Life Lines: The right thing
Have you ever questioned if you were doing the right thing? Wondered if you were on the right path? Faced an ethical dilemma? Of course. We all have. (RIght? If you haven't, then I want to know your secret!)
This week I realized that I'm doing the right thing, and hopefully I'm making the right choices. But let me back up. Two significant things happened this week. First, I discovered a possible "market" for my design work that I hadn't considered before. If it works, it would be good group of small businesses, plus like a ministry to them. This will now become my primary motivation for (finally!) finishing my website. (I know what you're thinking..."Why doesn't she just finish it already and stop talking about it!" Yeah, yeah.)
The other big thing this week was that I saw a client that I worked with when I worked for my former employer. When he saw me he told me that he wants me to go back to a project that I did. He wants to make it more suitable for a major publisher that might be interested, instead of the 2-color printing that my former employer printed. The possibility excites me.
So here's where we get to doing "the right thing." Is it ethically right for me to do work for this person? After looking at the situation (there are more details than anyone should ever have to consider), I've decided that this will be okay. In fact, I'd like to think that my past employer would agree that I should do this job.
Now, onto the broader, "the right thing." I was reminded this week that when I quit my job, it left a bad taste in my mouth and I had this overwhelming feeling that I shouldn't even be a designer. That maybe God was calling me to something else entirely. Even the classes I'm taking are so that I can get a degree in education. Far different from my original calling. But could it be possible for me to have two callings?
My excitement at the possibility of a new group of clients to reach out to, and talking with a past client, showed me that God is still calling me to design. It's just in a different way that when I was working full time. And I'm still taking classes, because it's very possible that God is calling me to teach. I'm remaining open to Him and His plan for my life. But I know that where I am right now, is the right thing.
Life Lines is a first hand look at life after leaving a full time job and deciding to follow God given passions and dreams.
This week I realized that I'm doing the right thing, and hopefully I'm making the right choices. But let me back up. Two significant things happened this week. First, I discovered a possible "market" for my design work that I hadn't considered before. If it works, it would be good group of small businesses, plus like a ministry to them. This will now become my primary motivation for (finally!) finishing my website. (I know what you're thinking..."Why doesn't she just finish it already and stop talking about it!" Yeah, yeah.)
The other big thing this week was that I saw a client that I worked with when I worked for my former employer. When he saw me he told me that he wants me to go back to a project that I did. He wants to make it more suitable for a major publisher that might be interested, instead of the 2-color printing that my former employer printed. The possibility excites me.
So here's where we get to doing "the right thing." Is it ethically right for me to do work for this person? After looking at the situation (there are more details than anyone should ever have to consider), I've decided that this will be okay. In fact, I'd like to think that my past employer would agree that I should do this job.
Now, onto the broader, "the right thing." I was reminded this week that when I quit my job, it left a bad taste in my mouth and I had this overwhelming feeling that I shouldn't even be a designer. That maybe God was calling me to something else entirely. Even the classes I'm taking are so that I can get a degree in education. Far different from my original calling. But could it be possible for me to have two callings?
My excitement at the possibility of a new group of clients to reach out to, and talking with a past client, showed me that God is still calling me to design. It's just in a different way that when I was working full time. And I'm still taking classes, because it's very possible that God is calling me to teach. I'm remaining open to Him and His plan for my life. But I know that where I am right now, is the right thing.
Life Lines is a first hand look at life after leaving a full time job and deciding to follow God given passions and dreams.
posted by mollie at 9:27 PM
2 Comments:
Congradulations, Mollie.
Sometimes I think God asks us to leap from the airplane and we have to just count on there being a parachute attached. No doubt you'll do well. It takes courage to follow His call...
Hello I have recently done a search with some words and I ended up here. So I am honored to have read your post.
Well, I am starting to believe you can created your destiny as long as you put God first.
Good Luck
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