What I've Been Up To...

Autographed by the amazing Alex Ross

The Skinny

Since my last post about making 8-bit Plastic Fuse Bead art, things have gotten REALLY crazy @.@ I had a table at the 2013 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), got some consignment contracts, was featured in the September issue of The Pulse Magazine, and had (have) more commission requests than I knew how to handle! I also found a job, lost that job, and gained 2 more. I'm now a business owner AND a driver for the Chicago Lyft community :D

On a more philosophical level, I've learned a LOT about myself. What my health will and won't tolerate, what my mind will and won't tolerate, and what working for a corrupt corporation does to people- namely me. And my soul.

More and more I'm realizing that I need a job with 3 important aspects: Financial significance, emotional significance, societal significance. I need to make decent money (not just booze funds, I mean "hey look I bought a house" funds), I need a job that makes me feel good about what I'm doing, and I need to feel like I'm making a difference in peoples' lives. For the most part, I'm pretty certain that anyone who doesn't like what they do is lacking in at least 1 (if not more) of these categories.

ser·en·dip·i·ty

ˌserənˈdipitē/

noun

1. 1.

   the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

   "a fortunate stroke of serendipity"

   synonyms:

   (happy) chance, (happy) accident, fluke;

I'm not a huge fan of saying "everything happens for a reason". It makes me feel like there's something, somewhere, in control of my fate/destiny besides myself. I do, however, believe in karma. I LOVE making people happy! Despite having some serious, and puzzling, medical conditions, I managed to find something that soothed my mind and soul. I lost my job as a result of the complications, but by then I had built an empire of fans and followers.

Along the way I saw an ad for Lyft. In line with my 2013 resolution to find and redefine myself, I decided it was time to step out of my comfort zone and meet new people. So I did! It was an amazing decision and I have met some incredible people :) My new jobs give me the outlets that NO conventional job/career could, and I'm at peace. 

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