Going Round and Round
Since writing my last posting, I’ve changed my mind on a few things, and furthered my thinking on others. Hence, this time instead of “getting carried away”, I’m “going round and round”. All in the effort to pursue my dream.
After reconsidering school in Milan, I also decided to re-look at a few other options I have had in mind since finishing my degree. One of them is an internship program through an organization based in Calgary called Westlink. It’s self-stated purpose is “to facilitate communication, collaboration and technology development and commercialization in Western Canada”. Unfortunately, to go back to one of my former points, my timing was off. I missed the deadline for application by almost a month. Fortunately, I know the president of Westlink. While that still wasn’t enough to squeeze me into the program this year (of which I respect and am actually grateful for), it was enough for me to find a new focus for my career.
In keeping with my efforts to see how concise I can be, I won’t go into detail about why finding a focus for my post-undergraduate career has been so difficult, although I could indeed talk at length about it. The main thing is that now I know there actually is a “field” of professionals out there that seek the same kind of answers and connections as I have. They just don’t call themselves designers.
So, because I don’t know much about these people, and what they do, I’ve taken it upon myself once again to take another trip out of the city for a conference. This time though, I don’t need to go as far as Monaco. In fact, I don’t need to leave the country. Come tomorrow morning, I’ll be in the middle of Canada: Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Just a few other updates to end this short and concise posting (Tim smiles that he was able to do this):
Edmonton’s biggest salsa event (www.spiceproductions.ca) kicked off on June 15th with salsa superstars from all over North America, and I got to be in one of the performances with Salsaddiction. The night of performances was mixed array of excitement, dance politics, and confusion, but nevertheless worthwhile. The real joy for me came from social dancing at the end of the night and driving home a friend’s Jeep. Don’t ask.
This past week, I was officially included in my company’s plan to revise our engineer drawing standards. For once, it actually felt good to be assigned more responsibility and be given the opportunity to show my abilities as a designer. Odd that it should come at a time when I am thinking about my next step after this job though.
And just for kicks, add two more characters to my workplace experience: Jerry Seinfeld and Frodo.
After reconsidering school in Milan, I also decided to re-look at a few other options I have had in mind since finishing my degree. One of them is an internship program through an organization based in Calgary called Westlink. It’s self-stated purpose is “to facilitate communication, collaboration and technology development and commercialization in Western Canada”. Unfortunately, to go back to one of my former points, my timing was off. I missed the deadline for application by almost a month. Fortunately, I know the president of Westlink. While that still wasn’t enough to squeeze me into the program this year (of which I respect and am actually grateful for), it was enough for me to find a new focus for my career.
In keeping with my efforts to see how concise I can be, I won’t go into detail about why finding a focus for my post-undergraduate career has been so difficult, although I could indeed talk at length about it. The main thing is that now I know there actually is a “field” of professionals out there that seek the same kind of answers and connections as I have. They just don’t call themselves designers.
So, because I don’t know much about these people, and what they do, I’ve taken it upon myself once again to take another trip out of the city for a conference. This time though, I don’t need to go as far as Monaco. In fact, I don’t need to leave the country. Come tomorrow morning, I’ll be in the middle of Canada: Winnipeg, Manitoba.
…
Just a few other updates to end this short and concise posting (Tim smiles that he was able to do this):
Edmonton’s biggest salsa event (www.spiceproductions.ca) kicked off on June 15th with salsa superstars from all over North America, and I got to be in one of the performances with Salsaddiction. The night of performances was mixed array of excitement, dance politics, and confusion, but nevertheless worthwhile. The real joy for me came from social dancing at the end of the night and driving home a friend’s Jeep. Don’t ask.
This past week, I was officially included in my company’s plan to revise our engineer drawing standards. For once, it actually felt good to be assigned more responsibility and be given the opportunity to show my abilities as a designer. Odd that it should come at a time when I am thinking about my next step after this job though.
And just for kicks, add two more characters to my workplace experience: Jerry Seinfeld and Frodo.
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