So… I really dropped the ball there. But, what’s the use in looking back?! I’ve got updates.
In the past 3 years since returning to work from my sabbatical, I’ve done a lot. I’ll list them off for you (as chronologically as I can) so you can catch up.
I started my second wave of my next 7 years as a Design Director for a company called DevMynd
I continued to teach Letterpress 1: Metal and Wood Type classes as Spudnik Press
I got a new bike. It’s a Linus.
I was an AIGA mentor and was proud of my mentees who all were able to achieve their goals within the 12 weeks they were on a journey with me
I’ve been experimenting with a lot of process operations between design and development at my new gig
Cut off all my blonde hair
Traveled to Iceland
Went through a lot of drama at work
Had the privilege of speaking at a few events about things that I am passionate about
Became the Head of Design of my department #yass #boss
Lost 2 dear friends who were very close to me
Really tried to move abroad when Trump was elected
Traveled to Italy, Japan, and Korea
Struggled a lot while learning so much about managing, directing, and collaborating with my colleagues and employees
Re-dyed my hair blonde
Stayed strong through #14
Won some design awards
Help rebrand and change the name of our company from DevMynd to Tandem
Watched all of the “Great British Bake Off” and started to bake (whoa.)
Went through a 6 month training to receive my yoga teacher certification
:)
Now that you’re caught up, let the writing begin!