What Keeps You Awake At Night?

This week my evenings have been spent developing some rockin' CSS skills. If you don't know what CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is, it is behind the scenes code that makes many, if not all, of the websites you visit on a daily basis at look pretty.

Since I've been knee deep in this fascinating part of web design, I'm finding myself laying in bed problem solving instead of catching some Zzzzz's. My brain starts thinking of lines of code to make things look the way I want it to.

It's such a great mix of creative and technical problem solving. And it definitely keeps the mind working and the gears turning. It feels like there's a never ending supply of knowledge out there that my brain just wants to soak up.

Do you have something (besides thinking about the bills to pay, next day schedule, etc.) in your life that keeps you awake at night?

 “If you want to be successful in a particular field or endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities. It’s very important that you find something that you care about, that you have a deep passion for, because you’re going to have to devote a lot of your life to it.” – George Lucas

Inspire Me: Web Design

 

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What a crazy busy week it's been in the office. But it has me in a refreshed mood ready to really start tackling CSS. 

I think the best part of being a designer is the opportunity for creative problem solving. I never thought working with the technical side of creative problem solving would be something I would enjoy. I was very print focused in college and liked playing with different hand-on materials. My brain thought more in paper stock and different folds. I honestly didn't think designing for a computer screen gave you much freedom. 

Boy, was I wrong. It's just a different sort of freedom. It's a freedom to see how far you can stretch the abilities of technology. Instead of dealing with printers, you're dealing with browsers. And just like printers, each one is different. Perhaps one of the reasons why I've been enjoying it as much as I have so far is because of my curiosity for how things work. There's interaction between all the different types of code, how the different browsers work, how a design even becomes a website, different frameworks for building sites, etc. Have I confused you yet? My Pa had no idea what his daughter was talking about when I was chatting with him...

Have you ever kind of just stumbled into something because an opportunity presented itself and found out you really enjoy it? Game changer, isn't it?