{"id":7785,"date":"2026-01-05T00:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T08:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=7785"},"modified":"2026-01-05T00:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T08:05:24","slug":"phase-007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/phase-007\/","title":{"rendered":"Phase 007"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It\u2019s been a while since the last “phase” post, and while I won’t recount every twist and turn of the recent madness, I\u2019ve been busy navigating the storm. In the middle of the chaos, I found steady ground in creating, staying active, and showing up for the people around me. There\u2019s a quiet truth I\u2019ve embraced this year: those who have the least often give the most. Choosing to give back when life felt bleak was the very thing that helped me through.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I designed a table for our design team workspace. I wanted a round table, and one of the designers mentioned the feeling that when you sit at a round table, you can’t tuck in. I took that as a design challenge and created nooks. I’m still trying to draw more\u2013still working on it. Issue #5, Tails Of… Photographers finally came out. Along with the book, I created new physical products and social posts to promote the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In between the work, I completed a 2nd run at a skateboarding trick-a-day for the entire year. I did this 4 years ago, this time it was way harder, but the goal was met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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