Oh joy.

With a title like that, you know you’re in for a treat. This weekend was spent in the cuspid of joy and relaxation, without cares and troubles just rolling down beer bottles like beads of perspiration. Which always makes me inspired and meditative, mostly about the meaning of joy. Oh, you shouldn’t question joy, some might say, but not I. I accept joy, obviously but I also want to know how to integrate the feeling into everything I do, including work, fixing that odd noise in my steering wheel and housecleaning duties. Well, it seems to me the integrating isn’t all that hard, there are things we are meant to do, some of them may be small, but all of them mean something to someone and will in turn change others. My profession is very obvious about it, we can have our work in front of millions of people in a few seconds, and out there for everyone to delight on the sugar-free flavors of eye candy.

That brings joy into my career, that is why charging was an issue from the start, sure I want to make money, but I understand what design means to me, as a medium, as a way to communicate myself. I think mostly I charge for the hassle of dealing with a client, cause the work is rarely impossible to do. I think we can all find joy in our lifes, all the time, in many different ways. Someone to hold, someone who will make a brownie for you, playing a game all day, watching a good movie, drinking a nice beer, I never want to take happiness for granted.

Will I ever stay on subject?