If someone had told me years ago that I'd be spending most of my waking hours juggling color palettes, hex codes, font pairings, and CSS quirks, I probably would've laughed—then asked what a "hex code" even was. But here I am, living and breathing design, with a head full of concepts and a desktop that's somehow always cluttered no matter how many folders I create. Welcome to my life as a graphic and web designer.