What actually happened after fashion school
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Omg oops I forgot to thank the commenter I mentioned at 2 mins, I meant to edit that on the screen 😭 Thank u @adminanubis7815 for that comment
For the stem girls, I went to school for biology, and there definitely was a year or two where I felt weirdly scared to do anything related to what I went to college for. I think I got out and felt like I hadn't learned nearly enough to be a capable scientist...Honestly it never went away, but at some point I needed to get a job 😭
i was working in the field while studying and it made me feel the worst because i absolutely did not belong there haha so after finishing school i just got an unrelated job
but then i got a cool job offer to return to science which i was pretty excited about because i suppose if you spend a lot of time doing something you keep thinking about it, right
but yeah scary, but maybe one day!! we'll stop thinking we're imposters haha
I feel like the imposter syndrome for stem (and other programs I’m sure) is crazy! Just felt like everyone else had more research experience, knowledge, and that you’d never be able to catch up!
I'm graduating with a bio / psych degree in a few weeks and I feel the same way, like I'm absolutely not good enough T)T glad you got out of it and hope I'll be able to find a job soon as well
this is happening to me rn as someone with a psychology degree. failure after failure in job interviews i keep questioning if i should even keep trying… i work at walmart now
This is so true and relatable for bio majors. Especially if you didn’t immediately go to med/grad school after
I got my music degree and it took five years before I could sing in choir again, this is SUCH A COMMON THING!
Also the mask is a vibe, not scary!
Omg these comments are soooo reassuring its so nice to know ur not alone 😭💗
I also have a music degree (instrumental music ed) and I haven't played an instrument in 6 years because I moved post college and haven't had energy. At this point I've lost my embochure and it will take so much work to get it back. 🙃
I literally thought this would be a serious sit down sad sad video but then I saw the slumber party sesh setup.
HELL YEAHHHH
I went to a 4 year art college and got a BFA in Illustration - didn't want to draw anything for quite a few months after graduation. I really needed a break from it... It does make you so uncomfortable because you feel like you should be jumping right into "artist mode" after getting your degree - but like... you just can't - you're too burnt out.
From one Neurodivergent human to another, what helps me is to remember hateful comments aren’t about you but about them. That doesn’t mean they don’t hurt. You are completely allowed to have feelings. But I’m working on not staying in those sad or angry feelings, as they aren’t serving me. And think about how happy you are making the Disabled cuties of the world. We are rooting for you! And we need more people like you in our lives :)
STEM graduate here and I went into a pretty big depression after I got my degree. I did not even want to look at anything related to engineering, I hated going to my first interviews, and just wanted to go and live in the forest for the rest of my life. I was working all through school, had to deal with the pandemic, and most of the time I was the only fem person in the classroom. I was burnt toast by the end of it. I am glad I got my degree, and luckily have found a company full of they/thems and progressive people but GURL I was not feeling it for like half a year.
Hey girlie, I’ve been through all of this from fashion school burnout to starting a slow handmade brand from scratch to then later building a much bigger brand with employees and warehouses and stuff. I have so many tips and tricks for dealing with the fear and mental stuff but also logistics of running a clothing line. If you ever have questions or wanna chat my DMs are open! You got this! 🌸
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Aww thank you so much Laura this is so sweet, I really appreciate it 😭💗🌈💕
"Taming the voices comes above making little jewelry" So real 😭
"I'm a calm person who's sharing art and being chill" period Diva ❤
The vibes were so cozy. I loved this ❤️ I was a 3D art major, and the burnout was intense pretty universally
Totally relate to this as an artist! Art school is very demanding and it slurps out all your creativity. I felt like my brain was a wrinkly, deflated mess after art school.
