture oh fuck oh as soon as somebody
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says culture i know i you know that's don't follow that yes okay because again you know
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everybody you see this all over the place right oh you
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want to have this fancy card you got to work late
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you got to put in the hours oh look at me i'm in i'm on a beach doing design look
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and i'm working everywhere you know it's like
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if you don't follow this yeah you're lazy you won't make
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it you won't succeed there's a lot of pressure yes to fucking keep up with this shit right
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and in all fairness um you know it could be trying yes
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and i can genuinely say i do remember working on a regular, but I don't think I've ever worked like an eight hour day in my life.
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If I had a 40 hour work week, I used to refer to a 40 hour work week as a part -time week.
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And it's true.
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I still do think if somebody said 40 hours, I'm like, it's part -time on that, but it never felt like work oddly, you know?
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Okay.
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Granted lately, my hours may be trimmed back a bit due to outside of work reasons.
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But again, at the same time, what people need to realize is working 50, 60,
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80 hours a week doesn't necessarily make you a better designer okay graphic designers need to realize
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that okay you can burn out that way
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but it doesn't necessarily make you that better designer okay um hustling is fine
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if it's what you love okay and again i loved it
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which for me was a pursuit of passion so
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when i was working late young
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and hungry it's different it was really fun it was cool right
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and i enjoyed it it pumped me up
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but it's not necessary to be a better designer okay here's the catch okay
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and this is what everybody needs to realize
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and this is the truth bomb okay if you're hustling
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and grinding because you want to because you're passionate
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because you love it good do it great yeah
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if you are hustling and grinding and and working your ass off
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because you're undercharging or because it's like you quoted five hours
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and it's really 25 hours or there's scope change
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and you're not getting paid for that yeah dude that's on you yeah
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or fucking some stupid culture dude
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or is telling telling you oh you gotta you gotta hustle
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man you gotta hustle out there yeah no that's not the
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case yeah number seventh reason why graphic designers burn out the death of creativity
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that one sounds scary but this is legit dude you know you have to admit
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that when you have you know some customers are great yeah yeah some committees suck okay the fact
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that you know certain customers or certain committees
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or whatever they'll take your idea and they will crush it yep
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and not because they have a better idea but
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because they feel they need to add their layers on it
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they need to make a decision on it they need to
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kind of build on it right yeah keep in mind okay
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everything has to be on brand okay everything has to be
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you know within the brief right that's all right that's fine right um you know you shouldn't take any of
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that personal it's one thing
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that you know you want to be able to create you know for yourself that's the truth bomb yeah yeah
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but the reality is the jobs you you accept okay you've
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got to take every single job with the with the foresight yes
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that okay somebody else is going to look at this
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and look at this and they're going to give us their opinion yeah okay
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and if you're designing something ridiculous for your kid's school
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for the parent committee you know that they're going to be coming back
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and chirping on this if you are designing something
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that is going to be critiqued by a committee you know damn right
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that there's going to be some opinions on there
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and it's going to be many rounds of revisions
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so again the death of creativity is one thing
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and i mean i get it
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but at the same time realize this is a fucking job yeah okay
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so creativity put your heart and soul in that first one yeah okay
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and if you accepted that job yeah see that job through
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and you know bat on you for agreeing to doing a committee job
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or a school job but you know the reality is you need to realize
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that there's you know at the end of the day you know detach yourself from those projects yeah
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and just use them as keeping the lights on all right
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number eight okay number eight reason why people you know graphic designers get burned out yep short -term metrics okay
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so many people are just looking for the here
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and now okay their companies are like they're more interested in clicks and engagement and, and, you know, well, this is trending right now, and this is getting a high level of,
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of, of, you know, interest in people.
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So do it that way, do it that way.
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Right.
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And that really sucks.
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Like the cheap, fast, you know, templated garbage is, is creating, is killing really well thought out, you know, design thinking.
