Adieu Foutaise!
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Oh boy.. I feel enlighted. I woke up this morning. First thing that came across my mind is: IM SICK OF DOING THIS SHIT.
Im getting out of design. Dont know for how long. Dont know what Im gonna do next.. Im only 22, bin doing it since I was 16-17. hate doing it 80% of the time. And that 20% is not worth the rest.
I'm sick of devoting my waking life to my job. I miss having a life.
This is my last day on Newstoday. Im gonna sheild myself from anything design-related for a while. It's been a lot of fun posting here. Met a lot of fantastic and talented people. Made a lot of friends. Best of luck in your career guys!
- Seph0
good luck, go live your life !
- ********0
err.... are you sure? i had those moments too.
should we scrap you from the Methodic list as well?
:'(
- tank0
tu quitte avec votre travail.well that was my best french...good luck;and i can understand your feelings.live long and prosperous
- Redmond0
Moi aussi j'en ai ras-le-bol! Let's go to New-York and become expensive coke-whores.
- OBBTKN0
All of us think every day on make another think not involved with design...
But... here we are... Ce´st la vie!!
Whores & beer... the solution!!!
Saludos y arriba el ánimo, mañana será otro día.
- pascii0
enjoy! we wait for you here - in the vault....
- unknown0
ok Montreal : speak to you tommorrow morning :)
just kidding
doing this since the age of 16... i think that's part of the problem.. i've always and will always say : like these hyper student clones that are full on at 18/19 y.o.. that's no good.. when i was 16 i was into games, yes, but not design.. i don't know..it just doesnt make any sense.. u need to feel things.. not to start right on at the age of 17 witrh photoshop and flash ..
u need time, u need freedom, exactly, like u said : feeling who you are and what you want to do without the Big 'web desing dream' in your back all the time.. i'm sorry i haven't got the words to explain myself..
but how can u be 'mature' (in design.. ) when u have been doing one thing since the age of 16, and only one thing where u 've tried to succeed.. ?
I'm 32 almost.. I've stared 'design' on the very first Apple Mac out there doing logo work and DTP.
Then i stopped, started agin in England, freelance, then stopped again, started again on the web this time, a bit of 3 d too.. then stopped again, started again full on about 4 years ago with all the web tools and stuff..
but i'll probably stoop again..
my point is during 10 years i've stopped many times, i've lived in 5 different countries (not travelled : lived..) and i've tereid billions of things like car wash, factory work in Oz, Diving instructor in Thailand and toursit spammer in Brazil..
you can't JUST live with desing when you're too young for it. you need oxygen , space, meeting lots of people, seeing and reading lotrs of things..
if u don't then you'll get bored, you'll get common like this HyperIsland mofos doing these supa cool scandinavian supa sharp little sites .. but once you've seen one .. you've seen them all.. and today the problem is all the kids think they are gonna do it, and they just need a bit more technique...
i think like any other desing, it takes years, it takes a lot of different things to live for a nd by design, and certainly your school is gonna help, but it's never gonna make a designer out of you...
Because the graphic design industry and the web design are fields where noone seems to see the limits and the rules, everyone feels like yes i could do it..but one day you obviously feel like : no.. i can't..
now i wish u lots of luck and i'm sure you'll be back, someday..
what's important now is : HAVE A FUCKIN' great time , enjoy yourself !!
- Mimio0
Go travel or become a mail carrier or something.
- unknown0
SamDam,
Thanks a lot for taking the time for writing all that. I think you are right on many levels.
The job I have right now is what I dreamed of, and worked hard to get to. I dont know if this is a just a burn-out or something.. But I just dont feel like doing it anymore. My teenage life was spent working and I do feel like I need to experience more in life.
SamDam, I really wish I had the life you had.
ps. I still have 6 months on my contract. Dont know what to do :(
- unknown0
Oh! and to 4cy, ok_static and the rest of the Methodic crew. You guys are the best. I got your addy, you got mine. As for the project, I'll check in from time to time. You guys rock
so hard!
- ********0
luv yer way, Monty!
get your life on track, all the best!!!
- ********0
Bonne chance dans tout ce que tu entreprendra mec!
- mayo0
noooooo! i need my monkey!!!
*sniff sniff
come back soon and keep in touch.
:(
*sniff sniff
You just made a midget cry! hope you can sleep at night >:(
*big hug of love
I'll email you babe
- mayo0
are you still going back to the motherland after your contract?
- chokethefat0
Montreal..u r for real? man even if u quit design ns hit, u gotta still hang out here with us!!
6 more months to go at work..well hang on tight man, i'm planning to come down to montreal end of the yr..we'll party party n party! then u'll get ur design drive/thrill power back..tiens bon mon gars, on est toujours jeune et la vie nous promets plein d'trucs.. yoohoo..a +, mon ami
- unknown0
Hi Mayo! Yes, That's plan A!
Hey Thierry! Alors comment ca ete le "get-together" avec les gars de NT hier?
- chokethefat0
hey Montreal, c'etait bien, il y avait que 9 d'entre nous..mais on a passe un bon moment a se connaitre, discuter d'tout et d'rien..hey, essaie d'venir la prochaine fois.. des vacances te feront surement du bien..a +
:)
- mayo0
Montreal, j'aime bien du chocolat et des chiens.
- chokethefat0
people, send some love n cheers to Montreal!! c'mon..support him..
keep it together Loc..we r here for ya :)