fulfillment and satisfaction - getting what you want out of being a designer, PT II

Taking time to fulfill your personal interests, and the whole problem of fulfilment and satisfaction, is something that crosses everybody's mind now and then. The possibility of putting in extra hours in your job obviously takes away from personal development time… However, with the right job we should be able to integrate our personal interests into our work. Easier said than done...

Don’t just do the bare minimum… I remember a fella at Grimshaw's named benny o’looney... He sketched and drew everything to the nth degree. What do I say to that? Don’t succumb to the average, working to the minimum… because that's easy, and nobody ever got anywhere or got anything out of doing the bare minimum. Take it as far as it is willing to go, in every aspect… push the limits of everything. Perhaps by pushing the limits at work, we can to get to that point of integration - personal interests and work life become interconnected.