[This interview was conducted during the graphic designer's one-year sabbatical in Bali, Indonesia.]
So, are you happy?
As I am very aware how boring it is to hear about other people being happy, I say only this: I get up every morning at 5 a.m. simply because it's more exciting to start working than to turn around and sleep some more. I do seem to have a lot of energy. After enjoying a giant pot of coffee and a medium-sized cigar for breakfast, I start my daily schedule of little experiments. This is coming along very well.
Print, February 2009
I have discovered this blog just a day ago and I can't understand how I missed it.Good work.
Posted by: Yasemin | January 10, 2009 at 05:29 PM
I just recently discovered this blog and I absolutely love it - so inspiring and there are days, when I'm staring at the blank page, that I most definitely need it. Thank you!
And I particularly love Sagmeister's response to the happiness question - what a beautiful life to want to get up and embrace it rather than stay in bed. Makes me rethink my impulse to hit snooze one more time.
Posted by: emmajames | January 18, 2009 at 07:38 PM
I have CHOSEN to wake up every day and come to a new job. it seems utterly insulting in this economic panorama to choose otherwise. Still writing and cooking are the better of me. I will WISLEY choose to open a cafe soon, hoping for a fulfilling routine to take root.
Posted by: Elena Viera | March 02, 2009 at 11:22 AM
I like looking for the patterns that form almost against my will. At times it seems like I am tugging and pulling the day into place, but similar patterns tend to emerge over the years, no matter. I do what I do consistently, but the pattern may only be visible when examining a longer duration than most of us are comfortable with, but there is still a pattern. Therefore, I have learned not to worry quite as much about a blank page, a day without sun, or missing a walk. Because in the end, it will be fine, and reflect exactly who I am.
Posted by: Patrice | March 14, 2009 at 02:14 PM
Just like Stefan, I wake up around 5 in the morn to get a little more out of my day and besides that is the time I can produce my best content. I also take a big cup of coffee or tea but I don't smoke like him :) Early risers are special people, at least I am... and you believe Stefan is!
Posted by: writing samples | August 12, 2011 at 04:55 PM
I love "it's more exciting to start working than to turn around and sleep some more," - SO TRUE! I usually wake up every morning at about 5:15 and go for a quick run. I come back, shower, heat up the coffee percolator, and scan the newspaper. I grab my coffee on the way out the door and I'm at work by 6:30. The day is young!
Posted by: April | September 26, 2011 at 10:44 AM