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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When I found out I had gotten Challenge Detroit, a part of me felt that I was living in a surreal dream. The dream-like state might have also been because I was sleep deprived from working on my studio terminal project all week long. \u00a0On that morning I was running late for a group project and I remember standing in the hallway reading my email and then having to re-read it about ten times before it even sank in – I\u2019m going to Detroit.<\/p>\n
To fully understand why this move is so momentous, you have to know a few things about me first:<\/p>\n
a.) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Being an architect and working in Detroit are goals of mine that have gone hand in hand since as far I can remember.<\/p>\n
b.) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m an introverted homebody who loves Wisconsin\u2026moving across the country again in the past two years is a big deal for me. \u00a0Moving to a major city – really big deal.<\/p>\n
Now as the dust of finishing grad school, moving from Oregon and saying goodbye to a summer in MN has finally settled, I have been thrust back into the wild world of being \u201cnew in town.\u201d \u00a0This title comes with a series of firsts, as well as new experiences. First time living in a big city, first time making a MI left, first time on a high ropes course, new job at a dream company, new apartment, 41 incredible and inspiring new friends and the list could go on and on.<\/p>\n
This title also comes with a lot of fear and doubts: where do I belong in this city, what difference can I make or is it my place to do so, what is my role as a designer in Detroit and the greatest fear of all: what if I fail?<\/p>\n
Sometimes self-doubt can be crippling and create a negative environment and the old me might have wallowed in those fears for a while. \u00a0However, since coming here I have gained the biggest and best support system of my fellow fellows I could have hoped for. \u00a0Being \u201cnew in town\u201d still does scare me and truthfully probably always will. \u00a0If I have learned one thing from my short month of living in Detroit is that whether you have lived here all your life or moved here from far away, I have never met a community more caring, more loving or more passionate about the place they call home.<\/p>\n
I have a lifetime of knowledge yet to learn about Detroit; its buildings, its people, and its communities.\u00a0 I hope you join me on my journey.<\/p>\n
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