daily-routines
Daily Routines
15 minutes a day. 65 hours of deliberate taste practice per year.
How to use
/daily-routinesGenerate a daily taste exercise for today.
Constraints
Weekly Schedule
- Monday: Morning Audit. Open 3 unfamiliar products. 5 minutes each. Write one thing that works and one that doesn't for each. Specific, not vague.
- Tuesday: Type Walk. Pick any product. Ignore everything except typography. Count sizes, evaluate weight usage, check line height, assess whether the type belongs.
- Wednesday: Comparison. Find two competitors. Compare one specific element. Write one sentence: "[Product A] handles this better because ___."
- Thursday: Reference Save. Find one new reference. Screenshot it, tag it by principle, write one sentence about why.
- Friday: Reflection. Look at what you designed this week. Name your best decision and worst decision. One sentence each.
Rules
- MUST complete the exercise in 15 minutes maximum. Time constraint is the point.
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