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And that's a problem on a whole.
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And I do sympathize.
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I empathize.
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With people on this one.
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The truth bomb here is this is based on the clients you have okay
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so in part it's like you almost have to you know look at the client you have
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and think to yourself what are they going to expect from me okay
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big brands they don't jump on trends they don't do this
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stuff okay our biggest customers don't ask us hey i just
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saw a guy last week twerking on the side of a
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bridge can you create me a social post on the guy twerking on a bridge
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because they know that a brand is a slow long process yes okay
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and to build that brand it takes years of okay material right
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so you know again you know you You have to realize that although data is really powerful and it's important, right?
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Branding, branding isn't about instant gratification.
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Okay.
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And people got to remember that, right?
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You, if you're tired of doing these short little bursts and short little trendy things, right?
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You've got to look at your clients on a whole and look for the clients who actually value long -term branding.
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Exactly.
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If you want, and you just want that fun little trendy stuff, then find those customers.
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Okay.
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That's. But yeah.
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don't don't be blindsided on this one right and don't think
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that your short -term little trendy customers who only care about the here
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and now are interested in hearing a long -term brand strategy yes
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so again this is up to us to avoid
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so there's no reason to feel burnt out if you understand who
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that client is
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and what they're looking for all right number nine reason why
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graphic designers get burnt out yeah the commodification of design okay
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so this is a real problem with technology in the way
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it is right now okay technology has made everybody think they're a fucking designer right now okay everybody
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because tools like canva
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and fiber it's like honestly it's like design is almost like this easy thing and
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if you are trying to compete with this yeah yeah okay
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on a regular basis right you're dead in the water you can't compete with this stuff only
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because the economics of their hourly rates okay number one ai
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built ones runs forever okay then you got fiverr with platforms
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people are charging five bucks an hour ten bucks an hour you can't compete with
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that but the question is why do you want to compete with
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that stuff okay don't try to commoditize what it is
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that you do for a living we're graphic design we're designers okay our value isn't in that
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that the output okay our value is in our design thinking
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our problem solving right you know this is where customers find value in what we do yeah
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so don't compete on that you know bottom scraping barrel you don't want those customers right so again
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if you don't compete for those customers you don't have to
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worry about being um burnt out yeah over this whole commoditization of design right let them do it yeah let
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that sort itself out you don't want to be a pixel pusher exactly plain
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and simple exactly all right and last
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but not least okay we are just too freaking accessible okay
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and what i mean by
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that we got slack oh we got my messenger we got
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emails yeah you know direct messages they hit us up on our phone
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if we're stupid we give them they're texting us okay seriously
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it's like you know this whole always on culture is fucking ridiculous yes okay How many times clients are asking,
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oh, well, why don't you just give us your slack and this way we can, we can be on with you in case we have questions during the day.
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And my response is always the same.
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If I was like this with all my customers, I would never have a chance to work.
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You wouldn't do any work at all.
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And they have to realize this, like we absolutely ban that shit here.
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Absolutely.
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And I'm not into, I'm totally, I have no interest in doing that.
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Right.
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Can you imagine?
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It's like all of a sudden it's like, hey, I just, I just looked at the, can you do a quicker vision right here?
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And I have a customer who, for the record, I have been trying to fire for the past two years, and he just keeps coming back.
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And again, he constantly texts, but I never respond.
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I never respond.
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Oh, you don't.
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I never.
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It's funny.
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Even if I have to respond to his text, I'll do it in an email.
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I will not respond to his text.
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Good.
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Right.
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I'll do it in an email during my time.
506
During your time.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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And that's how you have to combat this shit.
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Okay.
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Again, understand that you have to set hours.
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You have to set expectations with this customer, with all your customers, right?
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Stop acting like you're a fucking on -call doctor.
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Because again, there's no fucking design emergency.
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There is no design emergency in our space, okay?
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Your job is not a 24 -7 fucking hotline to get this shit done.
