A Day in the Life of a Graphic Designer

12am-2am FREELANCE RING! RING! SMASH 2am-5am 5:10 am 5:20 am 5:30 am (Somehow resist urge to stay in bed) 8:30am ARRIVE AT WORK 3 NEED 2tFFEE STUCK IN TRAFFIC 6:30 am-8:00am Log into work e-mail, private e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr & various blogs m HONK! BEEEP! HONK! HONKCH BEEEEEP! HONK! HONK! BEEEP! OREER HONK! MOVING PROJECTS 9am STATUS 10am READ EMAILS INBOX (23) SENT DAY IN THE LIFE SPAM (516) MORE COFFEE OF A 10:30am CALL WITH CLIENT 11:30am-1:30pm GRAPHIC DESIGNER "WE LOVE IT BUT HAVE SOME CHANGES." "ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER DROPSHADOW" Finally find time to get some actual design work done, but it usually means working during lunch. So it looks like.. FAST FOOD KNG 10:45 am INBOX (67) yet again! 1:30pm-2:30pm RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM ACCOUNT TEAM 3pm-3:10PM CREATIVE PRESENTATION TO ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT THE THE THIRD ONE NEEDS TO "POP" MORE AND LEVERAGE THE BRAND MESSAGE THE FIRST ONE IS TOO CLOSE TO THE CURRENT BRAND BRIEFLY CONTEMPLATE A CHANGE IN CAREER SECOND ONE IS TOO OFF BRAND INBOX (76) 2. 4:30pm 5pm-7pm CREATED BY COMMITTEE CHANGE ORDER DESIGNSTEIN CANCEL ADDITIONAL CHANGES FROM EVENING ACCOUNT Incorporate the requested changes.resulting in the unholy... PLANS USABILITY BE DAMNED! (Need by EOD) 7:30pm-8pm FINALLY HEAD HOME Send finished design over to the Account Team only to find out they Ix?*! O*+? left hours ago (MAKE PROMISE TO SELF.. UPDATE PORTFOLIO AND RESUME)