I got to catch up with a friend over lunch today, and I finally got to ask some questions about his life that led him to his current career: as an educator. It was something I was always curious about, because he didn’t seem like a teacher type when we were much younger. But he’s definitely stepped into the role very well, and even as a friend, I feel I can understand better with his approaches to different things.
It made me think of all the milestones in life that I’ve gone through too, shaping me to who I am today. Everyone has their milestones and everyone’s version of what makes a milestone is slightly different.
One of my major milestones was finding out I could do something else other than design – doing accounts servicing for the designers. I could talk with clients because I could understand the scope of things, and I could talk with the designers because I understood what the clients were looking for. It was quite a mind blowing moment to also find out how much more everyone else was earning, as compared to designers. Designers are really severely underpaid.
Another milestone was coming into full time ministry. It was when I gave up a certain sense of self, and I traded it for something more meaningful. Or so they say. I think I was just very sure I wanted to do something for God, and I had to live it out. It wasn’t enough just to talk about it.
Which led me to my next milestone about arts, because I’m more design trained than art trained. I think about things from a problem solving angle, more than anything else. Art wasn’t much of my jam, and yet it became what my plate is today. I’m not upset about it, I’m grateful about the journey it has been to come to this point.
I really enjoyed thinking through today, and it was a tough yesterday, but tomorrow will be better for sure.
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