There was a season when I couldn’t design a thing I liked. The ideas were quiet, and my inner critic was loud. Deadlines still came, but the spark didn’t. I tried pushing through it, sketching late, browsing for inspiration, filling up mood boards but it all felt flat.

Eventually, I stopped forcing it. I gave myself permission to rest. And in that quiet space, I asked a different question not "what should I make?" but "what do I need to feel right now?"

That one question changed everything.

I started making things just to make them. A color palette that calmed me. A simple phrase that felt true. No audience. No brief. No pressure. I let my creativity be for me again. Slowly, the noise faded and the clarity returned.
 

Now, when inspiration slows down, I don’t panic. I pause. I listen. Because sometimes, the work we’re meant to do next doesn’t come from outside it comes from within.

"There was a season when I couldn’t design a thing I liked. The ideas were quiet, and my inner critic was loud. But instead of forcing it, I started asking different questions not 'what should I make?' but 'what do I need to feel right now?' That shift changed everything."