I went to a language school in Tokyo for over a year and after I came back to the U.S I couldn’t even look at my Japanese textbooks. I thought it was just me being unmotivated or lazy, but watching this makes made me realize that this is so normal at our stage in life❤️🍰🍓
I really felt the burnout, but I didn’t actually finish my fine arts degree. It took a long time until I was able to even try making art again, and I was so upset by it and the process it was awful! A lot of my friends/peers had a similar experience, unless they immediately went into residencies or commission work lol
My apologies i gossed so much while u washed ur face i couldnt help it 😔
LOL NOOOO
It was definitely a cathartic listen! :) The magnet analogy was a good and accurate one!
I feel incredibly seen by this, as silly as that sounds. I graduated top of my class in animation and went right into a Big Boy Internship not even a week after graduating, and just... hospitalized myself lmao;;
I felt like school didn't really prepare me for how harsh art jobs can be, I remember crying at home a few weeks into the internship because it was the first time I actually got positive feedback at our review meetings. After I got back from the hospital, they asked me if I wanted to start working there full time freelance and I just fell apart and haven't touched the animation industry since. I have so many long periods where in my memory where I cant tell you any of my coworkers or bosses' names, long periods of working there and college in general are just gone.
I'm getting into therapy for PTSD now and animate vtuber rigs in my free time, so I feel optimistic about my healing. Heres to hoping we all heal together 🥰
i have ur confetti club cake shirt from ages ago and i'll keep wearing it until i can buy a dress from ur store!! (at which point the tshirt will graduate to being pj's)
I did Social Sciences at University but I am now working a corporate job. I think you hit the nail when you spoke about no longer working for approval or having an assigned task. Having all my projects graded was in a way like having a safety net and my grade would give me validation and feedback. In the real world world you don’t get a gold star for doing your job and constructive feedback turns into anxiety over your job security as you ‘can’t do a bad job’. I feel like you had more support and ‘hand holding’ than you think in education and it just did not prepare me for the anxiety I feel now i am in a ‘big girl job’.
You got this though! You are on your own path and I am so proud of how far you have come! Remember you are only 25, you have the rest of your life left, try not give into the society pressures that we need to have all our shit together once we graduate. I am so excited to support five petal flower whenever it launches :)
If it helps your style and designs are literally everything younger me imagined when I used to say I wanted to be a fashion designer! My goals have changed since then but I love following your journey and work it's so exciting, like glimsping into an alternate dream life :)) You really inspire me to keep learning to sew and make my own clothes!!
4:10 • coming from someone who went to nail school, I CAN ALSO ATTEST TO THESE FEELINGS…..
***but i will spare the story time for rn because MAN. OH. M A N, i could vent for literally *hours* about how utterly-insane & rushed & disorganised the entire experience before + during + after was …
I went to school for game design and art and haven't done any game design or art since. That was like 7 years ago 😅
Omg Pixie I have that strawberry comfy thing too!!
i got a degree in maths and computer science and the thought of doing anything related to particularly the computer science part of my degree makes me physically ill - now i work in marketing and i get to use just the bits of my degree i loved
Alsooo im a writing major in art school and i was literally just having the “do I even wanna be doing this anymore” spiral. Im a junior but after a lot of mental health realizations and a new chronic illness i feel like i just don’t care?? Anymore?? Idk i love writing but im having a really hard time caring about it rn
i fully expect that building a business from the ground up is gonna take a while. don't worry about making it happen all at once!! take your time with your craft. the longer you sit on it and work out the details, the more beautiful the art will be!!
Yes I did also get this as someone who went to grad school for physics. I wanted to get away from it because everyone was so MEAN to me then lol. now I'm in HR LOL
LITERALLY WHY ARE SO MANY PHYSICS PEOPLE MEAN like so many bitches looked down on me for being a colorful femme person who cares about empathy and respect. at one point I almost fought my entire class over GroupMe because they were trying to say that it was a waste of their time to spend literally 1 class session learning about what language is appropriate when talking about other countries, and about how aesthetics and psychology play an enormous part in convincing investors and other scientists to financially back your projects. They were like “micro aggressions aren’t real and no one cares what my invention looks like” and I was like “ok have fun being turned down over and over again because you refuse to admit that your knowledge and skill set are not more important or valuable than everyone else’s. No one will want to work with you.”
