The salary is decent for an entry-level position, also why I am improving myself so I can ask for a 100% raise in about 3–6 months.

I am writing this because I saw a tweet that triggered my financial goals and other personal goals. On average, I’m supposed to be doing north of 250k every month (I also set a monthly target, my target for March was 350k, I did about 70% of that), my salary is half of this. Hence, I need to work on side gigs to meet my targets.

However, since I started this work, I have been focusing more on learning and producing great product designs, thus, leaving my side gigs hanging. This tweet 

 prompted me to think about something I already know, which is how I need to diversify my income and have a pool that caters to a specific purpose.

Maybe I didn’t forget I have to work on side projects, maybe I’m just taking my time to get better at my new career path. Whichever way it is I need to get back to onboarding new brand design clients. Similarly, I’m rebranding my IG to position me as a Wedding Designer. I see a potentially untapped market in there. However, I have been too lazy and unmoved about doing something about it.

Meanwhile, I still haven’t figured how to building my site (Kamm) mostly because I didn’t watch the tutorials. I need to do something about that this week. I finished the Brand Identity work last week. It looks great and I will update it as I go.

Meanwhile, I need money for rent. If you are feeling generous, you can decide to pay for my 1-year rent, thanks.

Till next time. Abayomi Semudara sope, Ire oooo

Right now, I feel terribly bad, for two reasons although one is feeble, the other carries a lot of weight that can alter the projection of my Design career. I will discuss the latter first.

I have noticed I get very emotional and my face changes and wrinkles when I am arguing with my cousin. Now argue is a very wrong choice of word. I should rather say when I am putting forth my point. This is something I have noticed for a while now but I didn’t really take note or decide to do anything about it. It is becoming annoying to me personally because I would love to argue objectively and present my opinion without sounding annoyed or overly emotional.

Hence, I will beware of which such emotion arises and calmly douse it. And speak logically and calmly.

Now the former is a career evaluation worry. I have noticed I take too much time to implement the design. Maybe due to the way I have been working for a while (since I started). I like to take my time but that doesn’t seem to work well again. My team is agile, they need the job delivered in the next minute.

The only solution I see on sight is remaking works that I like. I can’t tell you enough how much it has helped me in this outgoing month. So this is something I should actively do in April. Writing this actually made me feel better, I only wanted to write how I feel but I ended up providing possible solutions to my challenges.

So, one thing I have to do very well this April is to maximize the power of YouTube for my growth (career and life). I need to find the best resources that will help me become a top-ten designer in this Africa by next year (2022) ending. I am living my dreams and potential.

I am all I need first before anyone and everyone.

Lastly, I am more convinced I need to get my own space. My body can’t take sleeping on the floor for too long. I have to get a place by July.

Thanks for coming to my TED TALK.

I was freelancing at this time and I had really bad limiting beliefs that I have clearly worked on between then and now; I am still consciously working on some of these other limiting beliefs. Limiting beliefs about money, work, love, etc.

I think the one that is strongest and that has stalled my growth as a designer is beliefs centered around work; I wouldn’t say it’s only limiting belief, I would say it is also fear, doubt, and maybe a little sprinkle of impostor syndrome.

Essentially, I could not bring myself to work with another person or organization. I rejected offers based on this pretext…

In 200 level, I met Blessing Joseph, a very young and beautiful lady, we had good chemistry and her smile literally brightens my day. She obviously loves me and I do too but there was a problem. I always backed out after I have gotten success at something. This isn’t just her it happened in all spheres of my life. A year prior, I had gotten a job offer at CheckDC which I stopped going to after one week; the owner, Charles Eke (I think it’s Eke) tried to talk me into staying but my head was everywhere at this time. Mind you, a similar experience too happened with my OPay job; I was there for two weeks and I stopped going, Odu Oluwatobi (I think he was head of social media then) tried to talk me out of it but it still didn’t work.

There is a common theme in all of this, I had a perfect idea in my mind and I was aloof of the fact that the thing called life is a journey there is no destination, and everything we do on the way matters. They also all believed in me and saw me differently than I saw myself.

I failed to embrace the journey and longed for the destination and it never came; meanwhile, the journey in itself is a destination that unlocks another journey of destination.

Before I lose sight of what I am here to share with you, UI/UX/Product is an aspect of Design, I was/am already in another aspect of design, it would have made sense for me to start my transition by looking at the industry and tapping into it by starting off where I already have some skillsets in. For instance, UI, I was already familiar with basic concepts of color, typography, alignment, etc as a graphics/brand designer it would have eased my transition if I had learned or started out as a UI designer, instead, I went to UX and I knew almost nothing about research. Again, the fact that I already knew how to design made me oblivious of the fact that the natural way for me to enter product design is through UI even though I had the likes of Sekemi tell me so.

She mentioned to me in one of the events hosted by the company she’s interning at, that, Bayomi, you already design you should start with UI Design, it will get you closer to the product and from there you can branch into whatever aspect of product design/development that you like to. But as per se I get coconut head I didn’t listen to her advice and I started looking for what is not missing, I enrolled for UX courses and it ended in tears. LOL.

So, since January I have been intentional about my UI/UX journey, I paid for IDF course, I regularly redesign screens and sites, I read blogs, and watch YouTube tutorials. I currently work with a brand that allows me to do Brand Design, Motion, and UI/UX I guess the dream is finally coming through.

One thing, I am learning to do more is to enjoy the process and have fun.

Thank you for reading.