Step Back to Step Forward

As of March, I have not had an in-house position. I've been working purely freelance. I'm starting to realize that taking a break from constant "fire-putting-outing" has been great for my creativity. I have lots and lots of new ideas brewing in the old noggin. I haven't done anything with them yet—and I may never.

But that's not the point, the point is that I feel renewed and refreshed mentally. I've defocused and took on several really geeky projects lately. And it's been great for me. I know that going forward, I'm going to be pressing much less to come up with new ideas. I'll simply let them come to me.

So, unless you're really just hurting for money (and I understand, trust me) and have the time, take a step back, defocus, work on your own geeky project or whatever makes you happy and that's not purely graphic design.

I think you'll find yourself less likely in the position of trying to fit a square peg in a round hole on the next design project you take on.