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- acrossthesea0
How is it at Hornall?
- Peter0
Realize it's a job.
And do whatever art/creative-cravings you have in your own spare time.
Now chop-chop, get back to work.
- Pupsipu0
get a girlfriend?
- hektor9110
i hear ya.... i think trying to keep it balanced should everyone second priority. creativity comes often when you are inspired... so the logical thing to do is relaxed...
- fooler20
yeah I've worked as a designer for marketing depts on and off for years. Most of the time with positive results but everything has to go through a comity and it takes weeks to get anything done.
- cramdesign0
if you are working too many hours, cut that out now. you have to get balance in your life. physical/spiritual/intellectual... you need them all or you will always end up burned out.
- Brainiac0
^ I moved into marketing 18 months ago thinking it would be pretty cool....but it blows! I love to create and marketing doesn't allow so much of that, too much blah blah strategies blah blah marketing plans :(
It might be different for you......
- fooler20
I've been burnt out for years. I got laid off in March, took a few months off to regroup, landed a great freelance gig with a really cool company, got the fire back fro a month, now I'm burned out again.
I've been thinking of going back to school for architecture or a masters in marketing.
Most of my friends have told me to go into marketing so I don't lose all my years experience as a designer but the thought of being in marketing and/or advertising the rest of my life doesn't thrill me at all.- Architeture is no better than design. It's a tough profession, often pays less than GD, takes longer to get established.Josev
- PonyBoy0
"get a p/t job in a factory or restaurant at night, learn what it is to have a job that completely sucks."
that's called living in the 'real world'...
... didn't 99% of you get to where you are from working shit jobs as described by dobs?
fuck - i worked 2 jobs (almost 50 hours a week) while going to school full time (24 hours of classes a week)..
... i'm not super-human or anything... so if you've not had to work a fucking shit job like dobs is describing... I'm thinking you've either had mom and dad handing you everything (or Grandpa set you up w/a trust fund the day you were born - I know a few of these pricks)...
...what fucking world are you living in that you're burned out DOING WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO?
...
... or get a cat.
- NONEIS0
Take a break. I promise, the world can look pretty different with just a month off thinking about fish or some shite under your belt.
- i agree. even a couple of weeks. go to a different country and be a tourist.cramdesign
- funkgawz0
Do what makes you happy
- Brainiac0
^maybe I'll try retail for a while....????
- Brainiac0
^maybe I'll try retail for a while....????
- DrBombay0
get a p/t job in a factory or restaurant at night, learn what it is to have a job that completely sucks.
- Brainiac0
I'm in the same boat. Been thinking of quitting with no where to go. I'll just live on soup for a while I think haha
But seriously, I've started to lose the passion also. I think if I can tinker away at some private projects for a while then maybe I'll get excited again.
- scarabin0
might just be the place you're working...
try another shop?
- refunktion0
lol. now go poop.
- odinie0
Thanks for the advice. I feel better already.
- PonyBoy0
^^and do coke