Six ideas for this week's batch. Read each in a couple of seconds. Tick the ones worth writing.
For the friend everyone asks for design help — show her the eye she's always had is enough to get paid for it, no design degree needed.
Angle: no-degree · checks passedFor the person stuck in a job they don't love: you don't need to blow up your life, you just need to start using the taste you already have.
Angle: escape · checks passedThe honest thing a design school will never tell you — customers hire the person who can walk into a room and instantly see what's wrong with it, not the diploma on the wall.
Angle: credibility · checks passedThink you're too old to start over? Meet the people who began in their 50s and now design homes a few days a week.
Angle: age · checks passedYou've redesigned every room you've ever lived in for free. Here's what it looks like when people finally start charging for it.
Angle: identity · checks passedA teacher with no design background booked her first paying customer in weeks. Here's the one thing she had that the degree never gave anyone.
Angle: proof-led · checks passedTick the ones you like, then say "write 1, 3 and 5" — the scripts come back for a final eyeball before they ship.