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what is a graphic designer?

A graphic designer is a person who wakes up at 5am but refuses to open their eyes. There are birds talking outside, it's probably getting bright already. Something is wrong, not sure what. They finally open their eyes and there's the ceiling again. When the light comes in sideways over the curtains this early you can see all the little ripples and imperfections in it. Nothing. Ribcage. Stomach. The front of the graphic designer's legs ache. It would be better to sleep again. Have to pay taxes again next week. A graphic designer is someone who wonders if that invoice will come through I need to follow up on it. The birds are so fucking loud. The role of the graphic designer is to count back from five to two and realise that was only three hours same as yesterday. They use design thinking to never get back to sleep. They require excellent time management skills to make this short moment feel like an eternity, several times a week. Graphic designers have an acute spatial awareness and an eye for detail: although the ceiling seems miles away they focus on each tiny detail for hours. A graphic designer is someone who will work the whole waking day today but it's better than last week when there was no work. Graphic designers look at their phone and see their alarm is going to go off in ten minutes, so they switch it off and get up.