The glorification of pushing 110 percent all the time is a concept that I’m familiar with, love, & hate.

A lot of times it pays off, but there are times when I need to molt off that busy lifestyle and just chill.

However, this has always been an issue. Someone out there is always working harder. It’s an irritating feeling because I know I’m a competitive person. But it’s also easy to say, fxk off and just go back to being lazy. At the end of the day though, if I don’t try, I just let myself down. This inspires me for a little bit to keep trying, but then I come back around to just wanting to say “fxk off.” It’s a Tale as old as time. 

The question now becomes what is my why power. My why power is to ensure that my dad doesn’t have to think he has to take care of me. I’ve taken care of myself for the past 2 years with no help from my dad. I know that I can definitely ask and I have been asking for help recently. It’s just that I hate asking. It’s frustrating because I know one day he won’t be here to help. But I guess it’s better to ask for help now before there is no one there willing. That’s the nice thing about some parents. I say some because not all are fortunate to have parents. I’m lucky to still have one alive.

For these designs, the constraints were 2 weight sizes, but 1
point size.

Week 2

Using all of the text provided, create a layout using 2 weights and 1 point size.

Medium and Light

Size 12

I think this set of design were pretty solid. I think there’s only 2 out of these that I didn’t really like as much. If you’re looking at this, I didn’t like 2 and 3 so much. Well actually, 4 is a little iffy to me because there is a lot of repetition going on. I like 5 a lot because there’s just enough contrast and just enough repetition.

Design 2

I tried to align on one axis for the majority of this one, but the issue is that this one is bottom heavy.

Design 3

It works, but the bottom right hand corner kind of bothers me because I aligned right.

Design 4

A little too much repetition here. It works, things align, but I don’t know. A lot of times I have designs that work, but I just don’t feel like they work because I don’t know theory. Practice makes perfect, but if you don’t know what you’re doing or don’t have guidance then it’s just driving in the dark with no headlights. Fortunately, this is just me practicing. I should give myself credit though. I’ve been told to trust my eye as to when something is finished.

Design 5

This is probably my best one. Like I said, just enough contrast, but enough repetition. The Feng Shui of it is good.