Are these jobs really worth it?

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It’s just a job. Don’t let it define you. Get in. Get paid and what you need. Get out.

Don’t get attached to the work or anyone you work with.

View it as a job.

Find joy in your family and friends and experiences you have outside of work.

Who gives a shit? It’s just advertising.

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SC1 nailed it. Advertising will never lead to true creative fulfillment. What you make is never yours. Go make a short film or something, and make that the thing you demand greatness from. But for your job, just do your best and don’t let it kill you.

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No

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Thank you. I really needed to hear that.

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Get paid. Do your best. Don’t let it define you.

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No, and life changes for the better when you realize that.

I set boundaries now. I stop giving 110%. I tell my boss I can’t work this weekend. I care more about my passions and relationships outside work. I shrug it off when a project falls apart. I no longer view my self-worth through the lens of what I do for a living.

It’s hard to admit the fulfilling ad career you fantasized about was all an illusion, but I promise it’s better than trying to maintain that illusion.

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There’s always money in the banana stand

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No, not for most. The highs are high, the lows are very low.

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100% no. last day at my awful job today and I couldn’t feel happier or lighter

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I ask myself this everyday

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Yes. 63% of ad copywriters are independently wealthy and at least regionally famous by 50.

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Source: Trust me broseph

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Some famous shops are worth suffering for early in your career so you can cash out in-house later. (At least that’s what I’m telling myself.)

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Reading an increasing onslaught of headlines that all give great fact-based reasons why we’re all existentially doomed.
Don’t work passed 6 today. Enjoy your friends and fam. Eat good stuff. Order a $15 cocktail. Have fun this weekend. Take a deep breath.
Our jobs aren’t more important than living life. However long it might last.
Holy shit I think I’ve hit rock bottom.
🥃

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Feel grateful you have a job, but it’s only a job. Do it and go home and spend time with your friends and family, it’s much more rewarding than working on award bait, trust me.

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They're worth how much they pay you

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Nope. Quit. Go freelance. Recharge.

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If everyone leaves at once what can they do

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no, they are not

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Of course they are. These are not real jobs, esp for creatives. Work a real job and then compare. But as others have noted, it’s critical to jealously guard your time and effort. Only expend when it’s a bona fide opportunity with a media plan in place. None of this “if we like it we’ll pay for it” bullshit.

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Nope.

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