As you start to walk on the way, the way appears

As you start to walk on the way, the way appears - Rumi

I would like to share a short story from my college days. During our college tech festival, we organized a short film competition. To promote it, we needed to release posters regularly. While posters for other programs were already being launched, we needed daily updates about our event to attract students and participants for at least a few weeks.

As the program coordinator, it was my responsibility to create the posters. Unfortunately, my friends, whom I had asked for help, were all busy with their own programs and couldn’t assist me.

So, I had no choice but to do it myself. I decided to give it a try. I installed Photoshop on my laptop and began working on the poster. This was my first time designing anything in Photoshop — and it was something I had to publish for the entire college. The funniest part was that I had no idea how to use the software! But regardless, I dove in and spent the whole night at my desk. I started with a blank page, experimenting with layers, text, and backgrounds as best as I could. Whenever I got stuck, I called a friend who was good at designing. He guided me over the phone, and after countless corrections and edits, I finally managed to create a decent poster. For me, it felt more than perfect. It was my first design, and the sense of accomplishment I felt was incredible.

I created a Facebook page for the event and continued designing posters for almost a month. In the end, the event was a huge success — the hall was packed with students and participants. A few days after the festival, a friend from another department joked that our event had so many posters on Facebook that he could hardly see anything else!

I smiled at him and took it as a compliment, even though he hadn’t meant it that way. Yes, I had started walking — and the path appeared.