The countdown begins.

Reaching year 1 of a 10 year race.

I love playing with this brand (office mess). I love experimenting, creating mini R&D projects inside my digital worlds, and truly making a good experience for my self (the whole point), but there is a big but. I do love when I meet creators that are truly consistant, or maybe have finally found a voice, brand tone, and esthetic they are good with and keep it for a while. I feel I am always changing my branding, tags, etc due to old style programming we grow up with when facing the idea of doing content, online. This can go back to the 90s and early 2000’s when blogging and the internet where taking off. Now there is a whole world, and atmosphere that revolves around creating online and sharing. Full economies have been born as a result. Some people get it, others don’t. I am not here to talk about how we got here or why we are even here, millions of us, sharing and creating everyday online. So many others do that way better then me. I am here to appeal to a more leveled up creator. I love doing content for beginners but, lately I’ve wanted to connect with professionals, high paced creators, and actually have a conversation. Let it be through comments, emails (lv@designoffice.me) or any format, I am excited to start receiving more seasoned and experienced players to the office.

(Quick note, if you are a beginner or just starting out, I am always mentoring, that’s a whole other thing, email me.)

Office Mess was a 12 year manifestation, through years of practice, learning, and seeking knowldege. I bled, cried, and fell, but I am still here. The race is over until I give up, and let me tell you I am so excited for the next ten years. I know now after my first 10 year race that, ten is a good number of years to cycle through. My analysis might be easier to understand through creative projects, or the artist view, but it can honestly be applied to any career or life simulation.

I feel any good project or entrepreneur cycle takes at least between 1 or 2 years to understand it self. Then you enter the fun part, and also the hardest, where you are not lost, but ready and have to apply constant flow. Between year 2 and 6 the real challenge begins. Then potentially between 6 and 10, you are tired, trying to resting your mind but at the same time reaching the end. Shifting, maybe tired of doing something you have been doing for 4 or 5 years. Content or brand creation (entrepreneurship) really takes its toll. Now these estimates can be completely off, but again I am basing them on my past ten years. I do feel that when you know how the journey will feel, there can be peace of mind to know the up and down rides of emotions, and character arcs in your own story and other characters. Your not trying to decipher the future, your just a little more ready in a much chaotic world. We are not living in a movie, although it feels like it, so being prepared helps alot.

I am 31 years old about to reach my first year anniversary here at substack and with office mess, so if my estimates are correct the next 12 months starting in August will be a year of understanding this new level I want to dominate before embarking into an even harder one, the consistency one. Over the next year, I have plans to expand and create a more consistent brand with my content, my exploration, documentation and my design. I wont spill all my plans on this post, but trust me there is a solid plan I will be sharing month by month. So that eventually you can copy it. For free, sort of. I did announce yesterday if you where listening that I am about to start doing paid subscriptions, but eventually old content will become free content, not all of it, but a good amount and so forth. I feel the paying will be to eat the content fresh out of the oven and to stay ahead, I guess. It is hard to charge, but a new LUi arises, and this one values and respects himself more. You should try it. But after 1 year of practice and getting to this point.

I use to wish I could go back in time with my experience to re do so many things. Now I can’t wait to live everyday, and move forward. Using my experience, to honestly try to do what I was set out to do 10 years ago. It feels like I am playing the video game again, but it is not my first time. We can all agree this is a completely different feeling. 2025 for me was the start of this new race, new profile, and new game. Fresh, and with so much less baggage bring me down, or fucking it all up.

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See you at the office,

LUi.