The Draplin Design Co. 50 Point Plan to Ruin Yer Career

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Aaron Draplin saved my week. I'm not sure how I'm going to make it through the next 5 days. It's going to be brutal. Luckily, I have inspiration from a new graphic design hero.

I came across this Creative Mornings talk that Aaron Draplin of Draplin Design Co. did and I was instantly inspired to keep trucking. Draplin is an insanely charismatic, funny guy and it is a joy to listen to him talk. Listening to someone that's worked hard to put themselves where they are is encouragement enough to roll out of bed, make the walk to the comm. building, and get ready for a full day of sitting in the computer lab.

Draplin brings up a lot of points that I already try to live by and it was cool hearing it applied to a graphic designers life. Things like appreciating where you come from, loving your friends, staying humble, finding and collecting cool things, supporting your local rock bands, and of course getting cosmic. I needed to hear this stuff to just keep rolling on because working hard and loving it will pay off one way or another.