ReBrand & ReDirection

The redesigned website had to come with a redesigned blog. it just had to be done and I am determined to start updating it regularly with bits of work, life and stories.

Most of this post is mostly me talking to myself btw

The job market at the moment, is just a bit of a mess. There are fake job listings, scams as well as lots of people all looking for jobs and not enough jobs going around. It’s competitive and it is a huge knock to your confidence when all you’re getting is…

Crickets🦗🦗🦗

I’m realising that dream roles are not the first job you get.
Obvs, but my brain is silly and thinks it should be.

So - all of this to say, I’m redirecting. But barely lol. My absolute dream ‘role’ is how I imagine it to be. I’m 22 and I only graduated from university 8 months ago. It doesn’t always feel it but there is time.

I am at the end of the process where I am asking myself what’s best for me, for my life, and practically: What am I aiming for? Is it a specific role or job title? Should it be? Or am I looking for somewhere I am happy and creatively I can thrive?

I love to write.

Writing as a skill, a discipline, and a lifelong practice is what I love to do. There are many more ways to tell stories than the obvious fiction form. A thing I know but hadn’t considered for myself for some reason. So, I started looking into copywriting, digital marketing, and how companies run their advertising campaigns.

So I changed my portfolio and added in copywriting spec work.
(thank you ilovecreatives and Word Tonic for prompts and motivation),
I started working on designs for social media ads (thanks Canva), and how that commercial copy looks when put into practice.

I’m really thriving off finding stories in unlikely places and creating wonderful copy. Being open-minded and working out what my dream job is - it’s to write and create narratives wherever that may be. Not the job itself.

It’s been a freeing revelation - maybe it’s a given for others but it’s been a learning curve for me.
The curve to not expect unrealistic things from myself - take it step by step and ignore the ‘where will you be in 10 years questions. Because I don’t know. 10 years ago the answer would’ve been a fairy marine biologist (which I thought was just high-fiving dolphins). I still kinda do want to be a fairy though.

I’m excited about my dream career where regardless of job title. I will find the stories and many ways of telling them.