Jessica is the young and insanely talented designer, illustrator and typographer from Brooklyn, NY. She's best known for her hand-crafted lettering. She's already received the awards and accolades from Communication Arts, How, Print and Graphis to name a few. Jessica references her own experiences in sharing insight on the transition from procrastination to passion.
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Humbly delivered on January 18th, 2010.
The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.
She’s right. Thanks, Jessica.
Hi Mig. Keep it up!
Nicely said, Jessica. You and Frank both droppin’ knowledge on the world :]
Good advice & AMAZING type skills!
What a great quote.
showin’ love for that advice.
thanks mig and jessica.
So true!
I spend all day at work reading about freelance designers who live and work abroad. Can’t wait to actually do that myself!
I’ve heard something similar, and can’t remember where, “When the work you’re doing on the side overtakes the work you do full-time, you should make your on-the-side your full-time thing.” Thanks, Jessica, for putting my procrastination into perspective!
Fantastic. I completely agree.
Thanks for the refreshing advice, Jessica.
This is exactly what I’ve come to terms with, recently. I’m currently completing my masters in architecture, but have procrastinated all through undergrad and graduate school by working on graphic design side projects. Great advice.
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enjoyed this! i’m new to the site, it looks fantastic
Great tip! Thanks for validating my procrastination.
Best. Quote. Ever.
Serious, I think this is great advice!
Great advice, Jessica! Mig, would love to see a Jessica designed tee.
GREAT idea, Mig!
And Jessica, great quote and I love your work too!
I love it all!!!
Wonderful advice! Definitely makes me feel a better about procrastinating and working on other things.
Thanks for the kind words everyone! Back to procrastiworking…
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Nice insight – i’ll try that one…
Thank You!
Excuse me for this, but do you know that you have a double?
It’s Charlotte Roche, a famous germaN author, tv-moderator, actress…
Great series/idea. Love these!
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Yay! Her work is so beautiful.
HK
Hmm… Can I make a career out of web surfing?!
Well — that’s the sweetest advice I’ve ever heard!
Love it and love Jessica’s work.
Every day — or almost — I have her little letters coming to my rss bookmark and that’s a jewel;-)
Thanks again.
m.s.
This is great! Thank you.
So I should play video games for a living? Sadly, I am not skilled enough to be a pro.
Very insightful. Thanks!
Cute, nice advice. I do other graphic design projects while procrastinating! I guess that’s a good sign
great advice. loves it!
Damn, blocked in China
Enjoy the quote though 
Great Advice! And keep it up Mig, these are all great!
so true, so true! this has been a revelation for me today.
you know when things become so clear in the forefront of your mind but deep down you really did know them all along you just hadn’t realised it. thanks Jessica
Brilliant. It’s like a merging of “life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans” and “if you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.”
simply perfect. might just have to make this quote a little larger and hang it next to my workspace
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Thank you! Just wrote about this and Jessica’s fantastic work on my blog. I really appreciate the inspiration.
I am totally in love with Jessica’s work. It is beautiful and she is an inspiration. Awesome quote by the way!
fantastic work Jessica. Pure natural talent! thanks for sharing.
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so true so true, but now how do you implement it to try to make a career out of it.
I’ll say. But will it make the rent? Now I’m going to check out the rest of your site! I’ve got a case of distractivity! Does Stephen Colbert know about this word????
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Jessica, great post and excellent advice
Thanks for sharing!
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Glad I found this! Thanks, Jessica!
You are speaking the truth sister. Keep up the good work!
Hillary
Good advice, beautiful work! — Thanks Jessica!
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Great advice. Now my only problem is that I procrastinate from my procrastinations!
Great advice. Thanks a lot!
I LOVED the advice.
kind of tricky when I have too many different things “to-do” when I procrastinate.
your work is also really great, congratulations!
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Perhaps this is the singular, most important advice I have ever heard in my life. Thank you Jessica!