Figma — and my 8' level.

Go to bed before 11, wake up before 6.

When I was younger, I wanted to be an architect — but now if I wasn't a designer, I'd probably want to build custom homes.

Copenhagen, Denmark — it's such a happy, bikeable city. In the summer it's not too hot and there's tons of great coffee, food, and thrift stores.

⇧⌘L — Select all occurrences of current selection

I'm pretty sloppy developer, I always need to go back and rename stuff or change lots of things, so this is super helpful.

Invest time in craft, commit to doing things right.

Don't say no to anything, take on challenges and things that will make you uncomfortable.

Don't make excuses — everybody is busy, people make time for what is important to them.

The Service Innovation Handbook — some of my teammates gave this to me for my birthday, I really love it.

Delete Facebook and Instagram from all your devices.

Highly recommend this — I did it a few years ago, and it's been great.

The future.

JK — generally thinking about all the things I didn't accomplish during the day, week, month.

My 2-year old when he's sick.

Paul Hanaoka

UX Design Manager