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Talkin’ Bout a Resolution

by Katie O'Brien on 01/19/2010

It’s resolution time, friends, and whether you’re a chronic breaker or never maker, 2010 is a whole new ball game. I realize that we’re 3 weeks in to the new decade but it’s never too late to make your annual vow to self improve.

All too often we make resolutions in order to change a life style or habit that is considered socially unacceptable. There’s the go-to resolution of quitting smoking, something my husband and I did on New Years in 2007 only to go back to smoking in October the very same year. Or working out more, which often ends up in an expensive yearly gym membership that you only go to in the first month.

I make a resolution every year. Some I’ve kept, some I’ve almost entirely blown off. Though statistics show that only 40-45% of people make New Year’s resolutions and 46% of those same people actually keep them, people who do make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their life goals than people who don’t. Think about it.
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My How Conference Experience

by Katie O'Brien on 11/12/2009

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I’ve been wanting to go to HOW since I found out HOW existed.

I think it was the first time I saw Paula Scher speak at Syracuse University in 1999, and she went on about Pentagram and painting her crazy maps… Or it was when the Communications Design Head, Ken Hine, introduced me and my sophomore class to Tibor Kalman, The Eameses, Buckminster Fuller, and all of the other amazing creatives who have done their part to shape our industry and inspire my career…

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About the Author

Katie is a designer who thinks she can write. While quiet for three years after having once penned the ADCMW bi-weekly e-update, she’s back and ready to bombard readers with things she thinks you should care about. When Katie isn’t trying to impress the pants off her clients as an art director at Fleishman-Hillard, she is coming up with ideas for (DC)2 (An ambiguous production with no particular affiliation, dedicated to organizing design related events with competitive undertones), blogging and trying to jam way too much in her already packed life.


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