Comments | xenophobe: 3. ??? 4. PROFIT!

xenophobe

3. ??? 4. PROFIT!

Aug 08, 2013 14:27

I feel like I've reached an impasse. Actually I think I've felt like that for the past 8 months. I've been feeling a little lost since I left O Ya. When I started working there I thought a path would be laid out for me (to some extent anyway). When I became dissatisfied there, I felt some serious anxiety about leaving. Like I'm still not sure it ( Read more... )

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poziomka August 12 2013, 02:13:51 UTC

... Lone Star Taco Bar? Could it be that you made me a taco?

xenophobe August 12 2013, 21:31:09 UTC

yeah that's the place, haha. I dunno, I toward the end of July so if you were in after that, it's very possible :)

zojirushi August 12 2013, 16:58:12 UTC

hey, sorry i never responded to your message before, i've been kinda preoccupied lately! but here i am on LJ, looking for COMMUNITY. i do wish this place existed like it used to, in some ways.

"Like there are paths that I'd like to investigate, personally and professionally, that are just out of the question for me right now, because of my financial situation."

what are those paths?

could you not pursue some sort of graphic design gig? that would require working hard in an area you haven't put focus on, at least to get your portfolio up to speed. there seems to be no shortage of design need out there. then you could shop it around here and there while you're working your restaurant thing.

i too get very caught up in fantasies of another work life, one that would leave me with more energy to do what i want to do with my life.........but i guess i'm stuck in a rut as well, trying to figure out what that is. i thought by now i'd have things worked out!

xenophobe August 30 2013, 21:41:47 UTC

dude, i haven't been out of the country. It's nuts. Like that's one of my biggest motivations. I'd love to be in a place financially where I can make decisions based on what I want to do, rather than what I feel like I have to do. Right now I feel sort of trapped, or limited in my options.

I'm gonna be trying real hard at becoming bi-lingual (japanese of course). Besides the obvious benefits, considering my interests and hobbies, it opens up a lot of interesting career paths.

And yeah, you're right about graphic design. I don't know exactly where I'm going to focus, since I always felt I was more suited to motion graphics. I'd probably be really good at doing commercials, or short ad bumps. Something hyper stylized. Eh. Getting back up to speed with Photoshop is gonna be the first thing I guess, 'cause that's never going to not be useful.

What exactly are you doing now?

(Besides taking selfies with funny hats...) :P