Chapter 21. Keep the Fire Burning
Design is our passion, with lots of ups, but it’s still a job, and like any job, there’ll be downs, too. One of my “downs” is that for a number of years, I’ve suffered with headaches. Multiple appointments with different neurologists haven’t helped, but I’m still trying various things, and I’ve not given up hope. Working at a computer isn’t solely responsible for the pain, but I know it doesn’t help, and in a company of one, it can be very difficult to drop everything at the onset of a headache in the hope it doesn’t get worse.
Client deadlines are the bread and butter of what I do, and my most important client is the one I’m working with at the time. So I’ll often need to work through the pain. Some occasions ...
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