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    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.

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    • 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)
      :D      Horp
    • Natch!
      Eh ... disappointing, though. I liked the cut of their copywriting jib.,      Continuity
    • They're very clear on their vision for the business, but the money isn't coming from that. Not yet. Young, punchy, chaotic as heck :DHorp
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