I was flattered this past week, and it felt good. I took some work on that I had thought was
behind me, and it was fine - not special, or insightful except that it required
a degree of focus to do well. That in
itself was a nice change from what I’m doing normally, but what will stick with
me is the discussion around some original future work ideas.
A colleague and I discussed what a 2.0 version looked like
for something we both knew well. I had
some ideas that I’ll admit must have been latently pent up in my head, as I’d
certainly never given them voice before.
But once the cork was popped, it kept flowing. And that “original
thought’ was stimulating. It was a
needed intellectual release, and to be recognised for it by someone I respect
was very nice.
I can’t speak for anyone other than myself, but lately my
brain has been tied into spikey little knots by the ‘trumpetting’ than seems
relentless in the news cycle. It’s the
oozing sore that will be with us for a number of years I fear and like any well
designed reality show, it’s hard to take your eyes and ears away. So the chance to do that, to think deeply
about matters that are not politics and are complex was viscerally satisfying.
We don’t often gain fulfillment from our work, but when it does
happen - it’s quite good isn’t it ? Sure beats reading twitter lately.
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