What’s Next?
by jay
Three years ago, at 24, I got married and bought a house in the suburbs.
Two (and 1/2) years ago I quit my job in downtown Chicago, started my own company, and co-founded a hackerspace (and worldwide space blimp competition) with a few friends. I also started brewing beer, which I consider to be one of the best hobbies I’ve ever taken on.
A year (or more) ago I became co-owner of a video game company and started working with a great group of people at IGDA Chicago (who I would later become a board member with).
This year, at 27, I’ll be having my first child. Having a child will be my biggest responsibility and undertaking to date, but I can’t help wondering: what else am I going to do?
The question haunts me. The idea of being comfortable with where I’m at is frightening. Many of my friends and family talk about retirement; about reaching some comfortable age where they’ll stop working and start enjoying life. For me, my work is part of who I am… it is the way I enjoy life. Yet the idea of doing the same work — of not creating or innovating — is unacceptable.
So, what now? What comes next?
That's easy: whatever you choose to do. Read the lean startup and make something (oh, and help me make GAMESbrief into something too)
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