Daily Design: Notebook #02

At the start of the year, I decided to mix up my notebooks, go crazy and try a slightly different way of working in 2024.

Efficiency, Time Management and Productivity in 2024
What worked for me in 2023 won’t work in 2024.

One of the components of my new regime is a Daily Design pocket notebook. Essentially, every day, I start a new page and noodle about with a new design element—an NPC, magic item, dungeon location or whatever. Sometimes, I also go back and add to a previous day’s page.

A few days ago, I finished my first Daily Design notebook and started a new one.

#1 --> #2

The process of daily design is harder than it sounds. Some days, the ideas flow, and other days, it is like pulling teeth. For all that, though, I have enjoyed the process immensely. Leafing back through the book and refining or adding to ideas has been particularly fun. It’s far more productive and rewarding to noodle about with a couple of designs than an endless scroll through the internet.

My next challenge is to create a list of all the various daily designs somewhere accessible so I can make good use of them in the future.

#1 Done.

Growing a bank of design ideas for future projects will be tremendously useful. It’s also great design practice. Design is a metaphorical muscle, and the more I exercise it, the better I should get at it!

How Do You Do It?

How do you exercise your design muscle? Got a tip that will make my daily practice better. Let me know by leaving a comment.