Okay…
Ever have one of those days that makes you feel like your life is on the verge of changing forever? That something wonderful has been deliciously crafted to help your dream become your real life? Things… wonderful things, have been in the works without my knowing… until yesterday that is.
I’ve been kinda disillusioned about my job (or line of work) for a while now… I keep asking myself, “How am I helping people?” As a graphic designer, I don’t feel that I help anyone… not directly anyway. In no hands-on way do I help anyone… and I mean really help anyone. In my ideal little world, if I continued to be a graphic designer my entire life I would somehow be financially self-sufficient and I would do graphic design for free for nonprofit organizations, small companies that need strong design work but cannot afford it, or something of the sort… I like being a designer. And I’m good at it. However, the more I do it the less I feel like I’m Contributing.
Right now, I’m working at a job that I’m not hugely fond of to provide for my family… “taking one for team.” As of yesterday, within a year from now, I’m not sure if I’ll be a full-time graphic designer anymore. If I can manage it, I’ll likely be still working here part-time but supplimenting my income by doing something for more amazing…
I’ll be training and teaching Parkour. I’ll be training and teaching Parkour… in a program that uses Parkour as a physical disipline to help troubled youth. I’d be helping troubled youth who are at risk of failing out of school or on the verge of getting expelled get their lives back on track.
Could you imagine?
I’ll have more time to write/post about it later… I just had to post something while the life-buzz is still hummin’.
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steelie