What do you do?

It’s an odd question.

“What do you do?” requests that you find a widely-understood box to climb into. Ideally, a favourable box, so that the person asking the question can make an ‘impressed’ noise.

But maybe you don’t fit into a box.

Hopefully you don’t fit into a box.

Hopefully you don’t choose your box based on how you might answer this question.

Hopefully your satisfaction comes from more than the ‘impressed’ noises of strangers.

Hopefully you realise that designing a life you love is far more rewarding than attempting to measure up to those who were only making polite conversation in the first place.

Do you, friend.