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Take Two

This post is my entry for June’s IndieWeb Carnival, hosted by Nick Simson.

Another great and reflective theme for the IndieWeb Carnival. While I don’t subscribe to regrets, there are several things I might try differently if I could go back in time.

I’ve been fortunate to have a great career path and work with great people, but it was never the career I envisioned. That’s because I don’t think I had a clear vision rooted in something I was passionate about. It wasn’t until I matured in both career and life that I realized a career as a designer (more specifically, an architect) would have been fulfilling. I’ve cared about all types of design my entire life, but never connected how deeply architecture resonates with me. One “take two” would absolutely be to focus my formal education on design and pursue a career as an architect.

Also, as I’ve written about before, this blog is a bit of a “take two” for my online writing. Consolidating my writing just this one blog (vs. three separate ones) has been a great feeling. Sometimes a second take isn’t due to a mistake made during the first take. Sometimes the second take is about gaining new perspective by trying something again or doing it differently.

This post would become longer than I have time to write if I listed out all the “takes” on life that have evolved into second, third or fiftieth iterations to the current perspective I embrace today. One of the beautiful things about being human is you have the opportunity to grow and evolve in any multitude of ways, so long as your outlook is that not all change is bad and you reserve yourself the right to always “take two” your thinking on any stance at any time.