According to Google search results, hitting pay dirt is getting great riches or discovering something of value.
More simply put its winning the jackpot.
Well this piece of writing is a result of caffeine infused insomnia, tons of unfinished work, surprisingly fast hostel Wi-Fi (lets hope mentioning this here doesn't jinx it) and finally the realization of what "I've hit pay dirt" really feels like.
You know those moments where you're leading up to a solution for a math problem, the sketchy outlook of an English essay, finally getting to understand some physics theory or more so in my context idea-ting for a design concept.
If you ask me to describe it in a Hollywood screenshot, award winning cinematography kind of way then yes, I will paint a very exhilarating picture.
But between you and me, that one moment does feel like a light bulb glowing around your head with the animated "ching". Its that moment where you know what exactly is going to make your project work. How unbelievably amazing or not the idea is takes the secondary position here. The feeling when you get that half baked, promising thought in your head, when you finally get that brainwave is more important.
You don't always get that with every project you know. In my 3 years of design school, I've been there fairly few times. You'd think being a designer in her final year, this moment should come to me more often but you'd be surprised to know that it isn't very often for a designer to get there really.
To me personally, its something to be cherished. It's a short-lived, barely countable in seconds feeling that suddenly makes you see things right.
Which is why I like to describe it in the way Shakespeare describes the falling of an apple from a tree.
It's like that gush of chocolate that flows into your mouth when you take the first bite of a warm chocolate donut.
It's that breeze that refreshes you on a hot summer afternoon.
It's the smell of coffee when you take the first sip.
It's that second of eye contact with your crush.
It's the sight of money in an old wallet you didn't know you had.
That feeling when you cut the first slice of your birthday cake, that feeling when you see your mark sheet and realize you haven't failed, that feeling of sudden happiness when you see the piece of puzzle that solves the whole picture.
It's a comet that you almost saw, the ceiling that you almost touched.
The catch that you were almost going to miss or as my brother would call it, the shoot that almost didn't make it to the goalpost.
Ask me why I make such a big deal out of this?
Because even if you go on to spend nights and days on making the cleanest presentation, the best graphics and the smartest strategy, none of it would've come together if not for that one moment.
And all I want is one of those moments everyday.
More simply put its winning the jackpot.
Well this piece of writing is a result of caffeine infused insomnia, tons of unfinished work, surprisingly fast hostel Wi-Fi (lets hope mentioning this here doesn't jinx it) and finally the realization of what "I've hit pay dirt" really feels like.
You know those moments where you're leading up to a solution for a math problem, the sketchy outlook of an English essay, finally getting to understand some physics theory or more so in my context idea-ting for a design concept.
If you ask me to describe it in a Hollywood screenshot, award winning cinematography kind of way then yes, I will paint a very exhilarating picture.
But between you and me, that one moment does feel like a light bulb glowing around your head with the animated "ching". Its that moment where you know what exactly is going to make your project work. How unbelievably amazing or not the idea is takes the secondary position here. The feeling when you get that half baked, promising thought in your head, when you finally get that brainwave is more important.
You don't always get that with every project you know. In my 3 years of design school, I've been there fairly few times. You'd think being a designer in her final year, this moment should come to me more often but you'd be surprised to know that it isn't very often for a designer to get there really.
To me personally, its something to be cherished. It's a short-lived, barely countable in seconds feeling that suddenly makes you see things right.
Which is why I like to describe it in the way Shakespeare describes the falling of an apple from a tree.
It's like that gush of chocolate that flows into your mouth when you take the first bite of a warm chocolate donut.
It's that breeze that refreshes you on a hot summer afternoon.
It's the smell of coffee when you take the first sip.
It's that second of eye contact with your crush.
It's the sight of money in an old wallet you didn't know you had.
That feeling when you cut the first slice of your birthday cake, that feeling when you see your mark sheet and realize you haven't failed, that feeling of sudden happiness when you see the piece of puzzle that solves the whole picture.
It's a comet that you almost saw, the ceiling that you almost touched.
The catch that you were almost going to miss or as my brother would call it, the shoot that almost didn't make it to the goalpost.
Ask me why I make such a big deal out of this?
Because even if you go on to spend nights and days on making the cleanest presentation, the best graphics and the smartest strategy, none of it would've come together if not for that one moment.
And all I want is one of those moments everyday.
