Designers - what's the most annoying part of your work?

Selling the idea

First, I want to state that I love my clients and appreciate them for feeding me, thank you. I also wouldn't change the privilege of designing from the comfort of my home for any other career. That said, here are is my rant of things I wish I rather not have to do again: + I'd rather not receive content inside a URL to copy and paste one bit at a time. HTML to Figma plugin has saved me so much time with this issue, before knowing about this plugin I was doomed. Similarly, I'd rather not get the content in an image format (hasn't happened lately but I'm sure AI would be a life saver for this pain). + I'd rather not receive multiple requests for edits of unfleshed copy, ideally I'd love to get the final version of the copy before starting to work and that clients feel empowered to change it themselves. + I'd rather not receive revisions across multiple communication channels, as it can be difficult to keep track of everything (emails, personal phone texts and audios from close client/friends, Figma comments, etc). I'd love some kind of second brain to extract and save all this in one place. + I'd rather not communicate solely through email for revisions that will eventually get buried in a sea of email conversations. It's a nightmare. This only happened once fortunately. + I'd rather not receive revisions in a piecemeal fashion. I prefer all revisions in one pass and not getting revisions from previous iterations when we are already on iteration 8, really? + I'd rather not be required to guess which images to use for a project just to end up choosing the wrong, unexpected ones. This goes in tune with the mind-reading bit. + I'd rather not spend several minutes searching for the perfect image to use, and then other several minutes searching for the other images that look similar/good together to make a cohesive set. I'm sure AI image tools work great for this, but I still find most of them a bit uncanny and too polished for my liking. + I'd rather not receive incomplete or vague project briefs, as it can lead to creeping requirements, overwork and low ball budgeting. + I'd rather not be asked to change the final file format at the last minute. I don't have a magic want to convert Figma slides to .ppt... Don't be like me, set hard boundaries and have good systems in place to avoid my pitfalls. I hope this helps any designer starting out. I find it hard to balance a good customer service with setting these boundaries...

Rant alert! I’m all in for this question! The most annoying part? Turning our gorgeous designs into actual content. Seriously, designers and Lorem Ipsum are like peanut butter and jelly! And designing without detaching components? It’s like trying to dance in a clown suit—total mayhem just to stay consistent!

Ugh the worst part is dealing with clients who have no idea what they want but expect you to read their minds! 😅 Also the constant nitpicky revisions that drag on forever... But hey, it's all part of the job right? 🤷♂ At least we get paid to be creative, so can't complain too much!