I just graduated fashion school with my bachelors in December, my senior show was yesterday and honestly I’m finally getting to the point of creating regularly again! 💗🍒 I work in cannabis full time at the moment (such a cool job I LOVE IT!) so I’m not doing anything with my degree just yet but I think that will come in the next year or so! It’s always a good thing not to rush things and enjoy the current moment, as a creative person creativity will always be there! Sometimes it’s okay to take a lil break to gather inspiration again! 🥰 Super excited to see everything that you create! I’ve been watching since like high school and I just love how similar we have become, rainbow bangs fashion degree and all 🤣💗
I love this vibe, thank you so much for sharing! I’ve definitely felt the burn out and the demand avoidance and the perfectionist feelings so much and I’m trying to get out of that hole to start creating again. Consuming a lot of new media and finding inspiration in a lot of new places has really helped! I wish us all good luck ❤🎉
i clicked on this video and realized it was slumby time so i’m waiting until i get home from work to to watch it while i decompress and do my skincare :333
ugh same I went to college for illustration and animation anddddddddddddd I'm working at a kindergarden now ^^" I rarely draw anymore but I really want to get back into it
I don't think you were complaining by any means. You have very real and true fears. It's scary world out there, and even scarier to be someone sensitive to malicious people (I've definitely been there!)
But for every single bit of kindness, joy, or piece of art you spread, there will always be people like me who need it and will have your back. We love you, and sometimes facing the mortifying ordeal of being known will comfort a lost soul and to me, that makes it worth it.
I'm graduating fashion school in a month so THANK YOU for this!!
I did a 4 month bootcamp for coding, I did it, I spent like 80hours a week improving in leaps and bounds. I did my final project presentation, spent a few months job searching and eventually stopped opening the CLI and was just too done. Mentally burtnout. I can't imagine after a 3/4 year degree
I know the 'work on your thesis' doesn't fit the vibe, but I will be working on some revisions for a pharmacology report, lol
For humanities girlies, I did my MA in English and I've been out of grad school since 2021 and I just started reading for myself again. It's a process!
ok did i ghostwrite this because SAME (didn't get an MA though, i graduated with a BA in english!) i FEEL you. i think i only started reading maybe a year or 2 after i graduated (which was also in 2021 lol)?
im going to be honest, i can see you thrive on your own clothing shop and succeeding. you have such amazing talent.
i can wait. art takes time to cook
Yes!! I got my chemistry degree like two years ago and literally moved abroad to do a new degree because I was too scared of anything that reminded me of molecules and electrons!!
oh and yes, I love the chill, casual, comfy videos
i relate so much with the burnout feeling. i felt like a failure because i couldn't find an internship after graduating, i couldn't draw or write at all (litteraly physically sick every time i sat at my computer), and my mental health was getting seriously out of hand. thankfully i have an awesome psychiatrist who scavenged to find something that could help me. i changed medication, i got little activities planned up every week, and then i managed to find a little job that turned out to be great exposure therapy for my anxiety, and now i have even more fun creating than i did before art school! it took time, but the important part is that now i am doing great!
I would love to see the journey of the "boring stuff" especially the sustainability side of things.
Like how to find suppliers and the decision making process of what choices youll make. The trial and error buisness stuff is so fascinating
i literally stopped reading books after i graduated with an english degree. at that point in time, news articles and a small amount of poetry were all i could tolerate in terms of reading. i graduated in 2021 and now i'm proud to say that i actually have been reading so many novels since then. your experience with burnout after having gotten a degree in something you love is super relatable to me, because i was such a huge bookworm before i decided to study english at uni and yet, even before i graduated, i stopped reading for fun. after i graduated, my reading habit just completely disappeared for a few years. so glad to have found myself on the other side of the burnout journey now, though. loved this video, pixie! ❤
Pixie i would die for your clothes. You are such a sweetheart.
