Leap of faith

1. Prologue I’ve been attempting to write this short essay since I left my last company in 2023. I was stormed with emotions I couldn’t explain, and I felt traumatized whenever I tried to “design” something. It made me agitated and unhappy. I’ve had conversations about it for a long time with my wife and some friends, about why I find it so hard to go back to the field as a designer. Taking my…