Anyone have advice on how to get back into passion projects/side hustles again outside of work? Ever since graduating college and moving into the "real world" I've totally lost motivation to do any art/design/business outside the 9-5.

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Let the 9-5 grind you down and break your spirit to the point where your side hustles and passion projects seem like a blissful escape from the nightmare of corporate existence.

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I picked non computer screen activities so I'm focusing a lot on illustration in my free time and film photography. Instead of turning on the tv at night, I pop on a podcast or audiobook and draw for an hour, call it my me time. But I can't force it

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Take a class with homework and a regular thing. Helps me focus and feel like I have real deadlines

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I hear ya, but if AI isn’t motivation enough to start creating more avenues and opportunities for yourself, I don’t know what is. In 6 years creative departments are going to be skeleton crews.

My buddy now makes more $$$ off his art than at his agency.

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Find a class or a drawing night or something to go to and make it a reoccurring thing, like treat it like an appointment and try not to let work get in the way for that one night a week or whatever.

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Commit to a manageable about of time and a regular schedule. Put it in a spreadsheet and track it. Be consistent.

Doesn’t matter if it’s 5 hours a day 7 days a week or 1 hour 1 day a week. Just stick to it.

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I came here to ask a similar question. But from my experience, find a partner you like working with (doesn’t have to be in advertising). It is honestly refreshing to work on a project and to be the creative director and client all at once. You discover new things about yourself and your interests and skill sets. But I also struggle with having the motivation or brainpower after thinking hard all day, so following this thread

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During the beginning of covid I drank every day and in a great deal. January it was a "dry" month which was hard the first week but overall great.

March 2021 realized I'm clinically depressed.

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Hello all. Senior Data Scientist here who just moved to Massachusetts.

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Can anybody please suggest me how to get an offer letter and how to apply for jobs in Australia while residing in India? I am looking for a job in Australia. Currently working in a big4 company.

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YOE - 10
Current package - 15 lpa + 3 lpa stocks
I'm interviewed at wipro for lead Position for service transition team.
2 rounds of technical completed
1 more round with head is completed
HR called me asking for expected salary.
I said 30 to 40 %, he said he will talk to business and come back
It's been 3 days since the hr call, I've not got any call yet.
How much I can ask for ?
Or I much I could have asked ?
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IsJoining service transition team good?

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Hi All,  I have two offer on hand.

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2. EY India - Associate consultant - 8 Lpa fixed + 1.44 lpa variable + 2 lac joining bonus.

YOE: 1 year and TechStack - microservice development ( python + aws + azure)

Which one would be better to join, considering CTC, benifits and WLB?

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To take advantage of the next big economic downturn, should I set up a Robinhood or Charles Schwab account?

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Please don't say that it depends on the current CTC.

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I expressed a need for a promotion or raise to compensate for the major increase in responsibility, a responsibility that is not currently in my description.

They pushed back.

Wtf do I do

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I have an associate's degree in graphic design and work designing wedding stationery. I've been at my company since 2016, and am now a design consultant - speaking to customers directly and creating custom artwork and designs for them. I know I'm underpaid (50k/year in the SF Bay Area) but I thought the benefits and stability were worth it. I'm now severely burnt out (most of my team is) and not sure which way to go, or how to grow. Any tips/advice?

Thanks!

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Anyone know of headhunters in publishing or entertainment, or good ones in our world who are savvy in such things?

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**This week** Stay safe everyone! (Yes I made this meme)

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When you know where you want to work, who do you reach out to first — the hr/talent/recruiter or directly to the CD or ECD depending on level? Or both?

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I put in my two weeks! But now it's weird here haha. Agencies should ask you to leave and pay you out. This is silly.

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can a writer explain the new season of Dave to me?

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What are benefits of working with a content strategist on a project?

What are strong must-have traits of a good content strategist?

Trying to build a case for my agency to hire our first CS!

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New writer on an account. Being pitted against the other existing writer on the account for every project. They take it very personally if my work is chosen over theirs

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