"I'll be back"

I’m an optimalist. 

That means I am passionate about optimizing every part of my life constantly. 

So, in that vein, here is a quick optimization I did yesterday.

My last thumbnail banner for this email list kinda sucked. So, I made it better.

Here is the old one:

Not horrible. But it just doesn’t have the sauce. 

Say one thing about Swanagan, say he isn’t a prolific graphic designer.

In my search for inspiration, I found myself searching “1980’s action movie posters” and ran across the seminal cover for 1984’s Terminator:

Now there’s some inspiration.

So, after searching for “Terminator font type”, importing said font type into canva, and doing a little bit of magic, I came up with the following masterpiece:

Not perfect, but it’s getting there!

While there are better uses of optimization time, certainly, the point is, never stop improving. 

Strive to be the optimal version of yourself. There will be local maxima and minima, but always push for a global maxima. See what you are capable of.

And my next optimization is hiring an actual photographer and graphic designer for my personal brand kit.

There are levels. 

See you tomorrow.

Swanagan

P.S., I also redesigned my t-shirt that I’ll send to you for referring this list. If the spirit moves you.