Ishita is an illustrator and graphic designer from New Delhi. She is a graduate of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and is currently pursuing her masters in Illustration as Visual Essay at the School of Visual Arts, New York. She loves to document moments from her life and travels in her sketchbooks. She co-authored and illustrated - The Girl who went to the Stars and Other Extraordinary Lives, a book published by Penguin Random House, India. On this episode, we talk about Ishita’s journey as a designer and about how she acquired the obsessive habit of documentation through sketching. She also shares with us her struggles in finding a right work-life balance and her efforts to build sustainable work habits.SECTIONS - TIME INDEXChildhood and Early influences - Design Education at NID - Graduation Project - Part-time job with a start-up - Book - ‘The Girl Who Went to the Stars: and Other Extraordinary Lives’ - Masters Program at SVA - Project - Unladylike - Thesis Project - RELEVANT LINKSIshita Jain - ishitajain.inIshita Jain Instagram - www.instagram.com/ishitajain24Streams in Indian Senior Secondary education - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_India#12th_(Senior_Secondary_or_Higher_Secondary)_ExamCuttlefish - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CuttlefishMy podcast with Rajesh Dahiya - designedthisway.comI can draw (Book) - https://books.google.co.in/books/about/I_Can_Draw.html?id=9CHpeNGWPYgC&redir_esc=yRuskin Bond - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruskin_BondEntomology - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EntomologyGemology - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GemologyNID - www.nid.eduSrishti Institute - http://srishti.ac.inGreen Goose Design - www.greengoosedesign.comTarun Deep Giridhar - www.nid.edu/hi/people/faculty/tarun-deep-girdher.htmlGuesthouser - www.guesthouser.comThe Girl Who Went to the Stars: and Other Extraordinary Lives - www.amazon.in/Girl-Who-Went-Stars-Extraordinary/dp/0143442627Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls - https://www.rebelgirls.co/products/good-night-stories-for-rebel-girlsNaomi Kundu - www.naomikundu.comKalpana Chawla - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_ChawlaJanaki Ammal - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janaki_AmmalSVA - sva.eduVisual Journalism - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_journalismParsons New School - newschool.edu/parsons/Pratt Institute - pratt.eduUnladylike - ishitajain.in/unladylike-1Nariana, Delhi - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naraina_AreaRiverside Park (Manhattan) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Park_(Manhattan)New York Botanical Gardens - www.nybg.orgRoberto Burle Marx - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Burle_MarxWendy MacNaughton - wendymacnaughton.comDr. Ina Vandebroek - www.nybg.org/person/ina-vandebroek/Alex W. Crowder - alexmakesthings.comAuroville - auroville.org