Love is a Career

I've been meaning to write this down, but I didn't get around to it. My Design Colloquium class is quite interesting. The professor often uses dating analogies when she talks about the job hunting process. Things such as founding the right fit, a place where you can be yourself and where you can work to grow in your practice the way you want to. Don't get stuck in a place you want to be because the job is not going to change because of you. Never take a rejection personal, it's strictly business though there are emotional involved regardless you move on don't get stuck in a rut about it. Stuff of that nature and I thought about it long and hard, she is right. Your career shouldn't be about finding a place and love shouldn't be about founding somebody.

This all came into light as I was walking to the washroom in A.A. You want to find a job that compliments you. A place you want to be happy going to every morning just like the person you want to see at the end of the day. There is no point in being miserable at your job because you're going to go home miserable to whoever is at home waiting for you; there's nothing to worry about if no one is there. You can't settle, especially in your youth. You can't expect someone to change for you more than you expect your job to change for you. The thought that struck me hard was, you can learn to love your job, but your job will never learn to love you; unless you're one of the decision makers in the company then things might be a little different. Same goes for people, you can learn to love someone, but they're not going to learn to love you if you're just settling. I don't know if that makes any sense.

-David M.