Hi hii..! I'm on a flight to DC for a business trip right now so I'm typing in Notes on my phone LOL. This trip is another of those science competitions with genius kids, where we film their activities for a week as well as an interview with each of them, and I edit a highlights video shown at the end. ^^ I'd say that these kinds of projects are some of my favorite and most fulfilling ones. Although it always means that I suffer sleepless nights editing away in my hotel room, it's always more than worth it when we see how the kids (and their proud parents) react upon watching it and realizing how incredible they are. Even better when there are comments on the videos by younger kids saying that they're inspired to enter these competitions themselves!! Q___Q And from a personal achievement standpoint, many times I'll rewatch some of these videos and still tear up.... I like to think that I pour as much heart into them as I can, and if I make myself tear up then I've succeeded LOL!
Recently, I had a pretty gross slump during which I lost confidence in....pretty much everything. It was really ugly. But I've been steadily climbing out of that hole for a week, so I think I'm okay now. I honestly felt so down about my singing and mixing ability, but I think I've overcome some of my doubts about mixing even though the reality is that I really do take a long ass time to work... @A@ Eventually I had somewhat of a breakthrough on mixing the k-pop collab I organized, which I'll be finishing up when I'm done traveling and uploading within November if everything goes right!
I've been pondering over blogging about this because I'm not quite certain about what's taboo to discuss as a professional, but it's probably fine haha... Even my company posted to our fb publicizing my promotion! ^^
Last week I had my annual review, which resulted in a title change (not a role change—rather my title caught up to the work that I've been doing) and a generous raise! I'm really very lucky. On this blog are chronicles of many years of anxiety and uncertainty. The only thing I was certain about was stubbornly pursuing some sort of creative video/audio-related job because I wasn't interested in anything else—with no confidence that I would be any good at it, with overwhelming fear that I would never be hired, and knowing that this field meant I would never make money.
Yet somehow, I've already exceeded my expectations on all three of these points! I'm super lucky to have been connected to this company and my bosses who always encourage my growth, don't hesitate to give me positive feedback, and are now paying me $10/hr more than I made when I started two years ago. Anyway, I don't know how to end this post gracefully so I'm just going to trail off..........
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