And then it hit me. This is Awesome.
Years ago I began exploring the world of design, the internet, code and consulting. I quickly realized that it was the perfect combination for me. Enough challenges in the right and left brain to keep me engaged. Enough interaction with people to stave off the dreaded hermit status. And enough change to always keep me on my toes… after graduating, reality set in and I had to get another job to support my consulting habit. I became an in-house designer and spent about ten years balancing in-house against consulting/freelance/contract work. When people asked, I told them, I like the stability of in-house, and the excitement of consulting. And I did.
In April, 2011 I took on a new role with Cynergy Systems. Writing this now, seven months into this new adventure, I am happy to report that I have found a place with the benefits of both worlds. And more. Thanks to the people, from the other designers, to the developers, to the leadership I have noticed ,in myself, new excitement for my work. A resurrection of skills that I had left safely alone since college. And abilities I did not know I had. In other words GROWTH! Glorious growth.
I have talked about growth with my boss and my mentor here. My take is this. Growth is sometimes scary. It can be painful. And it can seem slow. But the truth is, if you are not scared, struggling or feeling some pain you are comfortable. And comfortable is ok… if you are chilling on a sofa relaxing. But its a pretty bad place to live if you are being challenged on both hemispheres of your brain, because you are rehashing old thoughts. Is a rotten way to feel when the world you are trying to contribute to is changing faster and faster every quarter. And comfortable is, to me, the most dangerous place a designer can ever live. That is when it hit me. This is Awesome. I am uncomfortable, a little scared, and the feeling pain. And instead of growth on my own, like I did a decade ago, I’m now growing, but with all of my past experience to judge it against, and at a place that will support me, push me and believe in me to make things I did not know could happen possible.
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Boom. Shalakalaka boom.