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Everything isn't always great, and it's OK to admit that. Sometimes.

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Music and links from this episode

1. Lunar Dunes by Spinning Clocks
2. Anti-Saloon League Midnight Mystery by Fields Ohio
3. Nothing Like Captain Crunch by Broke For Free

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1. Being British has its advantages
2. We don't have the endless optimism of the Americans
3. We're definitely more realists than optimists
4. I think it's the dour weather
5. That sours our mood
6. Today's episode has a very melancholy mood
7. And not because I'm in a melancholy mood either
8. Everything isn't great all of the time
9. And it's OK to admit that
10. This AADA, and I'm Craig Burgess.
11. MUSIC
12. I will be honest though
13. I really couldn't be bothered with this podcast today
14. I spent all last night making a business idea, writing and building a website in 3 hours
15. That's online now by the way if you want to check it out
16. It's at whyismywebsiteslow.co.uk
17. After last night's late night
18. The last thing I want to do tonight is more things that require me to think hard
19. But here I am
20. Recording this podcast
21. And speaking to you now
22. Things aren't always perfect
23. And I think it's OK to admit that
24. It's more than OK to admit that
25. Social media is definitely skewing this opinion that we always have to be great
26. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram especially is a carefully edited edition of somebody's life
27. It all looks good when somebody's life is reduced down to a couple of photos on the internet
28. But when we sit flicking through that kind of thing
29. And everybody else's life looks more perfect than ours
30. It's hard not to feel a little bit ungrateful about your own life
31. Why is my life not perfect like their perfect life on Instagram?
32. The thing is though, it is
33. Your life is just as perfect as theirs
34. No matter how happy they look in that photo they just took when they got out of bed
35. Five minutes before they were as miserable as sin and didn't want to get out of bed
36. We all suffer from the same things
37. The same highs and the same lows
38. And today, I'm here to tell you that's OK
39. This applies to everything in life, but especially with design
40. When you're designer, you're constantly looking at other designer's work
41. And it's hard to look at their work
42. And not feel inferior to all the better designers out there
43. I feel like this all of the time
44. I wish I could be more like Michael Beirut
45. And I wish I could draw properly like all the amazing...