Quitting your job at your peak could be the best thing you can do for your career. — Recently I quit my job. It wasn’t some dramatic event where I had enough of my boss or hated my work. Instead, I quit because I was doing so well. I’m sure you’re thinking, Liz, you’ve lost the bloody plot. …

As Designers, we know we have to work on our visual craft and problem-solving, but we’re easily missing the benefits of writing. — To find what morning routine works best for me, I’m writing an article each day to see whether this kicks off my day well. This morning I woke up much earlier than usual due to the noisy boiler, fortunately warming the house after a chilly night. Upon waking, my mind…

AI writing tools suggest that they can make us even better at creating well-structured and written content but is it enough? — Writing isn’t something I consider myself to struggle with. I’ve published over 65 articles on medium and many more on a personal blog. However, I can struggle with making sentences clear or articulating ideas in a way that reads well. …

With working from home and hybrid working here to stay, could the commute be why I wrote so much over the last 10 years? — I’m one for lofty New Years resolutions, and a particular one that reoccurs on my list is trying to read a shed load of books before the year is out. I like to use the Goodreads app, which has a handy feature for creating and tracking your reading challenge. For…

Reflective notes about my week as a Digital Product Designer — After a scorching week here in the UK, here is my weekly reflection☀️ The feeling of the week: curiously content Things I’ve been working on Monday started with an internal workshop with the RIVAL team to generate 'How Might We' statements ready for the brainstorming session with the Appsmith team on Tuesday. …

Reflective notes about my week as a Digital Product Designer — Another awesome week down, and I’m really looking forward to the weekend where I can switch off my product design brain and have a bit of a rest 🙏 The feeling of the week: Busy / Tired Things I’ve been working on This week was focused on research, which involved me and my coworker Naz speaking to users via zoom and secondary research…

Reflective notes about my week as a Digital Product Designer — I’m sure I’ll say this every week, but seriously, it’s flown by! This can only mean one thing — I’ve had fun right 😉 The feeling of the week: Successful Things I’ve been working on It’s a good job I write down a daily checklist of things I need to get done, not only so I can make progress in my…

A reflection on how my first 12 weeks as a Product Design Contractor has gone and what I’ve learnt about myself in that time. — I recently published a weeknote where I realised I’d be contracting for 10 weeks, so thought I’d do an update at the 12-week mark about how the last three months have gone. Luckily I’ve got a coach who I’m seeing each month and this is helping me acknowledge the key…

Reflective notes about my week as a Digital Product Designer — Another week down — it’s now been 11 weeks I’ve worked as a contractor! Once again, I felt like nothing notably had happened this week, but here we are with a ~5-minute note about my week 👀 The feeling of the week: Proud Things I’ve been working on I’ve spent a lot of time wrapping things up and tieing up any…