Slowing Down, Digging Deeper: A New Chapter in My Learning Experience Design Blog

Why stepping back from posting regularly is the first step toward more meaningful LxD conversations Originally posted on Substack

This blog started as a lifeline.

After a layoff left me suddenly swimming in unstructured time, I turned to writing. Not because I had a plan, but because I needed something steady. Something purposeful.

At first, it was a way to keep busy. I wrote about learning experience design because it’s what I know best. But slowly, something shifted.

What began as a placeholder project became a portal. It let me explore questions I’d long pushed aside. Topics I was always too busy to research, frameworks I hadn’t tried, metrics I wanted to rethink. And somewhere in the middle, I found myself falling back in love with LxD.

Not just the practice, but the potential.

This blog has become more than a creative outlet. It fuels me.

It pushes me to be a better designer. More thoughtful, more innovative, more intentional. It’s helped me step outside the constraints I’ve worked within for years and ask, What if we did things differently? What if we stopped designing for compliance and started designing for meaning? What if our systems weren’t just efficient, but human?

Writing here helps me imagine the answers. And slowly, it’s helping me build them, too.

Some exciting professional opportunities have emerged. One I’m incredibly grateful for. And they’ve made it clear: this blog can’t keep sprinting. But it can keep evolving. Into something quieter, steadier, and more sustainable.

That’s why I’m not stepping away from this space. I’m stepping deeper into it.With more intention, less pressure, and a renewed sense of curiosity about what it means to design learning for adults in an ever-changing world.

The rhythm may slow, but the spark hasn’t dimmed.Thanks for being here. We’re just getting started.

With love,

Marlee