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Non-Career Advice: Huy Bui.

Non-Career Advice is a series that asks people - young, old, and in a range of occupations - for words of wisdom unrelated to work, career-building, dollars, or getting ahead.

Name: Huy Bui/ Architect + Designer 
Also: Dog lover / plant whisperer / co-owner of An Choi

There's beauty in every season. "I've learned that everything in life has its seasons and its micro life-cycles — our moods, our emotions, our relationships, our careers. Everything is constantly moving and evolving. Accepting that has helped me; it's made the more challenging times in my life a little easier to understand, and I'm more open to change and surprise. I think back to being 21, and I think I'd tell myself: you may feel like shit now, but it's okay. That's part of the process. Nothing is forever — there's another season just around the bend. We all operate according to our  own timing. I understand now that we need to experience the harder things and be patient and trusting when it comes to getting to whatever's next. Winter has its purpose — the freeze needs to happen for the plants to bloom in the spring."

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Thanks so much, Huy. More from the Non-Career Advice series, here.  Photo by Emily Johnston (from our Freunde von Freunden feature this past winter).

10 comments:

  1. Wonderful advice, and something I would want to tell my younger self, too.

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  2. Oh gosh so beautiful :) Sometimes when I'm down I try and convince myself it's awesome because the next stage will be up!

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  3. Love this series! It is so nice to have a break from the career advice/goals that we so often hear. It is nice to be reminded about what is really important:)

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  4. Beautiful words.

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  5. Thank you so much for this, Huy.

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  6. Excellent! One of my favorites in one of my favorite series. I've probably told you that before, but you deserve to hear it again.

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  7. Thank you all, and thank you, Huy!

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  8. Shoko! thank you for having me ... here's a quote that i just found the other day ...

    Live in each saosn as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of the Earth. - Henry Thoreau

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  9. Thank you so much again, Huy — I love that. Beautiful.

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