college buddy

I was still in the same head space. I wasn't unhappy just wanted an answer so bad about what the future will be like will I ever get to do what I love. 

Last week around the 4th of July I started texting one of my college buddies (Chris). As I always say I said I'm doing fine FYI I don't like to share much of what I was feeling during this time as I wasn't sure myself how I was feeling. 

Our conversation went on and my college buddy told me that he hates his job and that they are overworking him and he has no life. And he wants to quit. He was working at a top-notch company at the time. I was surprised he I thought he was happy there as he always wanted to work at that place. 

This conversation got me thinking huh? so even if I get my dream job this is also possible. And it's a well-known fact that most of the time our industry is expected to work crazy hours. but why?

We are creative people don't we have to be in a good mindset to be creative. And more creativity in work means the quality of work improves isn't that good for the studio. I don't get it 

This made me a big problem in the industry I love so much. 

a day after a light bulb a eureka moment.

Why don't we start our own studio with the kind of work environment we like 

NAtalie 

sara 

Startup choice
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Geographical limitations

I graduated from college with big dreams. I was planning to apply to masters or go for an internship at a really cool animations studio. It didn't take long for my dreams to come crumbling down. 

It was not that I'm not good enough I was just born far away from my big dreams. 

One recruitment officer told me " I can higher 10 people from the cost I have to bear to sponsor you a work visa and to offer you a job here".Funny thing is This quote came from the closest industry I had access to. I was not prepared for this. 

All my life I have been a child grew up with the internet I found friends knowledge and opportunities on the internet. I found a full scholarship for my higher education. I even found ways to travel to other countries, made friends around the world, kept in touch with them long after. Some I can even call my best friends. The Internet made me forget the geographical limitations.  

Un till now I never realized the number of geographical boundaries we have in the world.

But still, I didn't give up I applied to a lot of opportunities local and global. I got rejection email after rejection email from the global opportunities I applied. The reason is visa.. specifically work visa. They had nice ways of praising it but it still hurt. 

And local opportunities I went to a few interviews those didn't work out either. 

At this point, I was so frustrated. I didn't know where my life was going I was doing some part-time jobs to earn my living but I was not doing the thing I love. I wanted to just couldn't figure out how.