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Joshua Wold

How creativity works

The creative act isn’t magical. Thought it can appear like magic at times, the idea that we make something from nothing is fantastical at best. When a designer sets out to create they’re building on what they’ve seen before, what has inspired them, what feels broken, what

You can only be in one place at a time

Sometimes it feels like a shame, other times it’s a blessing. There’s only one version of me. I don’t have a duplicating machine, a time machine, or a teleporting machine. The version of me that’s available has to choose where to be, when to be, and

Breathing

The last few days I’ve been off infinity wells. Occasionally I forget for a second and find myself typing in the url for Reddit, Threads, or LinkedIn. I’ll mindlessly begin to hover toward the login button or start to scroll down on Reddit. Then I remember. I’m

Planned and unplanned

Plans matter for me. I like to know what I’m going to eat, what time I’m going to sit at my desk to start work, how my apps will be ordered, the arrangement of my desk, and even what I’m going to order at Taco Bell before

Hyper activity

Throughout my career I’ve waffled between periods of time where I’m incredibly hyper active with work and apathetically detached. Part of this might be due to existing in a climate that is sometimes referred to as late-stage capitalism. A time period where we feel pressured to always perform

Gremlins in the keyboard

I’m back into some longform writing, and have been looking at the best editor to work through a manuscript. In searching I stumbled across a solution to a problem I struggled with for years. Sometimes, while typing on the Mac in Ulysses, my cursor inserter would magically jump up

Rest

In the past I’ve taken breaks from infinity wells. It’s time to take another break. I’m committing to myself to take a pause from the infinity wells that draw me in most and distract me from doing the things that I care about. So, until Dec 7

So you want to illustrate?

A friend recently asked me for tips on illustrating. He’s writing content for a specific topic, and wants to include visuals to explain the ideas. A few tips I suggested to him: 1. Just start sketching - If you can draw a stick figure with arrows and labels, you

Finding that thing

Sometimes I find myself in a state of incompleteness. There’s so much to be done and not enough energy left. When life includes many important things, it seems impossible to do them all. Sometimes days feel like Hal changing a lightbulb. Today I sat down and played with something

Chocolate Smoothie

I wrote earlier this year about my favorite smoothie recipe. Today I was chatting about smoothies and mentioned another recipe I enjoy, and was asked to share it as well. So here it is! * 2-3 bananas * 3 cups milk * ½ cup peanut butter * 14 cubes ice * 2 tablespoons honey * 2 scoops