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 âWhat do you want to be when you grow up?â
This probing question is not just for youngsters. In our Creative Thinking Workshops, we hear people in their 30s, 50s or even 70s ask themselves the same question. A sense of stuckness leaves a yearning for more responsibility, new scenery, a new role, a side hustle, or a different career altogether.
They are asking,
âHow can I use my creative thinking to design a life where I can thrive at any age?â
I too asked myself this question several years ago as I contemplated a transition out of a long and fulfilling career as a professional architect. I had spent two and a half decades studying and practicing architecture. It had been a satisfying journey but I was ready for a change.
Could my training and experience in design thinking help me craft a new path? Can life can be approached like an architectural design problem?
The answer was a definitive 'yes.'
I found many of the practices and principles I learned as an architect helped me to...
When I was about eight years old, I started my first journal. It was a squat, little book with a puffy cover, plain pages and a lock and key. I loved capturing my thoughts on paper, documenting events of the day, articulating prayers, and writing out ideas. Since then, Iâve kept a journal for most of my life. At school I won a writing competition and had a piece published in a local story compendium. However, it was not until recently that Iâve truly recognised writing as a passion of mine.Â
A passion is a strong enthusiasm for something. It makes you feel alive. It âsparks joyâ for you. Itâs something that you donât get bored of; on the contrary, it often grows stronger over time. Your passion could be for a particular subject matter (e.g. music, birds, or prayer), a sense of mission (e.g. to clean up local rivers and parks), solving problems (e.g. developing low-cost medical supplies), or for people (e.g. children, single mothers, or prisoners.)
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