Being a Bachelor (Ep6)

Muscle Up

It’s over a month since I have been writing this series and it’s really funny how, I am yet to find a balance on the duration of post. Well, as usual I’ll like to blame it on being busy. That’s the trend of course, nobody takes a blame when it can be easily passed on to something else.

I vividly remember 4/5 years ago when I had this burning passion to pursue a career in advertising, it seemed like the only right thing to do at the time. Although, I didn’t have any prior experience, I was certain I had the skills to patiently learn and go through whatever process to become better at it. I had a burning passion and the next couple of months will see my friends appreciating and always coming to me with advertising related tasks, “you have a future in this thing o” etc

Even though I didn’t entirely know the correctness of what I was doing at the time, it was fulfilling a purpose for those that needed it at the time. So, I continued shouting and charting paths for my “ADVERTISING AMBITION”.

Dreams are valid, everyone dreams but holding onto such dreams on some particular days can be very difficult. Days where you’ll doubt if you chose the right career path or if you’ve ever done anything right your entire life. But, let’s be true, some days you don’t even make sense with your output, this is a constant especially during the formative years.

I am gradually running into 1 year in the industry and nobody prepared me for these experiences (of course, every man for his cross). In an industry where you can easily be a one time wonder, you have to really level up your game because, there are just so many creatives going on rounds of sleepless nights to produce the best work. If you slack, you are on your way to early retirement. So there are so many things I am learning to embrace all at once. If the dream is worth being chased, it is worth bleeding for.

Growing up doesn’t come easy for anyone (well, people say this a lot, so…) not when you are choosing a path for a life time journey. ‘Veteran’ is not just an ascribed titled conferred by age or grey hair alone, plenty years of rising and falling, trying and failing, crying and crying, winning and leading, trying and trying. It’s a mixture with coslaw on some very good days.

I have found solace in one thing, use my spare time to revisit the dreams I have, get inspired by those dreams and keep working. I am learning to accept multiple rejections and still be very happy and enthusiastic to try again and again.

Usually, before I start any work, I fill my head with expectations; the kind of comments I want to get from my Boss, the impression I want to pass and ultimately the public acceptance and how viral it will go, this will also make me accept reworking it over and over again, if need be. I am usually motivated after this mind activity and it helps me give it my best shot. I am still at the verge of breaking through, small small wins hear and there, but I believe the future is promising.

If you ever feel like you aren’t doing a thing right, check your resistance level to pressure and be sure you aren’t just simply refusing to grow. It’s totally okay to be confused at some point or not see the expected level of growth as projected within a specific period. But stopping has never produced a result. Keep running for it. Remember veterans are not made by age or grey hair.

Muscle up and press on. You can’t give up, not when you are so sure, that’s your place.

Ever felt like you choose the wrong career path?

Aseyori Certain.