Every high school graduate has been asked the question, “what do you do?” at least once, if not a thousand times. This question, as you know, usually is in regards to one’s occupation. The question could actually be stated, “what form of labor do you perform in order to earn some sort of payment in which you can sustain your way of life?” It is the same question, just slightly more complicated.
I have recently been thinking, why do we have to define each other by what we do for a living? Why is our identity associated with our job title as opposed to our personality or unique traits? Can you imagine the looks I would receive if after an initial introduction to someone, I asked them the question, “what makes you, you?” I tend to ask awkward questions to others already, so maybe this should become my new question in initial conversations.
It is especially hard for me to explain to others what I do. I am just going to say it straight up: I do weird things. Some people are doctors and lawyers, others are teachers and coaches, and many people work some sort of an office job. These are some of the jobs Americans do. Do you want to know what I do? I will tell you. I write songs, sing songs, play guitar, teach people about Jesus, record songs, make graphics, update web sites, put together student bands, teach said bands how to play music better, and sometimes make up gross games.
Sometimes people do not get what I do. So, in the spirit of online community, I thought it would be cool to slowly unveil the inner-workings of not only my job, but other things I do in a series of blog-tastic posts. Stay tuned friends.
