I have struggled a lot since leaving the classroom about loosing my identity as a web educator.  A lot of how I saw myself and put myself forward to others was wrapped up in being a teacher of web design and development.  Hearing this message has helped release quite a bit from this bond of being tied to this identity.  Even more, it has helped release me from my identity as a web designer in general.

A lot of my time is spent doing web design, either for Blackboard, or for Wide Sky, or for other friends and family.  I am realizing that part of the reason for this is that I identify myself as a web designer and therefor feel obligated to spend so much of my time doing web design.

As I begin to let go of these identities and find more of my identity in my relationship with God, I find a great peace and don’t feel so bad about spending less time doing web design and more time doing other things I am called to.