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But if you give them that, they will take advantage of they will they will be dming
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you they will be slacking you they will be messaging you
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and it's a very slippery slope yep but
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that in my opinion is probably the number one reason why designers burn out
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so you know what the reality of this this business okay
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it's a fucking pressure cooker man it is it is we
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we have to deal with shit we have to deal with tight deadlines, right?
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Crazy customers, then vendors that they're dealing with.
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Right.
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And we're constantly on the go, which to me, I love, but I get it.
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Right.
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Like it's, it's, this is the industry that, you know, you don't want to just, you know, clock in, clock out at an easy pace.
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This is pretty great.
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Right.
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But the thing is, you know, burnout isn't just about, you know, bad clients or industry trends, right?
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Like the reality is it's all about how we let this shit affect us right okay
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and how we react to it on a regular basis okay
534
because let's face it no matter what there's always going to
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be bad customers yeah there's always going to be people who
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devalue design there's always going to be you know new technology advancements right
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and this this shit happens all the time right
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if you don't set those boundaries okay for yourself not just
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for those customers for yourself yeah you will be feeling burnout
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on a weekly basis all the time okay all the time
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and this goes for bosses this goes for you know like you know clients who are like
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unorganized
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and throwing shit on you at the last minute right you
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it's not your fault to fix their mess yeah every single time
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but seriously i think you know what people need to remember is
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so much of burnout is preventative exactly and i think that's the key
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and unfortunately they don't teach
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that shit in school they do not i don't know why
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i don't understand that's the first thing in college in graphic
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design school should be okay guys you want to be graphic
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designers yep boom let's talk about fucking burnout yes okay
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and let's talk about how to get around it i know
553
you don't know how to design the logo i know you have no fucking idea about layout design
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but i'm going to teach you about the most important thing
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and that is avoiding burnout yeah because honestly yeah burnout is mostly preventative
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and most of it is setting the right expectations for whatever it is
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that you have a heavy yes yes don't forget
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that don't forget it it's crucial i hope you guys found some value in this
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because you know what um
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if you're feeling burnt out right now address this shit yeah okay
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and seriously take what we said to heart
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because i'm not going to tell you to journal your feelings
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i'm not going to tell you to you know like you know you know look at your clients
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and see if you connect and try to you know reason honestly dudes yeah this
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and dudes and dudes that's it's all about you yeah okay
566
and you need to have the right expectations leading into this
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because if you do honestly long hours are nothing okay
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if the expectations on your side okay are all met
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and you understand what it is
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that you're actually getting into yes yes cool yes all right
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everybody it's awesome my name is massimo my name is sean stay creative Thank you.
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Bu dersin kelimeleri ve konuşma notları
Bu B2 seviyesindeki konuşma dersi “Graphic Designer Burnout is a Problem” videosuna dayanıyor. Bu videoda gölgeleme çalışması için 571 cümle ve 6282 kelime var. Konuşma bölümü 32:42 sürüyor. Konuşmacı hızlı konuşuyor, dakikada yaklaşık 192 kelime; bu yüzden birbirine bağlanan ve zayıflayan sesler duyacaksınız. Kelimelerin %87’i İngilizcede en sık kullanılan 3.000 kelime arasında, bu yüzden kelime dağarcığını takip etmek kolay.
