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- mort_8
- Kim Kardashian?YakuZoku
- that's one for the books.sarahfailin
- canoe13
- NBQ004
Signs your getting old?
2006 should be 10 years ago :(
- wagshaft7
Layoffs...
It can be soul crushing. It’s crazy how much we can put self worth on employment. That said we all need pay bills and provide for our people.
Reach out to old colleagues and get a coffee (or a beer). You never know what random conversation or connection will lead to a sweet freelance or full time gig. LinkedIn is a waste of time. Not to mention a depressing doom scroll experience. It seems every job posted there has 1000+ applicants. It’s f’ing mad.
- I haven't had to do sales work for years (besides, I don't have the time for it), word of mouth, being attentive to people and responding on time, is the key ;)OBBTKN
- this 100%
not saying Linkedin is a total waste of time, since it has it's uses... but the way to go is reconnecting with old colleagues etc...exador1
- Gardener12
- Nairn6
Food
Went down to Borough Market earlier to have a meet-up with a few friends, some of whom run stalls in there.
Seeing as I was down there, I popped by a place to get some of their absolutely delicious chermoula, as I've not had it for six months or so. My partner popped beside and wanted some bits and pieces too, so insisted on paying and then said to the guy who was weighing out the tub of chermoula I'd asked for "No! Go for the big tub!". I raised my eyebrows at this, seeing how much a small tub cost, but she knows the people down there and has spent a lot of time working there, so I assumed she knew what she was doing.
Anyway, we now have a £25 tub of delicious Moroccan Chimichurri-esque herb marinade, and we're off at the end of the week, so I guess I'm going to be making myself sick on this stuff in the meantime.
I don't mind. It's fucking delicious.
Also, the look on her face when she realised what she'd done was priceless.
- taking notes: chermoula
tnx!uan - If you like Chimichurri, and let's face it - who doesn't? - and you like Levantine or North African food, you'll absolutely love it.Nairn
- Those two are like bacon butties for me - sure, I can make them myself, but they *always* taste better when someone else does it for me.Nairn
- And I'm telling you, i make a mean bacon buttie.Nairn
- Mmmmmmm!monospaced
- taking notes: chermoula
- utopian11
- Horp18
Layoffs...
I haven't been laid off, and I haven't been a designer since about 2006 anyway.
However, I think the whole industry is continuing to shrink dramatically, and the reality is it will never return to the form any of us ever knew.
I leapfrogged my way around the general creative industry for my entire career, and was finally labelled a "brand strategist" until August 2025.
But that role was, by then, patently absurd. I'd paid off my mortgage around 6 years ago and had dabbled, between project commissions, with various things... one of which was driving for money.
I paid the money to undertake the HGV (heavy goods vehicle / trucks) tuition and test.
Got my license, and I now drive trucks. Signed up with an agency and I drive all kinds of trucks for a wide variety of organisations.
I drive for the National Health Service blood donor services, and a national food distributor, and a local business that supplies building materials. Other things will come along. Driving tippers out of quarries, or doing a run to Scotland in a massive rig. I've just got started.
The money is fine. It's less of course, but it's still more than enough.
I like it. It has a physical aspect to it, and it brings an insane amount of new experiences. I drive long distances and see places I've never been to before.
I quit LinkedIn ... about 6 weeks ago I guess. I'm out. I'm ex-creative industries. Life is good.
There's so much else that one can do.
Don't cling on to the idea that you're a designer, or a creative, or an image maker, or whatever.
It can be more exciting being brand new and having it all to learn.
- "I quit LinkedIn"
Not having that self-important circle-jerk in your daily life must be liberating.Continuity - We see you rollin', we likin'...
Enjoy the freedom.Longcopylover - Congrats, Horp, on your continued success. I was laid off with the rest of my team in November. For me, having no job or role in society has been a bummer.nuggler
- Well doneGnash
- +1 @continuity...canoe
- Interesting take.You don't have to give up being an artist or designer though. Those can be life long passions. But 100% agree. It's a big world.falcadia
- +100 Horp. There's a whole world of things out there where creativity still applies. I started a side gig that has evolved into branding vacation properties.aslip
- thanks! and glad things are working out. this is inspirationalSquiddy
- "I quit LinkedIn"
- newcunt24
- I done a painting.
Oil on canvasnewcunt - Love it.Continuity
- <3PonyBoy
- +++PhanLo
- CoolYakuZoku
- You done good!palimpsest
- Dope_niko
- Very niceGnash
- Strong imagestewart
- like it --- and your name_me_
- Its setFax_Benson
- Like it a lot. If I may, how big is it?MrT
- Thanks chaps. Glad you like it :)
MrT, it's 30x40cmnewcunt - I'd like to start doing some bigger ones. I'm new to oil paint but really enjoying itnewcunt
- +1utopian
- +renderedred
- SET!garbage
- https://static0.srcd…garbage
- LoTR IIIpalimpsest
- I done a painting.
- bainbridge9
- He worked at a shoe store and had a hot stay at home wife. And had a daughter smarter than today’s president._niko
- as a kid I never understood why he was avoiding Pegmxhxr
- They weren’t supposed to be poor. Just working class and not rich like the Huxtablesmonospaced
- Roseanne was poor.monospaced
- He's not poor but he works retailbainbridge
- Yeah he had a stable job that supported basic shit. He couldn’t enjoy the high life, but he wasn’t struggling hard.monospaced
- Krassy5
- Had to look that up to confirm, Jesus Christ I didn’t realize he’d gotten so jacked_niko
- part of it is the tiny shirtKrassy
- One of the best and worst drivers in history!fooler
- Too much horse powerOBBTKN
- lol fooler_niko
- For a professional golfer he sure drives like shitcanoe
- https://www.youtube.…utopian
- Asian Tiger Hidden WoodsAQUTE
- https://www.youtube.…neverscared
- The man is rich enough to have a driver and car ready to take him anywhere 24/7. And yet, there he is still flipping carsAkagiyama
- Krassy13
- Krassy12
- YakuZoku10
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