Going Where the Melody Leads…..
Why did it take so long?  Do I really want to do this?

By Bernard Suber
Licensed 2020

The path to licensure is unique to each of us.  It can be relatively straightforward, move in fits and starts, be a winding journey, filled with personal tragedy, or motivated by spiritual forces you feel but do not see.  Our journeys are filled with doubt, exhaustion, confidence, surprise, anger, joy, confusion, and relief.  Life happens.

My journey was filled with avoidance and fits and starts.  But why?  I was an architecture major throughout college and continuously worked in the architecture field for my entire career, yet I did not even begin tracking IDP hours until 10 years into my career.  I have served on numerous boards of architecture-centric organizations, held leadership positions in many, and created many architecturally focused programs to serve others.  I have been immersed in architecture day after day.   Yet it still took me almost 20 years to get licensed.