Last year was a year with many dif­fer­ent insights. I have started this blog (then under anto­her domain name) late 2007 and began post­ing in the first days of 2008. I had a dif­fer­ent mind­set back then and started post­ing about upcom­ing design events and posted about what other blogs where say­ing. By sum­mer I had an con­flict with the pre­vi­ous domain name and stopted post­ing for a cou­ple weeks, my mind was clut­tered and I needed a refresh start. As light­ning struck me I thought of another name and started to think about a mindmap to guide my blog more, see also here.

What did I learn?

After this short break I began post­ing in a dif­fer­ent way, more open mind way, result­ing in more dis­cus­sion at the blog. More dis­cus­sion means more insights on the top­ics which was a break through feel­ing for me. Thank you very much for this!

With this expe­ri­ence things started hap­pen­ing and I cre­ated a new way of look­ing at things. I have learned to act more by the (gut) feel­ing, allow­ing me to have a more open mind and to receive and to give more and more, result­ing in a state of flow. This is a great feel­ing and I will con­tinue liv­ing my mind-flow in 2009, I cre­ated the DWP Cir­cle of life to give a visual pre­sen­ta­tion of the words and feel­ings above.

Design­Work­Plan: Cir­cle of life

2009: What’s next →?

My focus with Design­Work­Plan blog will con­tinue to cre­ate (at least) one arti­cle a week, with an arti­cle that could inspire you, might bring edu­ca­tional infor­ma­tion, a show­case of (design) elements/typography, it could be an arti­cle about what I have learned or have seen. In other words it will be more DesignWorkPlan!

Just before New Year logo design blog­ger David Airey send me the fol­low­ing note, that says it all:

I hope 2009 brings all you want it to!

What’s next for you in 2009?

Happy New Year and please share your thoughts and plans for 2009!