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Hope is not something that you have. Hope is something you create with your actions.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) born in 1989
TIL NEXT TIME
Thanks for stopping by.
Hope you leave with a refreshed view and do something BIG, with simplicity in mind.
Love,
AnneMarie
Make it ug-ly!
/0 Comments/in work /by AnneMarieTwice today I was told “Make it Ugly!”
First by Andrew Warner. Then by programmer at a Girls Who Code meetup.
Two different people. Two different projects.
And “What?!” was my reaction both times.
Then came a sigh of relief.
You mean, I don’t have to be perfect?!
Whew!
Those heavy clouds hovering above parted.
I don’t have to do it “right.”
Who defines “right” anyway?
In making it ugly I can do it:
1) my way
2) fast
3) simple
4) not perfect
My realizations:
1) My way or the highway.
2) It is a waste to spend too much time implementing something that may or may not work.
3) Complexity has the propensity to take over when too much thought is put into something.
4) Perfection can lead to mass complication and turn into a complete mess. Yes, just the thing perfectionists try to avoid.
The take-away:
Get whatever you are working on out there, even if it’s ug-ly!
Killing complexity
/0 Comments/in ETC /by AnneMarieA result of starting this blog or pure coincidence, I’m not sure.
What I do know is that recently I’ve been focused on reducing distractions that don’t produce results.
Even simple things like…
I’m not going to kid myself.
Becoming even more of a minimalist than I already am is not going to move me towards simplicity.
However, it is one step closer to killing complexity.
Building Evaluations: Numb feet (case study)
/0 Comments/in building evaluations /by AnneMarieA couple in Huntington Beach, California, was talking to my business partner and I about the husband’s numb feet. When we evaluated their bedroom we found an earth line crossing on the side of the bed where the husband sleeps and it was at his feet.
We suggested that they move their bed over a couple inches to the left so the crossing wouldn’t be near the husband’s feet.