A SELF-MADE: A Makers Collective, An Interview with Stephanie Reppas

Originally published by SELF-MADE: A Makers Collective
by Holly Coley, July 2017

Stephanie Reppas, the creative behind October Design, has some advice and it’s not just for would-be makers.

“Write your obituary now.”

To be clear, we’ve solicited this advice, as we have sent her a bunch of questions, mainly about her business and what inspires her, and have opened the floor for her to add any additional info that may be helpful. This is her offering:

Don’t trust your family to say anything compelling about you after you’re gone. The result will be disappointing, and you’ll be too dead to do anything about it. Write your own obituary now. Make it silly, crazy, intense, inspiring, sexy, brilliant, whatever – fill it with lots of interesting things. Then go out and do those things.

If you’re familiar with Stephanie’s work, you know this is advice from someone who knows what she's talking about.

 

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