Look, I would be the first person to admit that I give up on myself a lot. I mean hella too much. But whatever. It happens. It’s human nature. However, one thing I never gave up on was working somewhere I loved.
Back during my freshman year of college (8 years ago, to be exact) a lady came and spoke in one of my classes. After she was done speaking I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to do what she did. So, I went after that dream and graduated in marketing/advertising with a focus on digital marketing. After that I knew where I wanted to work and it was at her agency. Fast forward to present times and here I am, typing this after getting home from work at MY DREAM AGENCY. I mean you guys, this doesn’t happen. At least not to me. But I kept trying. I got the experience I needed for the job. I went to hell and back for that experience, but I got it. And now I’m here. Doing what I love at a place I love. I’ve only been here two weeks but I can already tell you it’s going to be my favorite job ever.
What I’m trying to say is, don’t give up. Don’t stop pushing yourself until you reach that goal. It took me 8 years to achieve the goal I had set out but I didn’t give up. I applied to this place three times, lol they probably hired me just to make me stop applying, but whatever, now they’re stuck with me. More times than not, we as humans are going to fail. We fail every f’n day. But if you pick yourself back up and kick your ass in gear, you’re going to accomplish what you’ve set out to do. It’s like that cliche saying of “get knocked down seven times, get up eight”. As cliche as that is, it’s so true. On that eighth try, awesome things might just happen and it’ll make those seven other times totally worth it.
Don’t give up on yourself. You have plenty of people in your corner rooting for you and wanting to see you succeed. Don’t let them down. Don’t let yourself down. Don’t let your dreams down.
P.S. I know I’ve been gone for two months. We’ll see if I come back before another two months is up or not 🙂
I really wish I could have your attitude. I continue to fail at what I want most. It puts me in such a hole. Especially when I try to pick myself up again and get thrown down again! Glad to hear you got your wish. Good luck.
I totally understand! It took me eight years to achieve my dream. Don’t give up!! I promise it’ll happen when it’s supposed to happen. It may seem like a sucky situation right now but it will be worth it in the end.