Anna Kobylec- Milewska.

When an old acquaintance runs into me after years and asks why I chose Polish philology instead of pharmacy, I never know what to say.
That it wasn’t “Polish,” but the Polish studies that were more interesting than the chemistry teacher—and not chemistry itself?

That she stole my soul and left it somewhere he, too, might have been able to reach—but didn’t know how?

That both of them had swirling universes to offer, but it was her story that made the world she showed me seem more captivating?

 

I don’t know.
But I do know this: I’ve always had a deep fondness for densely and intricately arranged matter, capable of creating vast and multidimensional images hovering on the edge of their ordinary meanings.

At that time, it didn’t matter to me whether it was atoms or words.

Both forced me to understand the connections that aren’t visible at first glance—but that make meaning.

 

I chose Polish philology.
My fascination was split between Old Polish literature, cognitive linguistics, and Wittgenstein.
I got lost in the fabric of language.

Staying at the university and becoming a lecturer was out of reach, so instead of school, I chose media work in advertising, marketing, and strategy, all of which need language to segment services and products.

A teenager at home—resenting and struggling to understand the sermons of Piotr Skarga—reminded me that I still love this field, that it’s something one can’t stop loving just because some PhD didn’t work out…

 

It’s the year of our Lord 2025. For a few years now, I’ve been a Polish teacher, a practitioner of business language, and a copywriter.
I regularly participate in courses and training, I continue to improve my qualifications, and I completed postgraduate studies focused on working with students with special educational needs.
I know this is not the end…
Sometimes, when I walk into a school and see fascination in the eyes of children, I wonder whether that time in business wasn’t somehow wasted.
I wonder if I needed it for anything.
I think I did.
It gave me a maturity I wouldn’t have had back then and taught me how to work with people.