"What, what is it?" I asked.
"Oh, it's nothing, I just forgot about how there's a "smart Sacha" too."
I was out with a friend the other day trying a new café and as we were talking, the subject bounced around substantially between projects, ideas, events, and other goings-on in our lives. There was much to be caught up on, not just because plenty of time had elapsed since we had seen each other, but because it seemed that each of us was, at least in terms of ideas and energy, working on a lot of things at once. Between projects being worked on in the real world to entrepreneurial ideas in the city and building experience in our fields in whichever ways we could, my friend was taken aback by the idea that sometimes I actually do go to class, that I study for a master's degree, and that on some level, I understand political theory. I'm not just Sacha the Blogger, but Sacha the Thinker ("lawl", I think to myself, writing that as I have) as well. It was an "aha!" moment of realizing that I might possibly have it in me to be a multifaceted person, the kind that wakes up early in the morning and has a wide array of professional endeavors to provide both meaning and sustenance to life. For my chilly, pragmatic demeanor, it was a rare glimpse of unbridled optimism.
So the point, then, is that perhaps in the midst of being concerned about working prospects, whether due to reasons of economic crisis or generational hurdles, with an open and active mind and a spirit open to taking on new projects wherever possible, things can happen. You can register the domain and work on the project and bounce ideas around with friends and, who knows, perhaps one of them will stick and you'll bring it to fruition. Perhaps your design work will lead to freelancing which will lead to consistent clients who will refer you to a studio, or at the very least, help you build your portfolio so that you can start your own. Perhaps the colleagues you're befriending really do like your ideas or find you to be a legitimate part of the program and might know someone who knows someone else who can refer you to the lead for interning as a political analyst after all, perhaps your associate knows someone who can help you secure the legal documents you need to reside legally for enough years to be considered a real immigrant, perhaps studying your little side endeavors might lead to ideas that bear real fruit with just a little bit of application after all. When my friend commented on the number of ideas I had, I recoiled and said no, not at all, I feel like I don't have enough, especially not enough that are bringing in the results I want just yet. But perhaps with the right energy, in due time, they will. That seems to be the place I'm at, lazy millenial or not, and I think we could all learn something from it. I'm working on it.
"Oh, it's nothing, I just forgot about how there's a "smart Sacha" too."
I was out with a friend the other day trying a new café and as we were talking, the subject bounced around substantially between projects, ideas, events, and other goings-on in our lives. There was much to be caught up on, not just because plenty of time had elapsed since we had seen each other, but because it seemed that each of us was, at least in terms of ideas and energy, working on a lot of things at once. Between projects being worked on in the real world to entrepreneurial ideas in the city and building experience in our fields in whichever ways we could, my friend was taken aback by the idea that sometimes I actually do go to class, that I study for a master's degree, and that on some level, I understand political theory. I'm not just Sacha the Blogger, but Sacha the Thinker ("lawl", I think to myself, writing that as I have) as well. It was an "aha!" moment of realizing that I might possibly have it in me to be a multifaceted person, the kind that wakes up early in the morning and has a wide array of professional endeavors to provide both meaning and sustenance to life. For my chilly, pragmatic demeanor, it was a rare glimpse of unbridled optimism.
So the point, then, is that perhaps in the midst of being concerned about working prospects, whether due to reasons of economic crisis or generational hurdles, with an open and active mind and a spirit open to taking on new projects wherever possible, things can happen. You can register the domain and work on the project and bounce ideas around with friends and, who knows, perhaps one of them will stick and you'll bring it to fruition. Perhaps your design work will lead to freelancing which will lead to consistent clients who will refer you to a studio, or at the very least, help you build your portfolio so that you can start your own. Perhaps the colleagues you're befriending really do like your ideas or find you to be a legitimate part of the program and might know someone who knows someone else who can refer you to the lead for interning as a political analyst after all, perhaps your associate knows someone who can help you secure the legal documents you need to reside legally for enough years to be considered a real immigrant, perhaps studying your little side endeavors might lead to ideas that bear real fruit with just a little bit of application after all. When my friend commented on the number of ideas I had, I recoiled and said no, not at all, I feel like I don't have enough, especially not enough that are bringing in the results I want just yet. But perhaps with the right energy, in due time, they will. That seems to be the place I'm at, lazy millenial or not, and I think we could all learn something from it. I'm working on it.
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