it doesn't matter if you wake up at 3am or 9am the pro graphic designer has one
thing ready waiting for them in the morning that completely changes the game being a successful
designer isn't all about how well you can design something let me explain real quick
every Sunday I create goals for the week ahead and I often add to that list at the end of each
working day that means whenever I wake up and I get down to some work after important duties of
course I have a clear direction for that day ahead I know exactly what I need to be doing
and when an amateur designer might have a vague idea in the back of their minds on what they
need to do but they will always pay to have some concrete goals or kind of things to achieve that
day moving forward with your workflow you'll be surprised at how powerful it is just to have some
goals written down somewhere there are more clear differences between a pro and amateur designer in
their workflow and knowing them would actually highlight what you need to change about your
day-to-day Life as a graphic designer and so let's take a look right now now let me know if what I'm
about to say to you sounds familiar to you so you're working on design when suddenly you catch
sight of something attempting hey Dom it's me play with me just a little bit you know you want to
it could be the lure of a video game or perhaps a love interest to send you a DM that can then
easily turn into a two-hour conversation it's often all too easy to give in to some temptations
that actually derail your whole workflow for that day it's really quite easy actually the
pro designer dedicates working hours to work and won't actually allow external influences
to corrupt their creativity this often means having specific place or a room dedicated to
designing and being laser focused throughout the day and one of the tools for being laser
focused in your workflow is actually Miro it's a leading visual collaboration platform that
enables any design team to create awesome things together and that's wherever they are in the world
with this online whiteboard teams can actually work in sync in flow
and generate ideas together even in remote distributed and hybrid work environments
the cool thing about Miro is that it's actually an all-in-one tool that connects you to over 100
apps streaming your workflow down to the T it also has a smart meetings function where you
can run high impact meetings or workshops with ease but one of the main things that I found with
Miro is actually how it enables me to be focused and organized completely throughout the day as I
mentioned at the start of the video I like to wake up and have active goals to work on the day ahead
Mira has this really cool virtual sticky notes function that looks authentic with drop shadows
and everything and so that means no more sticky note dramas in the workplace for me or for you
I also really love their mind maps for going through my design process
like I always say a designer without a design process is like a baker without a recipe and
that never ends well but yeah you can actually try out mirial for yourself and see how your
daily workflow can benefit just by clicking the link in the description box below but for now
think about this what actually happens what do you do if you finish a project early say you're
working on a logo design and you've actually been firing on all cylinders that day the concepts have
been sent over to your clients and it's not even lunchtime yet what do you do an amateur
designer might actually fall into a trap like we saw earlier and be tempted into non-productive
activities you know you want to the more seasoned or the more experienced designer will actually
look at ways to really capitalize and make use of this free time this unexpected time it might
be worth trying to gain more clients maybe they would make an engaging post on social media or
they could clear out the hundreds of emails they have in their inbox or just anything that benefits
their life as a designer a lot of it does come down to self-discipline and just pushing yourself
or making an effort to stay on track that is often what separates a professional or successful
designer and someone who won't actually get as far as they probably could but here's the thing it's
also important to take creative breaks design work can be mentally demanding after all but you all
know that so make sure to actually schedule short breaks to rest and to recharge but crucially it's
important to know when to take these breaks or when not to take them and the pro designer
they wouldn't know exactly when to and when not to for example if you've really been in the zone and
you're designing in god mode then it's probably not a wise choice to bring yourself out of that
groove right away but if you can sense that your creativity or your creative mind has hit a wall
and you're kind of lacking that energy it might be time to go and stretch or do something else
for a little bit I like to set alarms to ensure I didn't actually go over say 45 minutes on a break
one of the biggest Killers to a workflow is having to do those tedious little tasks that are
essential but are also just simply so annoying I'm talking about emailing people writing contracts
and so on you know that kind of tedious stuff for these tasks it's a great idea to make some
templates simply just to save time and also the headache of writing them out over and over again
you can also create Photoshop and illustrator actions for tasks such as saving design file
formats and so on and you'll feel super efficient if you can actually save time in these small
little ways now here's a superpower that Pro designers actually hold whenever the day comes to
an end or the working week comes to a close they are actually able to disconnect themselves from
their work they can separate who they are from their work and then they can spend time with their
loved ones and all that kind of good stuff even if things have been left in a bad situation end
of the day it's important for one's mental health and physical health if you can actually separate
yourself from your work the amateur designer they might still be wrapped up in their work and have
it on their mind so to speak and that kind of inhibits their sleep and it just gets to them
mentally they won't be able to actually unwind and relax properly so as a designer try and cut
yourself away from your job and your passion when you're not working it's actually really
vital to learn how to do this but if you want to learn more essential things about graphic
design just click that video on screen and until next time guys design your future today peace