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- Horp14
Read a few posts here and decided to blog.
Losing jobs, losing the illusion of security. It's not personal it's everybody (not literally everybody)
I dropped out of my career for over a year and for that year it seemed like it was ober and I'd never get back. Not at my age, not with my wildly diverse career path (its not even a path, it's a drunken trampoline park freestyle parkour)
But I got back into my career. I'm not entirely sure I want to be. But I am. Somethong comes up eventually. The world makes use of useful people. Heck, it manages to make use of useless ones so useful ones don't need to fear permanent obscurity.
Maybe go do somethong else for a while. Something more mundane, regular, blue collar daily job stuff. I did and I absolutely loved it.
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Kids and music. My eldest - who back in the day during my time here on QBN was a little toddler who I posted about here regularly, so she was kind of a known entity on QBN when she was 3 - is now nearly 19. She has developed a strong interest in music which as she herself says was directly inspired by my music interests.
She started studying at Manchester Uni this year and has got herself a regular Saturday night slot on Manchester student radio.
There'll only be about 5 people listening, but it is so amazing to tune in every Saturday night to hear my daughter broadcasting on the radio.
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The future.
Everything is changing fast. I'm not sure the design industry will survive in any recogniseable form.
It's good to be fluid and flexible, to not identify so strongly with a specialism and a title. It's no longer possible to lash our lives to reassuring certainty.
- awwwe thats sweetNutter
- and I'm sure you'll find a new job / path you are happy with!Nutter
- The future will be a prompt.utopian
- Good luck. Change is scary. But it's great to be alive. Fight and enjoy!OBBTKN
- Oh, to be clear... I'm working and I'm not in the design industry anymore. Although where I work does habe a design dept.Horp
- Ha, nice to see you back, Horp! I had a look at your new employers' website — are they as cool to work for as their refreshingly swear-y website would imply?Continuity
- "It's no longer possible to lash our lives to reassuring certainty." - Nailed it, unfortunately you need to stay frosty.thenohero
- These are good words I needed to hear!nocomply
- Yo... 'tinuity. Short answer to your Q is no
(Please don't name em here though)
:DHorp - Natch!
Eh ... disappointing, though. I liked the cut of their copywriting jib.,Continuity
- jagara8
A no-politics news/information mental hygiene detox for me until Orange One's inauguration in january.
Tired of that shit. I'm not even American.
- Do it.nb
- Your life will be better and it won’t make one lick of difference to pay attentionnb
- This so much, I use twitter for work and the amount of specifically American right wing crap I see is insane, even after blocking keywords and accounts.kalkal
- We barely knew you.palimpsest
- Me too, all it offers is unnecessary stress and distraction from the important things in life. You start feeling so much better, much more focused._niko
- Practically all my friends are "left-wing", which is why I use X to detoxOBBTKN
- But, yes, X is lately invaded by the same discourse. Damn, but it's fun!OBBTKN
- palimpsest0
"I'm sorry you feel that way."
- bjladams24
Old day catch-ups?
I’ve not been here for a bit.I lost my hearing kind of suddenly and was deaf for about a decade, then a few years ago got a cochlear implant and it’s all back and sound is so beautiful and I connect my brain to anything with bluetooth. I closed down my studio in the US and moved back to NZ and got a little spot on an island at a nude beach and spend my days painting and diving. I teach some figure drawing and work on a few private commissions. It's a slow and calm existence. Besides a twitter account, I’m not on the internet so much these days but do like to check in here and read through and I still recognise a few names.
- That’s amazing!monospaced
- damn! I thought about you this week! how are the kids doing? do you still have that studio?oey_oey
- oh, I just read your post.oey_oey
- :-) kids are all getting older and starting to move out on their own - but keep coming back for laundry and foodbjladams
- just like my brother at 44oey_oey
- so nice to hear from you man.oey_oey
- heyrenderedred
- yobjladams
- sweet :)Gnash
- I'm going through some serious hearing loss at the moment too. Thanks for the uplifts though man. Sounds like some good vibes. I need to visit NZIanbolton
- <3PonyBoy
- Dream lifenb
- Live your best life !d_gitale
- you're not missing much.pango
- damn Ian - feel free to send a note if you need to offload some of that; it can feel a bit lonely and everything is just offbjladams
- Woahhh... a dream life. Great envy. I tried to slow dowbñn, but apparently I still need this crazy life. Enjoy!OBBTKN
- Hey man. Life sounds good in many ways.Horp
- Good for you island boy!milfhunter
- sounds great - literally!Fax_Benson
- Glad your studio is still going, I remember seeing some pics of it when I first got back on here, it looked sweeeet.PhanLo
- srhadden2
Is Paul Logan dead yet?