It’s early days yet, but what I’ve found, is that I love what I do. It’s not to say that I didn’t previously enjoy my work, but now I have a passion for it.
In earlier years of working for design agencies, I’d found it hard at times to get motivated while working on client projects. Sometimes a really good one would come along and I’d perk right up again, but for the most part it seemed to be about cutting out images, updating gif or flash banners that advertised some new bank interest rate, or trying to stay awake while writing documents for developers to ensure the design I’d lovingly crafted doesn’t get hacked to pieces.
In saying all of this, and not to appear ungrateful to previous employers, it wasn’t my own work!
Now that I am bringing in my own clients and managing my own projects, I feel a sense of meaning in my work. I’m not sure if I’ve said this before but its a “child & parent relationship”. I will never do to my clients what I have seen previous employers do to theirs. A prime example of this is the number of jobs I’ve been involved in that turn up late on the client’s desk due to poor project management. I’d never done this before so I couldn’t comment but now that I handle the relationships of clients, the “project management”, the design, the management of development, relationships with my team and at the end of the day have the ability to network to find more opportunities… well come on! those guys had no excuse. Rant over!
I’ve always thought I’d be good in business but I made a promise to myself to go out into the industry and get the best experience I could before I jump in the deep end. I’d say it’s starting to pay off, not financially at this point! but the rewards right now are how fulfilling this can be. Don’t worry though, I know you can’t have sunshine every day and I’ve packed a decent umbrella.
At the end of the day, I’m doing what I love, I’m making enough money to lead a comfortable life, and I’m energized by the work that I do. I don’t think I could ever turn back, if I did I’d lose the passion!
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