The struggles

Two happy faces on the day of graduation. Moi with my best friend John.

This blog post won't have anything to do with moving and all that jazz. Maybe a little bit, but no... not really.

Since I graduated I've been thinking about what I want to do with my life. Why some people have it relatively easy and others (like me) struggle to get on their life and career path. Sometimes I wish life would come up with some kind of formula to success. But I guess it would be boring to live without all the struggles. A lot of young people struggle to be successful these days. It's somewhat normal. Makes your skin thicker.

My career at the moment is stagnant. I really do wish it was different, but at least I have a lot of time to think about what I really want to do with my life.
When I graduated my first thought was "I want to work in a big corporation and climb the corporate ladder". Well, it didn't happen: the competition to get a job in a big company is tough (even though I had few interviews with big companies). Emigrating (it's what a lot of graduates, at least from my course, did) wasn't an option for me back then (for family reasons).
I started to work in a small family-run business. I love(d) it (I'm still kind of working there), but there's nothing much to do, as it is a small family-run business. I also joined a start-up business for a few months. I liked it there, but the problem was that my boss needed a web designer and not a marketing person (I was already scribbling up a marketing strategy when he came up to me and asked me to build a new website... Not the content of the website, but the actual website. We parted our ways, because he obviously didn't need a marketing person at that moment).

So, to conclude my career so far:
"Big corporation": it just didn't happen. Honestly, now I think I don't really want to work in a big company. Why? Because you're usually just a small fish in a big pond. You might have great ideas, but they are usually left unheard. There's no diversity in big companies. I'd rather be a bigger fish in a small pond. I like when my opinion is heard and considered.

Small businesses and start-ups: I like them. I like the fact that you can keep yourself busy all the time in these environments. You can always be useful in completely different ways: from actual marketing to photocopying (and tea making for yourself and your colleagues :)). That's the way I like it. I don't like wasting my time, I'd rather waste it by reading a good book.

For me, the hardest part is to start. That kick-start that other people might find easy; if not easy then quite thrilling is the hardest part for me. I would love to try freelancing. But how and where to start? I'm figuring it out at the moment. It will take some time, I guess. Better later than never?

People are usually scared of change and I would be lying if I would say I'm not. But I'm emigrating soon, I also always search for the solutions to the problems that arise, so I'm not the worst case scenario when it comes to "scared of change".

I'm still young, maybe I really do need some time to figure all the "secrets of life"? Maybe it will be my key to success?

Little by little, I will sort this out. Somehow.