Life without Design

Sun Jan 18 6:52pm - Basalt, CO

Hey guys, it's been a while.

For the first time in a while, I haven't really touched anything design related. I haven't spoken to any manufacturers, haven't opened my pantone book, haven't converted inches to centimeters, haven't updated the website, haven't taken flat lay photos, haven't been a designer.

Can't say life's been better without design, but i've definitely been able to experience this weird life of mine in a way I have always been curious about. 

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So has life without design been looking like?

Well I packed up my car and drove about 13 hours to Aspen, CO. I am now living here in the valley for the winter, working as a lifty.

My days involve me waking up at 6am, napping on the bus to bon iver, getting chairlifts open and ready for public, watching chairs go round, seeing all the kids getting stoked on chair 67, throwing snow onto the ramp, eating my microwave macaroni, watching the sun set behind the mountain, shivering once the wind picks up, snowboarding back down the mountain, and taking that same bus back home. 

and it's been pretty cool. not to mention all the other fun things we get into outside of work, especially when we all have work the next morning.

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So now what?

Just like how i would answer about a year ago, "i don't know". The more I try to figure things out, the more confusing it gets. So like i'm pretty close to giving up. Probably not the right words but idk i'm curious to know if design / running houseofdakh is still in the cards for me.

As much as I want to keep going with this project, it's just hard for me to find a good reason for it to exist now outside of selfish reasons. at first it was a way for me to prove what's possible if you chase your dreams, and it's pretty awesome to see that there's no need to do that anymore now (at least in my surrounding communities). but now that leaves me in a weird spot where I don't have a why anymore.

so yea, i dont know. not really sure where the universe wants me. 

in a perfect world it would all make sense to me tomorrow morning, or maybe the next day?