autolayout
I am a lazy designer.
Hence, Figma’s Autolayout has been a blessing. I just need to set some padding & alignment rules to my design and boom, everything will fit nicely. New elements will flow by default to the alignment rules set before.
Sometimes I wonder if life have similar auto-default feature. Have you consciously or subconsciously shaped defaults for in life?
Humans are lazy. Wait, let me rephrase that. Humans have a limited amount of willpower. It will be way easier to stick to the default because it will cost less willpower to do.
The people with the best defaults are typically the ones with the best environment. Sometimes it's carefully chosen, and sometimes it's just plain luck. Either way, it’s easier to align yourself with the right behavior in the right environment.
The way to improve your defaults isn’t by willpower but by creating an artificial environment where your desired behavior becomes the default behavior.
- Farnam Street
Be lazy. Autolayout your life.