homecoming

photo by Tony the misfit

Moving home is a tough decision. Many of my peers understand the desire to save some money, deal with career indecision and get some training. On the other hand, they know it also can mean months wasting away on the couch, getting your laundry done. So when I told my friends “Adios!” as i left for home, I can’t help but feel guilty and a little defeated.

As people are struggling, I’m sitting on the couch with my dog after a delicious 7 hour eating fest. Even though I’m leaving behind a beautiful apartment in hip, fast-moving San Francisco, I have no regrets about this decision. My parents house is in a quiet and solitary town where I can focus on my work with less distraction (not as busy as San Francisco). I’m going to be staying in a beautiful home, with a huge garden. Saving money.

But I refuse to view these three months as a defeat. I will grow and accomplish a lot personally and professionally.

For three months, I’ll be at home at my parents house in Lompoc, CA. I was offered a position at Citrix Online, a company located down the road in a town called Goleta. The company appears to share the same passion I have for User Experience Design, and so I simply could not turn this opportunity to learn UX, work with UXers, and perform the work I plan to pursue as a career.

Oh yeah and home made Chinese food every night ain’t bad either.

I hope you’ll stay with me and wish me luck!

see it not as a sign of defeat. but rather as an opportunity to grow in ways that are only available in this situation: develop an intimiate grown up person relationship w/ your parents, figure out what needs to be saved in a box and what can be thrown away, fine tune your gardening skills to bring back to the city, learn to cook chinese food and feed me when you return, take some rural all american photograhy, meditate… the possibilities are endless!

i hope you are enjoying your time.