Easily Distracted
This trip is the longest I've been travelling since, well, ever. It's therefore also the longest break I've had from doing design work and, to be honest, by about the third week I was getting twitchy to do something creative.
Museums and their well-stocked bookshops are a welcome mental distraction but it's weird not having the creative outlet that design work's given me for the past six years. I'm not sure I could deal with the epic six–twelve month journeys that people I've run into are going on.
It's also made me realise how lucky I am to be able to spend my work days doing something I love, even when it gets tedious there aren't many things I would rather spend my time doing than something about design. That I can get paid for doing that is a happy bonus.
If I didn't have to work I'd probably still be designing something to while away the hours. It's my passion, it's my drive, it's an outlet for creativity.
What about you — what would you do if you didn't have to go to work?
Posted on Monday, November 27, 2006 and filed under Europe 2006-2007.
Comments
If I didn't have to work, I'd make a movie. A full-blown epic, with love, action, adventure and thrills. That would really fun to do.
Posted by: Jesse on November 27, 2006
I'd write more songs, spend more time with my ratties and become more of a hippie!!
I've just asked to go part time at work...so I'm a step closer. Yay.
Posted by: Lucinda on November 29, 2006
Hello Simon, I'm the guy that you met in Madrid (Mad Hostel), I know I was a bit drunk deliring about macs and 37signals, just to say hello! and enjoy the rest of your trip.
Regards!
Posted by: Nicolas Orellana on December 1, 2006
