I used to hate the process of being a product designer… until I found out what was actually killing my productivity.

When I became a product designer at first I found it quite hard to keep up with my peers. I would feel defeated because I wouldn’t attract the right kind of client or I couldn’t spot the best way to solve a conversion problem and at some point I got tired of hating the process. 

So I got to the root of the problem turns out my body could not handle the intense environment and trying to push myself the way others were doing it was making my productivity get worse.

So I stopped trying to be like everyone else.

I hyper fixated on the times I was able to deliver. What was I eating ? How did I sleep? What actually gave me the energy to work for 10 hours straight?

The results were a bit surprising … it was TEA

So I budgeted an amount and went straight to the pharmacy to stock up on different herbal teas from China and India and that was the best decision I made for myself to date!!

Sometimes we hurt our bodies because we are trying to keep up with others that have found what worked for them. Everyone is different and as long as we bring out the right results for a client the methods we use to keep our mental state in check are worth it.