No need to be ashamed

A few weeks ago I started picking up my pen again and just drawing for myself. The last few years in the design industry have made me forget how good it is to simply do something for myself and to process emotions and experiences through creating. And now I'm experiencing again how good this is for me.

The phrase "No need to be ashamed" has a lot to do with the last few years for me. Due to too much work, no breaks and little mindfulness, I have increasingly run into a dead end. I have felt what it means to have no more energy for the things that actually mean so much to me. What it means to burn out completely.

I was often ashamed of no longer being able to perform. I was ashamed of the mistakes I had made in recent years. I felt like I had failed as a designer, entrepreneur, father and human being.

But instead of letting these negative feelings continue to guide me, I want to use my passion, which has partly brought me into this situation, to process all of this. There is no reason to be ashamed of what didn't work out 100%. This lettering is to remind me of that.