# 11 Lives

_Published on 4 March 2015 at 7:28 AM · Updated on 1 July 2025 · Around 2 minutes to read_

I have been unsettled in my career for a while and I have been making plans to re-align my skills to get back to living the kind of life I choose to live. It’s easy to want to just stick to what you feel you know, but thats never been me, I always want to challenge myself, learn new things and grow, caring more for the love of the work I do than the salary I earn, despite being piss poor and in a world of hurt financially. So I was surprised to find a really great comic about life, that helped me understand my life cycles.

Basically it talks to the idea that *we have several lives, not one* and it is based on the theory that it takes *7 years to master something*

View the [full length comic](/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/life-comic1.gif)

So for me my lives went something like this …

**Self Discovery: 18 – 25**

I dropped out of college, tried many different jobs, travelled the world, partied hard and eventually decided what it was I wanted to do with my life.

**25 – 32**

I started designing club flyers, then websites, became a multimedia designer, interactive designer and every other name you can think of to describe what turned out to be an interesting life working under the handle ***Digiguru,*** where I got to collaborate with and** design** for a whole variety of clients/brands across the globe.

**32 – 39**

I wanted to use my skills to lead others as a **creative director** at some of the top local agencies including Ogilvy, M&C Saatchi Abel and Black River FC, expanding my skills into to creative strategy, ideation and integrated campaigns.

**39 – 46**

I’m onto my next life, which is looking to return to a more niche discipline, focussed on *user-centered design*, hopefully as a product and *user interface* **design director**. The jury is still out on the title, but I’m excited to get back to a more hybrid role as designer/leader.

***What are you going to do when you die?***

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