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Image 1 — I spent 7 days getting my design brain back — here's where I landed
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I spent 7 days getting my design brain back — here's where I landed

I've been getting back into graphic design after being away from it for a while, so I gave myself a 7-day challenge.

I didn't want to make seven polished “portfolio pieces.” I wanted to experiment with different areas of design and see what still felt natural to me.

Day 7 became a visual study around typography × image × space.

The idea was to make typography behave like part of the environment rather than simply sitting on top of an image.

These are the four final experiments.

I'd genuinely like feedback from other designers — especially on the typography, composition and whether the four pieces feel like one coherent body of work.

u/angelwithbaskets — 12 days ago
▲ 3 r/feelgood

Maybe this is what I needed.

Maybe this is what I needed.

I've got some country music playing, I'm sitting here sketching random ideas in Illustrator, and for once I'm not thinking about a million other things.

Just making things because I enjoy making things.

There's something about days like this that reminds me why I became a designer in the first place.

No pressure. No big plans.

Just me, good music, a quiet mind and a lot to be thankful for.

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u/angelwithbaskets — 13 days ago
▲ 4 r/KenyanDatingCommunity

First time posting here — just trying to understand something about myself.

I’ve been through a few interesting love/dating situations over the last couple of years, and lately I’ve started noticing a pattern in myself.

I can be very intentional when I like someone. I’ll communicate, make effort, show up, and sometimes probably give more than I should. Then there are moments where something shifts — I feel like I’m chasing, I start overthinking everything, and suddenly I want to pull back completely and disappear.

The funny thing is, I don’t think I’m afraid of love. If anything, I think I actually enjoy the depth that comes with really knowing someone — the late-night conversations, talking about life, purpose, money, family, faith, stupid random things… all of it.

But I’m also learning that wanting someone badly and actually being compatible with them are two very different things.

One thing I’m currently trying to figure out is whether some of the situations I’ve called “love” were actually love, attachment, chemistry, loneliness, or just me being determined to make something work because I wanted it to.

And honestly, I’m starting to think sometimes the hardest part of dating isn't finding someone. It's knowing when to stop trying to make something happen.

So I'm curious — has anyone else reached a point where they had to step back from their dating life and realise, “Wait… maybe I’m the common denominator here”?

What did you learn about yourself?

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u/angelwithbaskets — 23 days ago