I produced my old design mix tape to homage of all the late nights spent working on personal projects. The playlist is full of uplifting classics.

How do you go about defining yourself as a creative when you’re looking to move roles? Each time you’re looking for work I feel like you enter a process of rediscovering who you are as a designer.

Working as a creative can be tiring in a number of ways, its important to find ways to satisfy your own creative needs to balance out work. I muse on ways in which you can explore personal projects and contribute to personal development in your job.

Thinking back to past roles this article is a light-hearted look at the different types of designers I’ve met along the way.

Or more accurately; saving is being boring. Being on top of personal finances has always been important for me and this article looks at the small changes in habit that can save you a tonne.

Another entrant into the “Stories for designers” series. Looking at long term mindsets and habits that can help you develop into a better creative.

For someone who likes to look after their money; I take a look back at some of my stupid spending mistakes and the lessons taken away from them.

I’m taking a look back at how the past year has gone and the impact creating something each day has had on my skills and outlook. It’s certainly been one heck of a year.

I’m thinking about the impact modern technology and its incessant need to interrupt us has on our day-to-day life. A world without notifications, popups and auto-running applications would be much more productive.

One of my favourite things about being a creative is looking at the world in strange ways. It's something I've found myself indulging in a lot. Using your imagination to reinvent the world in strange ways is good practice for left-field thinking.

This is a collection of ideas and advice that I would like to give to a younger me. It was an interesting activity to think back and observe the ways in which I’ve changed and the decisions that helped me out.

Thinking about the difficulties of moving on to a new role and the things I’ll be leaving behind. Can be such an agonising decision weighing up a future unknown versus the comfort of what you already know.

Although I often wonder what route I might have gone down as a designer had I not gone to university, I think that university is such a great opportunity as a creative I wanted to think back to what advice I might give to uni dan.