Come Sit, Let’s Design

When I decided to work as a freelancer full-time, I didn’t have a grand plan. No perfect roadmap. No steady list of clients waiting for me. Just a quiet certainty that design was where I wanted to be — and that I needed space to explore it in my own way.

Going freelance felt like opening the door to a room I had always seen from the outside. It was exciting. And also a little terrifying.

Some days, it feels like an adventure. You wake up, make your coffee, open your laptop, and there it is — a world you get to shape. You talk to new people, listen to their ideas, build something that didn’t exist the day before. The freedom is real. The possibility is real.

Other days, it’s harder. The ideas don’t flow. Projects slow down. Emails stay quiet. And you’re left with that uncomfortable question:
Am I doing this right?

But here’s the thing I’ve learned:
Freelancing isn’t about having it all figured out.
It’s about learning to walk with uncertainty and still showing up.

I’ve had moments of doubt, where I’ve felt new, inexperienced, unsure if I could deliver what was needed. And yet, those moments have been the most important ones — because they reminded me that creativity isn’t a performance. It’s a practice.

When you approach this work as an adventure rather than a challenge to “win,” everything softens. There’s room to ask, to try, to adjust, to learn. You start to see that the real work is not just in what you create, but in the way you choose to stay with the process.

Design Venue became my way of staying.
Of remembering why I chose this path.
A place where I can breathe, explore, and keep growing — with others, not alone.

So if you’re here, reading this, maybe you’re somewhere in that in-between too.
Curious, hopeful, a bit unsure.

Come sit.

Let’s design.

— Emi & Design Venue

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