This is why I’ve been drawing boxes

Hi,
I was having a conversation with a teammate at work and they said something to me — “It’s okay if you no longer do the things you used to enjoy. You just outgrew them and that’s okay. We romanticise nostalgia in a way that feels unrealistic”

I don’t necessarily agree with this. Especially in my own context.
I hate when I catch myself mid-conversation saying things like “ I used to read a lot”. “I used to know how to draw”. “I used to be athletic”.

Damn. I still want to read, draw, play — Be good at it, bad at it. Do it for real — have fun with it. I don’t care. I just don’t want to lose my wonder.
I don’t think you can “outgrow” joy. There’s no such thing.

If you’ve been planning to start something that you used to like, this is your sign to start.

Until I’m motivated to share my thoughts again, I will be drawing more boxes because I’m learning how to draw again.

Cheers and Boxes,
Lota
— A digital product designer that used to be a graphic designer rebranding as an industrial designer