September 14, 2026
Working in design and content creation means I make small decisions all the time about what other people will eventually see. A photo, a title, a thumbnail, a sentence. Sometimes I make those decisions quickly because I am thinking about a deadline. This week’s reading of Article of Faith 13 made me look at that process a little differently.
The article speaks about being honest, true, benevolent and virtuous, and about seeking things that are good and praiseworthy. I am not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, so I read it first as someone trying to understand the principle behind the text. What stayed with me was the idea that what I choose to consume and what I choose to create are connected.
Creating something means making choices
I manage and create digital content, so I know how tempting it can be to focus mainly on attention. A dramatic title can get a click. An exaggerated thumbnail can create curiosity. But getting someone’s attention does not automatically make the communication good.
I have caught myself looking at a design and wondering whether I made something clear or simply made it louder. Those are not always the same thing.
The same question applies when I consume content. What I watch repeatedly affects the ideas I bring into my own work. If my daily feed is full of exaggeration, copied ideas and content made only for quick reactions, eventually some of that enters the way I create too.
A question I can actually use
I probably will not stop before every design and make a long moral analysis. That would not be realistic. But there is a simpler question I can ask:
Am I comfortable putting my name on this?
For me, that is a practical way to connect this week’s reading with my work. What I create becomes part of what someone else consumes. I have some responsibility for what I put on their screen.
