The Contour of Luxury Fall/Winter 2018 | Page 369

Petrit Husenaj Petrit Husenaj When I was younger, I felt that that you you needed When I was younger, I felt needed to do one one thing and and stick to it. people to do thing stick to I it. saw I saw people that that were accountants, designers, marketers were accountants, designers, marketers and and they they stay stay in the same field their entire in the same field their entire lives. That really depressed me. me. After college lives. That really depressed After college I figured I’d I’d just just stay stay in in advertising my my I figured advertising entire life. life. A few years into into it I it noticed a a entire A few years I noticed change with people similar to my age. I I change with people similar to my age. recognized that that some of the most successful recognized some of the most successful people had had their hands in multiple business, people their hands in multiple business, working full full time during the the day day and and having working time during having a side hustle and and night or the weekends. a side hustle night or the weekends. Petrit Husenaj Petrit Husenaj The The need to create. I’m I’m an artist and and a chef. need to create. an artist a chef. After years of of catering, painting, graphic After years catering, painting, graphic design I finally figured out out a way to incorporate design I finally figured a way to incorporate the the two two passions that that I truly love. For For me me it’s it’s passions I truly love. not not just just creating a spread. It’s It’s researching creating a spread. researching the the ingredients, finding out out what’s fresh, ingredients, finding what’s fresh, going to the farmers market, grocery store, going to the farmers market, grocery store, online to see what I can create. Spending online to see what I can create. Spending time with my my clients to to figure out out what time with clients figure what influences them, inspires them and and comforts influences them, inspires them comforts them. them. Petrit Husenaj Petrit Husenaj Honestly, it’s it’s believing in myself. Knowing Honestly, believing in myself. Knowing that that I had a talent and and vision and and executing I had a talent vision executing it. What I do I do is not for for everyone and and I get it. What is not everyone I get that. So So if I if can’t work something out out with a a that. I can’t work something with prospective client it’s it’s fine. I know that that My My prospective client fine. I know vision has has not not changed and and maybe we we will will vision changed maybe work together in the future. work together in the future.