# Thirty days of useful work

## Week 1: finish

Choose one real project. Define the deliverable. Use the correct source and tool. Generate or edit deliberately. Review the file. Complete the actual handoff. Log the full work, not just generation time.

**Success:** one accepted deliverable with an identifiable source and next use.

## Week 2: reuse

Choose a related real assignment. Start from an accepted design, product image, style brief, or character note. Explain the role of that source in the new brief. Review the new application separately.

**Success:** a second useful task that reuses a specific accepted decision.

## Week 3: connect

Use an adjacent DesignGen tool only when it solves a real handoff: Image Studio to Vector Studio for path preparation, approved product assets to Creative Studio for a campaign, or Brand Studio to define a reusable guide.

**Success:** the next stage of the same work is completed, not another unused experiment.

## Week 4: review

Count the work actually accepted, delivered, listed, printed, or used. Include failed attempts and manual finishing in the costs. Separate cash results, recovered time, and creative confidence. Compare actual plan access and allowance with the recurring work.

**Success:** a grounded plan decision and one real next project.

## Keep it sustainable

This is not a usage quota or daily streak. Use Medium when it fits the job, even on Pro. Keep your own exported masters. Let returning to DesignGen be convenient because the work is useful, not because you feel trapped.