Go Out, Explore

In chapter 7 of Steal Like An Artist I was reminded of the importance of being out and doing things. I was reminded that what we choose to do and where we choose to be at has a huge impact on the work we do. Traveling and keeping an open mind is something designers need. You need to revolve yourself around new things, new ideas, new people, and new surroundings in order to get inspired. If you are stuck in one place all day you will find it difficult to develop inspiration or motivation to even do something. Although sometimes you can help it due to weather and you must stay inside your home it is still important to be productive when staying home. One of the good things nowadays is that you can communicate with people without even having to leave your home. It is still though important to go out and explore. When the author says, "the brain gets too comfortable in your everyday surroundings", he means that the brain gets too used to what you do and see everyday that you find it difficult to find creativity sometimes. It is good to make your brain uncomfortable, surround it with new things, that is the best way to develop new ideas. Surround yourself with old things and you'll only get reminded of old things. However if you surround yourself with innovation then your creativity will expand. Another good thing to surround yourself around is interesting people. It helps to live around people that are motivated and drive to succeed. If you surround yourself with people who aren't very interesting most of the time you aren't going to have such an interesting life. 

Pricing Estimating & Budgeting - Theo Stephan Williams

This book has great tips about charging for your work correctly. It is important to know what to do once you created a design or when you are about to start a job so analyzing what others charge and the amount of time and work you are going to be doing is important. This book is a great way to learn about how to handle hourly pay. The book also gives good tips on talking to clients about budgets and giving them and estimate that wont scare them away to another designer. I think if you are going to be a freelancer this book would be a great read!

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