It's usually my co host Echo who watches your videos but I switched in and ended up watching this one today because I have been through this exact thing and it makes me feel so much less broken knowing it's more common than I thought. It seems like all of my uni pals went on to do their MA or got residencies and did exhibitions on their own while I forgot how to be an artist 😢 the opportunities are probably there if I looked for them but mental health and rsd gets in the way, and then there's the system side of things like what name do we even use if we do put ourselves out there 😬 I felt like a fraud on our graduation day because I only split in our final year so the alters who did the work weren't even around. thank you for talking about this, it means a lot to see you creating on your own terms and easing yourself back into fashion design. Have a nice day ❤
- Dandelion
I think the pandemic played a big part in this for a lot of people too 😢
HOLY COW!! I didn't realize this is exactly what happened to me after my arteducation!! Almost exactly the same years as you!!? I just recently rediscovered my love of writing and drawing! My school was also very focused on the sale and success part of it, which was great but very stressful for me! Thank you for sharing this! I haven't thought about it this way!
Btw I love the cozy slumberparty videos
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As a stem girlie, I literally quit after my degree I was so scared. I worked in customer service for 5 years and then during the pandemic decided to do marketing and I've been in it for 5 years!!!
i never thought this was an actual thing most people go through after art schools. this was very interesting and insightful! Nice to not feel alone
Thank you for saying all of this! ❤
GIIRRLL hi I have a STEM degree in Materials Science and Engineering (1 degree, sounds like 2) and it took me 5 years while I worked part time and before this, I loved school. I was good at school. Never had any problems with school. I wanted to stay in academia forever. By the time I got to my 3rd year I wanted to drop out but knew I needed to stay for a worthwhile career. When I graduated I was the most depressed I’ve ever been in my life and I could not fill out a job application for months. I was super delusional and thought I would get a job and move out of my parents house in 3 months LOL. That was almost 5 years ago and I still don’t work in my field of study. The burnout is so real, but honestly I was the most burnt out while I was fighting for my degree. Afterwards, I just had severe imposter syndrome for like 3 years and didn’t feel qualified for literally any job outside of a grocery store. I couldn’t bring myself to apply for anything because I didn’t think I was smart enough or would remember anything I learned. Anyways, anyone who says they didn’t have burnout in college or after college is a liar. Everytime I lament that I didn’t go to art school I remind myself that I would hate art now.
Also, your comment about speaking out your plans and intentions and how it gives you satisfaction as if you’ve done the task is so funny! I can so easily imagine that. I definitely feel more motivated to do projects once I speak them out and people support me, but I can easily imagine it the way you experience it, lol!
Will watch this after work BUT I'm seeing a lot of stuff in the comments about fears aftee graduating and not feeling qualified and SAME I'm an illustrator working in retail and like- adggffgfsdgdfjkljh
My friends who graduated med school in the pandemic have a collective fear of the ER, one of them is the best person I’ve ever met for intubating but she doesn’t want to step foot on an ICU ever again(planning on becoming a psychiatrist) so it’s not just you!!
I love the cosy chatty videos you do! The burnout thing is so common I think it's the reason so many people - including myself- ditch the thing they went to university for and do something else entirely. With your work, do it at your own pace, and do it to spite the haters 😈 Expect for things to go wrong, because they will, so you can prepare mentally and prepare mitigating actions. Enjoy the ride and celebrate your successes! ❤
Hi pixie, I have a question about inclusive sizing. Are you planning on including trans bodies in your sizing, like for example options for less room in the chest or more room in the shoulders?
