Newsletter 131
Hola.
This is as far as we have come. This is the last newsletter I will send. I don't know if it will be definitely or if it will be a hiatus and then I will resume it, but right now I doubt it will happen. I don't have the strength to continue with this personal project. The spirit of this newsletter was to share periodically content related to design (and some music), something I have always done and that I find interesting as a professional, but now it is an unnecessary obligation and I don't want this personal project to become a painful obligation.
Honestly, this modest personal project has lasted longer than I thought it would. It was a way for me to be consistent, to stay informed, and to learn. But it no longer feels like that. So many of you have allowed me to raid your inbox. I didn't set any goals for myself when I started this project, just to keep learning, and I have done it.
At a professional level now is a complex moment and that doesn't help personal projects like this newsletter to keep me motivated. It is a complicated stage and I have to approach it as I have always done. And that's why I have to get rid of ballast.
I am not sorry not to continue with this newsletter, you have to do what you think is best for you at any time. It only remains for me to thank you all for having given me your trust and I hope that in some way I have helped you.
Gracias por todo :)
— W.
📌 The links
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