The Importance of Thinking About What You Really Want To Do

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I thought about what I really wanted to do—UX—bemoaning my amateur skill level as a web designer and lack of graphic design ability that I assumed, probably correctly, precluded eligibility for an internship. And then I thought about something my last boss had said:

What’s your greatest skill? Reading and writing. Pursue them—I can’t tell you what context that should be in, I’m no expert, but use your strengths to your advantage, and you will be okay.

In the process of my desultory search for UX and/or web design internships, I stumbled uganda phone number resource onto something called a Content Specialist. This is a category within the field of UX that focuses on writing as the primary skill.

I had found my “in.” I could still be a UX Designer someday, if I want to, and I’m already planning ahead for an intensive in the subject when my current apprenticeship ends. Meanwhile, I love what I do on the job more than most of what I’ve ever done “for fun.” I get to work remotely, make my own schedule, and I’m actually PAID to be creative and analytical.

I had never even considered myself creative, just because I can’t draw and I’m my own biggest critic of my writing, which had led me to neglect it for years. Turns out creativity is something else I have to offer, after all—it was just another blind spot.