ReSign & ReDesign.

How many areas in your life can you confidently say are intentional?
Not accidental. Not inherited. But By Design.

Like how Good architecture isn't accidental, it's designed.

Take your handwriting, for example. Chances are, it's just the way you've always written. Maybe it’s gotten a bit better over time. Or maybe it’s become all "Doctor mode," thanks to how rarely we use pens or pencils anymore.
But either way, it's passable. Neither great nor terrible. It gets you by.

Let’s do a little fun fact: In architecture school, there’s a whole class on Lettering. Yes, really. You’re 19, 20 years old, and suddenly, you’re back in what feels like handwriting class from second grade. But this time, it’s different.
It’s not just about writing letters. You’ve already got that down if you’re in architecture school. But what you’re really learning is how to design the letters. To give each letter its own Style & Flair.

As an effect, you don’t write A, C, L, G, E, or any other letter like you used to. Mazel Tov! Your handwriting just got Architectural! And I must add, it’s a real flex when that happens.

There are few areas in life where we tend to be picky. Maybe when choosing our eyeglasses, a trench coat, or the earrings and chains we wear. The list is quite petite, I’d say.

Q1. What’s one decision you made long ago that could use a re-design now?

Social media has an iron grip on us. It lifts us up, but once you get on that rollercoaster, you also hand it the power to drop you.

Believe it or not, we’re all on a leash. Anyone actively playing the game is tied to it.

Even the legendary folks who’ve spent years refining their craft and building their reputation still feel the grip around their neck and the pull of this massive system. Social media might’ve given them a huge taste of success, but it came with a side of anxiety.

Now, you're under pressure to keep feeding it, expected to post one delicacy after another, or you're out.

Is that pressure by design? Maybe. Maybe not. Sometimes we just don’t see the consequences of our decisions until it’s too late.

The people who built this, they're not villains. They're people who got caught in the drift.

Probably started with a clear mission: safety, user delight, meaningful connection, but then the metrics shift. The board meetings change tone. The competition heats up. And suddenly they're making decisions that don't align with their original promise.

It's okay to hand them some empathy. But also draw your boundaries.

Define what you won't accept. Sometimes walking away completely is the answer. Sometimes it's about engaging differently.

Either way, don't drown in their system. Your attention is too valuable for that.

We still have the chance to redesign how we spend our days. They’re sitting on billions of dollars, so yeah, they might never walk away from the system they’ve built, whether by design or by accident.

They may not be willing to lose millions of dollars, but we certainly are losing a million moments of calm and real joy.

They designed the game so they’d keep winning. But we don’t have to stay in it.

Q2. Do you keep playing by their rules, or start building your own board?

Design is meant to solve a peculiar problem you have, which is why it has to sit right with You.

Maybe you need to be less impulsive. Or more focused. Or a better partner to yourself. Maybe you just want to feel more satisfied and less FOMO. Whatever your thing is, there’s a system out there that’s designed to work against it, and so alternatively, there’s also a way to design one that works for it.

And no, you don’t always need a coach or a professional to do it. You can do it, if you believe you’ve got the agency. (Spoiler: you do.)
Like those architecture students who suddenly start writing their L’s with too much confidence as if signing autographs? Same deal.

Q3.What’s one idea you’ve been hesitant to share with the world because of fear of judgment or rejection? What would happen if you decided to share it anyway?

We already know the stuff. We just need to switch from Default mode to Design Mode. And no, Design thinking isn’t just for the “designers.” It’s for anyone tired of running on autopilot.

You’ve had the tools this whole time. It’s just that no one told you they were yours to use. So before you go, remember this: You don’t let the tools use you. You use them, on your terms.

design your days. Dyd.