Bu videodaki önemli kelimeler
Videodaki en ileri düzey 15 kelime, telaffuzu ve anlamıyla:
| Kelime | Telaffuz | Anlam |
|---|---|---|
| hustle fiil | /ˈhʌsəl/ | acele etmek |
| pixel isim | /ˈpɪk.səl/ | piksel, gözek |
| exhaust fiil | /ɪɡˈzɔst/ | salmak, eritmek |
| grind fiil | /ˈɡɹaɪnd/ | öğütmek |
| creativity isim | /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/ | yaratıcılık |
| passionate sıfat | /ˈpæʃənɪt/ | tutkulu |
| deadline isim | /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/ | mühlet, deadline |
| slack sıfat | /slæk/ | gevşek |
| vendor isim | /ˈvɛn.dɚ/ | satıcı |
| adapt fiil | /əˈdæpt/ | uydurmak, adapte etmek |
| myth isim | /mɪθ/ | mit, söylence |
| layout isim | /ˈleɪ.aʊt/ | tanzim |
| disappear fiil | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | gözden kaybolmak, yok olmak |
| react fiil | /ɹiːˈækt/ | reaksiyon göstermek |
| endless sıfat | /ˈɛndlɪs/ | sonsuz, bitmeyen |
Duyacağınız deyimsel fiiller
| Kelime | Anlam |
|---|---|
| burn out fiil | sönmek |
| get off fiil | inmek |
| find out fiil | anlamak, ortaya çıkarmak |
Tekrar etmeye değer cümleler
Videodan, günlük konuşmada yeniden kullanabileceğiniz kısa ve tam cümleler:
- God knows I've done it for many years.
- I wasn't asked to do social media.
- It's, but I do think it's weak.
- You know what I mean?
- Because you know what?
Bu videodaki dil bilgisi
Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:
| Yapı | Videoda |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — önceden başlayıp hâlâ süren bir eylem | i've been going · you've been doing · have been trying |
| Koşul cümleleri if + cümle, will/would + fiil — bir koşul ve sonucu | if you give them that, they will take |
| “Used to” used to + fiil — artık geçerli olmayan eski bir alışkanlık ya da durum | used to do · used to refer |
| Present perfect have/has + fiilin üçüncü hâli — geçmişte olan ama şimdi de önemli olan bir eylem | We've actually experienced · i've mentioned · has shifted |
Dikkat edilecek telaffuzlar
Konuşmacı don't, I'm, you're gibi kısaltılmış biçimleri 197 kez kullanıyor. Bunları duyduğunuz gibi kısa söyleyin.
- “th” sesleri: empathetic /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/, myth /mɪθ/, empathize /ˈɛmpəˌθaɪz/
- “sh” ve “zh” sesleri: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, pusher /ˈpʊʃə/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, appreciation /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, commodification /kəˌmɑ.dɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- Uzun kelimeler — vurguyu doğru yere koyun: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, empathetic /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/, appreciation /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
Bu videoyla nasıl çalışılır
- Videonun tamamını konuşmadan bir kez dinleyin ve bilmediğiniz kelimeleri not edin.
- 0,75× hızla başlayın, cümle cümle tekrar edin ve kolaylaşınca normal hıza dönün.
- Kendinizi kaydedin ve orijinaliyle karşılaştırın; hustle, pixel, exhaust gibi kelimelere özellikle dikkat edin.
Gölgeleme Tekniği Nedir?
Gölgeleme, başlangıçta profesyonel tercüman eğitimi için geliştirilen ve çok dilli Dr. Alexander Arguelles tarafından popüler hale getirilen, bilim destekli bir dil öğrenme tekniğidir. Yöntem basit ama güçlüdür: ana dili İngilizce olan bir sesi dinler ve hemen yüksek sesle tekrar edersiniz — konuşmacıyı 1-2 saniye gecikmeyle takip eden bir gölge gibi. Pasif dinleme veya dilbilgisi alıştırmalarının aksine, gölgeleme beyninizi ve ağız kaslarınızı gerçek konuşma kalıplarını eşzamanlı olarak işlemeye ve yeniden üretmeye zorlar. Araştırmalar, telaffuz doğruluğu, tonlama, ritim, bağlı konuşma, dinleme anlama ve konuşma akıcılığını önemli ölçüde geliştirdiğini göstermektedir — bu da onu IELTS Konuşma hazırlığı ve gerçek dünya İngilizce iletişimi için en etkili yöntemlerden biri yapar.