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Making stuff automatically makes you better.

Music and links from this episode

1. Venga Bus by Pierlo
2. Walking Alone by Telegraphy
3. Barbarian by Pierlo
4. Do the Pump by MrJuan

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1. INTRO
2. No matter what you do as a job
3. I think you should be doing this thing in your spare time
4. Whether you're an accountant, a developer, a designer or a lawyer, doing this thing makes you automatically better at your job
5. That thing is stuff
6. And the thing you should be doing with it is making it
7. Because making stuff makes you better
8. This is AADA, and I’m Craig Burgess
9. By the way, I’m feeling in a bit of a Friday mood today
10. So today’s music is quite weekendy...
11. PLAY MID SONG
12. After recording another episode of AADA a few days ago, I started to think about what I could tell my younger 18 year old self
13. That if I could go back in time, what is the one most important thing that's turned me into the human I am today?
14. Im too humble to call myself successful, but I'm happy, and I lead a life I enjoy with no limitations.
15. I got to thinking about what makes a good designer, and what one thing you could teach a young designer that could potentially turn that young designer into a great one
16. When I sit down and really think about the things I've learnt in my short career of 11 years so far
17. There's lots of things I could mention
18. Creative ability
19. Curiosity
20. A passion for learning
21. Networking
22. Being friendly
23. Helping others
24. Having a vision
25. And never giving up
26. Yes, they're all important
27. And really, it's impossible or not really that important to pick one
28. But if I think about one thing specifically
29. It's the simple act of making things
30. And making things often
31. Let me explain
32. Making things can be anything, and I think that's why it's such a powerful concept to any industry
33. In my world, making things meant designing stuff
34. Even before I got my first design job, I've always just designed stuff
35. Ever since I started my design education
36. I became obsessed
37. And started just making stuff all the time
38. Because I was constantly making stuff
39. I was constantly getting better
40. I was getting 10000 hours of practice in just by designing stuff all the time
41. And at the time when I first started out
42. Almost 99 percent of it was for myself
43. Just making stuff completely for the fun of it
44. Some people would call this pointless
45. But for me
46. It was and still is some of the best work I do
47. Because you get to explore things
48. And learn new things
49. And you're doing it for yourself and for nobody else
50. I live for making work like this
51. And making things
52. At the minute I'm spending 2 hours a day making a podcast
53. And some people might think that's quite a lot of time
54. And it is
55. But I do it because I just love the act of making things
56. I'd prefer to spend 2 hours learning and making
57. Than 2 hours vegetating
58. Watching crap television
59. The simple and sometimes complex act of making
60. Has a deeper meaning for me
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