Life is Not A Straight Line Long Sleeve

The Question

"What if getting lost is part of getting somewhere?"

Life is Not A Straight Line Long Sleeve

Wearing First Attempt
$35.00

Life is Not a Straight Line Long Sleeve

A discovery dandelion yellow long sleeve shirt with "Life is Not a Straight Line" printed on the chest in flowing, winding typography that embodies the principle itself. The neck tag shows Budmen's care label reimagined as a technical diagram, wash instructions presented like a schematic because even laundry details deserve good design.

Specs: 100% cotton jersey. Unisex fit. Pre-shrunk. Screen-printed graphic on chest. Custom neck tag with care iconography.

Sizes: M, L, XL, XXL
Care: Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low or hang dry.

Best for: People who understand that detours aren't failures, they're where the actual learning happens. For educators teaching that mistakes reshape questions. For makers who know the zigzag path to a solution is often more valuable than the solution itself. For anyone tired of productivity culture's obsession with efficiency over discovery.

"Life is Not a Straight Line" is one of the Creative Discovery Method's core principles. It means progress doesn't look like a timeline, it looks like wandering, backtracking, getting stuck, breaking through, circling back with new understanding. The winding letterforms aren't decorative; they're the principle made visible.

Wear it as a reminder that the path matters as much as the destination. Or wear it because yellow is a good color and the design is interesting to look at.

A shirt that says getting lost is part of getting somewhere.

The Making Story

Progress doesn't look like a timeline, it looks like wandering, backtracking, getting stuck, breaking through, circling back with new understanding. The winding letterforms make the principle visible.

Creative Discovery Principles

Life is Nota Straight Line
Embrace entropy
CelebrateFailure
Failure is an accelerant

Part of the Creative Discovery Method

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