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| Cubicle Canyon |
ago this week I escaped from the mind numbing, backstabbing, good old boy
network of corporate life. Left the drab, monotonous, grey, flat and
fluorescent lit walls of the soulless box that housed all the workers.
Windowless rooms, endless inane meetings that endured while my heart and
soul yearned to be outside, feeling the wind, getting dirty and learning and
exploring something I actually cared about.
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| Suzanne Mathia, CISR, CPCU |
That nice little paycheck helped me raise 2 fine boys as a single Mom and for
that I am thankful. Once the boys were off on their own and it was just me I
really began to analyze what I was doing and why I was doing it
In April of 2010 I took my second, 14 day trip down
the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. I looked at those canyon
walls and realized I was working in the wrong place.
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| Nankoweap |
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| Glen Canyon |
building slowly but purposefully for the last year or more.
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| Canyon X |
I had a big
new MAC computer built that would last me for many years to come. I
worked tirelessly on my photographic portfolio. Honed my skills, explored
my vision, learned as much technical information as I could. I absorbed,
books and webinars, classes and workshops. I travelled alone, I travelled
with other photographers that I admired. During the day in those grey souless canyons of cubicles I dreamt of the day that I could truly live my life. It became harder and harder to put on the corporate mask. I would hang prints of my images on those drab walls in an effort to take me back to the places that I loved so much. It only served to remind me that I was further away.
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| Antelope Canyon |
Although I have been a photographer for
most of my life, the decesion to try and do it for a living did not present
itself till now. I sometimes wish I had made this jump 20 year
earlier…but as all things in life, there is a season, as now this was
mine.
such a boost to me then and continues to this day. My friends and former
colleagues in corporate world watched my escape and growth with joy and envy. I
sometimes felt as if I was doing this for them too!
regret my decision..NO! I had to re access my priorities. A big house?
Pool? Manicures? Fancy clothes? None on these were necessary now and were
standing in the way of my progress. Once I let go…I was free.
