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I’m following this post for the responses.
I’ve never been able to derive much satisfaction from working in advertising. It’s mostly brought disproportionate stress about relatively trivial situations.
But years ago I ran into a former colleague who’d advanced pretty far up the industry ladder and seemed happy about it.
I asked his secret. His response: stop caring so much.
Here’s a really annoying, but irrefutable answer: The only way to be happy is to be happy. There is nothing that you will acquire or achieve that will change how you feel about your life. Stop trying to “accomplish” happiness. Just be. I speak from the experience of going about this the wrong way for decades.
Good food for thought. Thank you. 🧘
Coach
I think if you stop trying to find “happiness” in this career, you’ll achieve more happiness outside of it. Or at least you’ll start searching for happiness outside of it because there’s more opportunities to be happy in the real world than our little industry.
I mean if a job makes you miserable, freakin quit. And of course, enjoy the enjoyable things about the job. But “happy”? I don’t know if this stuff is supposed to make me happy.
Not sure happiness in a career is the right way to think about it. I think fulfillment yes, happiness probably never. The thing I learned in my career was that it’s not the brands, the money, the awards, or the agency name that affect you the most. It’s the people you work with and the relationships you have with them that will ultimately make or break you.
Idk the answer but I decided the interim solution was to sell my soul to the highest bidder and not work for passion.
Mentor
The only moments I was truly unhappy in this industry was the last couple of months. I was working with someone very cynical who truly hates advertising and only sees the bad. Every day was a new sad song and lament about what is wrong with our clients, the colleagues, the briefings or our industry. Every feedback was a big drama. Every successful campaign from someone else was “scam” and “award bait” as if other people’s succes personally insulted her. I can tell you, it was a dark and lonely period in my life. She’s not a bad person, but she was the most negative person I ever met. And misery is contagious.
This job is great when you work with people who make it great. I mean we’re getting paid to come up with ideas. I’ll take that over being an accountant any day. It’s supposed to be fun.
surround yourself with people who genuinely love what they do.
Mentor
Haha possibly
I left.
I literally hopped from agency to agency, big and small, until I found the right fit. Love my current agency, the ppl, the culture, everything. Not to mention the nice bump in pay and title with each jump.
Make good relationships with LinkedIn recruiters. Keep in touch with the ones that helped you land your gigs. They will easily help you hop around. Make sure to recommend your friends to them.
Smart. 👍
I’m working on trading less conceptual work for more work with tangible results. I like seeing my efforts pay off, even if that’s just for some crappy digital piece. Throwing away tons of energy on ideas that get killed has been brutal, but I’m much happier when I have something to show for the hours I’ve put in.
All about that dopamine hit.
I started microdosing
Mushrooms are legal in Oakland CA, theres a church that sells them!