I grow impatient. My reason to wake up "early" is to move the car on street cleanup days. Without a job, or knowing another soul in one of the most populated metropolitan areas on earth, I've been spending a lot of time finding inspiration at home. I'm a people-person, and when I'm isolated, it's like the energy has been drained from me. Not to mention, the ongoing process of concisely summarizing the essence of who I am and why I should be hired (without using key words like "team player", "innovative"or "motivated" etc.) drained all the passion in me. I realized that despite my experience and abilities -- I would have to settle for a low-paying internship or entry level position to get into a advertising agency or marketing start up in NYC. Was that my only option?
And then came the emotional plateau. I started doing some soul searching. I took character quizzes, started retracing every career decision I made, explored what I value in life. How did I really feel about a career in the advertising industry? What's my end game? I came across this TED talks that have since shifted my mentality and daily activities.
I am writing today, because I thought it was important to chronicle this experience. I have a luxury that not many people have -- time. And in this time, I'm proud to announce, I made a whole-hearted commitment to start a business to meet the technological demands of the growing middle class in Latin America, and establish my home-city, Miami, as the tech capital of Latam. I'm not sure how to accomplish this yet, but it's an objective I'm eager to pursue and explore.
here's another great watch:
I'm revitalized. As my old blog said, Reinvent Yourself.