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A Story Of Sorts's avatar

“Don’t stop yourself from getting something because you think they’re not gonna give it to you.” This is valuable for everything. Apply for the job you may or may not be good enough for. Send the text to the magazine. Place a kofi link at the end of your newsletter and let people decide if they think you’re worth supporting. Basically give people a chance to tell you yes before you decide they’re gonna say no (they can’t say yes to something they don’t know about).

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On Your Own Terms's avatar

I remember working at Thinkbox and the PR manager said - figure out who you want to be and that set me up to focus on marketing vs trying to do too many things. I found that to be a helpful way to be directive about my career. Now i'm exploring other areas of creativity but at 25 the single minded approach really helped me

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