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The future?
Mar. 22nd, 2022 05:55 pmI went out to the second industry event in two years today. Yesterday, I went to the first.
I hadn't been keen on them in 2018/2019. I kept feeling like I just didn't want to interact with people, or to flick the switch in my head that puts me into social mode. When ever I went to one, I expected myself to be sociable and go hang out with the "cool kids", but I just couldn't drag up the enthusiasm for it.
Here's the thing though. I have stuff to contribute. At yesterday's event I asked a question and then the forum leader and 2 other people came to talk to me afterwards about my perspective and contribution. And today, I failed to ask my question/put my point of view at the event and now I'm sort of busting to write a blog post in response to the topic.
If I genuinely want to change the world using my professional skills, I have to engage in this industry stuff and I probably need to make the connections that I can make at these sort of events.
My work is currently a thing I do when I feel like it, usually for 2-3 days a week and less than 6 hours each day. It's pretty comfy, but it doesn't involve much personal growth or learning. I do what I do really well and I don't make the time to stretch that. I wonder if I need to go out to industry things, to push myself to look outside of the stuff I'm already really good at?
I hadn't been keen on them in 2018/2019. I kept feeling like I just didn't want to interact with people, or to flick the switch in my head that puts me into social mode. When ever I went to one, I expected myself to be sociable and go hang out with the "cool kids", but I just couldn't drag up the enthusiasm for it.
Here's the thing though. I have stuff to contribute. At yesterday's event I asked a question and then the forum leader and 2 other people came to talk to me afterwards about my perspective and contribution. And today, I failed to ask my question/put my point of view at the event and now I'm sort of busting to write a blog post in response to the topic.
If I genuinely want to change the world using my professional skills, I have to engage in this industry stuff and I probably need to make the connections that I can make at these sort of events.
My work is currently a thing I do when I feel like it, usually for 2-3 days a week and less than 6 hours each day. It's pretty comfy, but it doesn't involve much personal growth or learning. I do what I do really well and I don't make the time to stretch that. I wonder if I need to go out to industry things, to push myself to look outside of the stuff I'm already really good at?
