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Hosted by Annie Heise Alden · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 17 episodes
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Restless by Design is a living book, told in voice—exploring creativity, identity, and what it means to build a life that does not follow a straight line. Each episode gives language to thoughts you may have felt but never fully said out loud, offering a sense of clarity, connection, and permission to not have it all figured out. anniealdendesign.substack.com
Annie Heise Alden hosts Restless by Design, a arts show with 17 episodes published.
There’s something powerful about doing work you care about. It doesn’t feel forced.It doesn’t feel external. It feels like an extension of you. And for a while… that’s enough. The process is engaging.The learning is cons
Failure is often treated like something to overcome. A phase.A setback.A deviation from the path. Something that happens… and then eventually stops. But in most creative work, it doesn’t function that way. Failure isn’t
There’s a question that shows up often in creative work. Not always out loud. Just beneath the surface. Am I actually good at this… or have I just gotten lucky so far? It’s easy to assume that question is personal. A ref
I was sitting in the sun this weekend, reading, when it happened. Not dramatically. Nothing announced itself. Just a quiet recognition — almost like remembering something I’d always known — that everything I’ve ever made
There’s a kind of mind that doesn’t fully power down. Not completely. Even in quiet moments, something is still moving. A thought continuing.A connection forming.A question that didn’t fully resolve earlier… returning in
There’s a version of this conversation that starts with labels. ADHD.Anxiety.Overthinking.Burnout.Perfectionism. But from the inside, it rarely feels that clean. This chapter is about the experience of living with a mind
Perfectionism doesn’t always look like fear. It often looks like discipline. Like care.Like high standards.Like someone who is deeply committed to doing things well. That’s what makes it difficult to recognize. Because f
Restlessness has a reputation. It’s usually framed as something to fix. A sign of discontent.A lack of focus.An inability to settle into what already exists. For a long time, I believed that. If something felt unsettled,
Curiosity isn’t a lack of discipline… it might be a form of attention. There’s a quiet pressure to choose. One path.One identity.One thing to build, refine, and eventually become known for. It sounds simple. Clean. Focus
There’s a certain kind of restlessness that’s hard to explain. It shows up quietly. Half-started projects.Notes written late at night.A sense that there’s something more to explore… even when life, on paper, already look
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Restless by Design is hosted by Annie Heise Alden. The show is categorised under arts (design) and has published 17 episodes.
Restless by Design has published 17 episodes.
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