a list might describing you

just discovered a list written by an architect

When you’re an architect …

· you have probably heard all 1,000 songs off your ipod in just one night

· you spend hours looking at & buying arch books but never have the time to actually read them

· you can’t afford your own taste

· CAD is your co-pilot

· your closet is mostly full of black clothing

· there are no people in your travel photos

· you don’t think twice about taking notes on your lunch napkin

· instead of scissors, you use an x-acto knife to cut everything

· you turn impossibilities into possibilities

· folks want free design advice during dinner parties

· you help communities improve their quality of life

· every project has budget challenges

· you will only drive a black, gray, or silver car

· you’ve paid too much for your education, but don’t get paid enough in your job

· CD’s don’t mean money or music

· obsessive compulsive disorder is not a disorder at all… it’s your way of life

· you will go into an off-limit area to look at a construction detail

· you will die an architect, there is no retirement

· you go to the theater and look at the ceiling

· you can buy glossy coffee table books and claim them as a work-related tax expense

· you can live without human contact, sunlight, water or real food for days … but if you can’t plot, that’s bad

· the most important date in your calendar is your next deadline

· paying $200 for a paper lamp seems perfectly normal

· your vacations always become research.

· you stare more at the buildings than the people gathered around them

· you hate the font ‘times new roman’

· you see the sun rise… and set… and rise…

· the statement “It’s only 1 A.M.” seems perfectly reasonable

· you visit an art museum and take pictures of the building

· when you go to a restaurant, you look at the walls, roof, and structure  before you check the menu

· you slice your finger and the first thing you think is “don’t bleed on the model”

· you know CAD, REVIT, Sketch up, 3dmax, Corel, Illustrator, and Photoshop … but struggle with Microsoft Excel

· You often stand in the street looking up - passersby are confused about what you are looking at.

· You rub the outside of buildings and take close up pictures.

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   Feel free to add your own, I’m sure there a many others worth adding to the list. Cheers.

i believe being an architect is not easy, by saying that it's not only referring the 

process but the long term challenging and downside is affecting most of the architects.

especially cannot afford your own taste! it's unacceptable to me...

by describing that clearly, let's make it simple

a fashion designer cannot afford to own himself/herself a dress

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is that sounds kinda sad & ridiculous? 

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being an architect is cool & sexy, i like it very much

i like to do what it's suppose to do

but i hate to be stereotype in every aspects

learning architectures could be a characteristic

it could be a habit

but it doesn't mean to stick with it to do earning in life right?

a lot of times it depends on what do you learn in the progress

and use it wisely in your life

and i'll try to use it in other field before i get back to it

hope it'll eliminate the downsides of being an architect

couldn't afford to do what you wanted to

why not become a client that work closely with architect?

and you'll own what you wanted to and design whatever shit you like