RE: Lists

I create a fresh task list every two days. I have so much going on, I will forget things otherwise. Regarding finding lists out there on the interwebs full of good advice on graphic design... I think you need to take what you find with a grain of salt. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I tend to gravitate toward people who have been in their field for a very long time. This is my favorite piece of advice regarding graphic design and I think, really the only piece of advice you need. Just keep practicing.

http://quotesondesign.com/ira-glass-2/

All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work … It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions … It’s gonna take awhile … You’ve just gotta fight your way through.

— IRA GLASS