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71: stop mental block and pressure during the interior design board exam design day
A lot of students think they freeze during IDLE design day because they're not creative enough.
But sometimes the real issue isn't creativity at all.
It's pressure.
It's panic.
It's trying to create under stress without a reliable system your brain can hold onto.
We're talking about why students mentally block during the Interior Design Licensure Exam (IDLE), the problem with “just trust your creativity” advice, and the concept prep system that helped me approach design day differently during my second take.
We talk about:
nervous system pressure during timed creative work
why students freeze…
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