I thought I would share a message I received. It is from one of the WordPress gurus, Judi Knight, that I follow as a resource. The message is clear for any person, though.

Hi There Fred Prasuhn,

As a psychologist, I’ve always been interested in how people end up with the life that they have. I love to look at the twists, turns, things that happened and the decisions that were made that took them to where they are today.

A few years ago, I did a keynote speech at WordCamp Asheville and I started it off with the music from the Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime.

“And you may find yourself

Living in a shotgun shack

And you may find yourself

In another part of the world

And you may find yourself

Behind the wheel of a large automobile

And you may find yourself in a beautiful house

With a beautiful wife

And you may ask yourself, well

How did I get here?”

Remember that song?

It seems that not many people start out and maintain a linear career path, especially in the web design field.

I certainly didn’t set out to be a web designer. You probably already figured out that where I am today wasn’t at all predictable.

After selling a software company I started with my ex-husband, I found myself dishing out marketing and business advice to my friends in our local coffee shop and since I had a couple of WordPress sites, I’d be singing the praises of this new web technology and people wanted to pay me to work with them.

And a few short years later, me- a nobody was organizing a WordCamp and had MattMullenweg’s American Express Card in my pocket for the weekend. And I asked myself, “How did I get Here?”