I had this feeling with research. I did an integrated Master's degree, which means a year shorter but you come out of it with an MSc. A lot of my university experience was computational and lab research. At the time, I was so burnt out that I thought I'd never want to do research. I ignored it for 2 years after I left uni and tried to do other project-based stuff. Now I want to get back into research, but the upsetting thing is as a field it's so demanding and competitive that trying to step into the field after a couple years away, feels impossible. Research jobs so often expect you to have been doing research every waking moment of your life. I hope I can get into a research role despite this but yeah, post-degree burnout is so real and can be devastating for people who just want a healthy work-life balance lol
the mask is vibes 💕💚
the colour matches the crochet blanket
Been having a bed rotting day feeling pretty bad so I appreciate this video perhaps ill do a facemask aswell :D
6:00 I totally get it. I studied literature and school sucked all the joy out of reading and writing for me. It took YEARS to get that joy back. I'm also neurodivergent and had no idea that burnout was the name for what I was experiencing at the time.
this was fun thank you pixie : ) resonates even with autistic burnout and art witthout school < 3
Never feel you have to wear makeup for a video pixie xo your natural face is beautiful
I had dropped out of highschool. Just after year 10 got a few certificates and then a dipolma in film. Graduated at the top of my class with pretty much every opportunity to succeed in film handed to me at like 20
My brother had suddenly passed away a few weeks before finishing up my final film for uni. I chalked up my avoidance the the craft as grief but i was truly just burnt out and all of a sudden didnt need to create. Almost 5 years later ive only just starting to do anything creative and i mean anything from playing video games to writing and reading.
I think burn out happens after a large period of study (or work for the matter) regardless of the degree but being a creative heightens that. We creatives need the downtime just as the earth needs winter. The larger and more intense chunk of time we are creating the larger and more avoidance the downtime is
Yo yo. Stem rep here. Yes this is real, yes it happened to me; yes I am still getting over it
Aikatsu eye catch sound jump scared me lmao 🤣
Also funny how this get cozy video is actually giving me the energy to get up out of bed and get some things done thanks I needed this ❤
Girl the second I was forced to do what I loved was the second I didn't feel like going thru with it 😅
You have to do it, as a much smaller business then what you’d have (immediately) those things have happened to me and you have to just keep going, those things DEF will happen. But they’re not a big deal once you get passed them
You’ve always been one of my big inspirations, and I will be one of your first customers
Loved the cozy vibes and relatable talks! In my fourth year of burnout as a violinist
i am CRYING i actually took a break from writing a thesis to watch this vid but since u told me to write, i will😭
As a stem girly pop who is currently in med school who had a math minor in undergrad I low key hate math now 😀
So I def think it applies to everyone
I am in my blanket fort I just made, Im so ready.
AMAZINGGGG
Oh boy, this topic hits so close to home. 💔 I totally get you. For me it's mainly this weird avoidance anxiety coupled with my own expectations, so I absolutely get when these huge projects that are so important to yourself get sidetracked bc they're overwhelming.
Aww I liked this video!!! So YES to more pain and suffering 😂😂 ,but no really it was nice, it felt like friends hanging out and you were talking about what you have been up to. 💝
Same thing happened to me after college where I majored in theater. It has been over 10 years since I graduated and I still have not done much with my degree. I work in an office. But my reason was not only burnout but one of my professors abused me in many ways and I lost all faith in myself and in my craft. 😑
I went to university for music, and it took me yeeeears to enjoy making music again. I wanted so bad to record another album but I had SO much anxiety about it and self doubt I had to work through.
What I found helpful was actually vlogging through the experience. Picking up a camera and calling myself out whenever my brain started up with the excuses. The logical part of our brain knows "hey, I got some art to make and I think it would be fun to make it". But the scaredy part of our brain is all like "YEAH BUT WHAT IF....."
I actually made a whole video about this experience on my channel! But either way I wish you the best on your journey to enjoying your art again! Cheering you on!!
It's YOUR fashion brand, we're not entitled to your art so take all the time you need. I am so happy and excited to see anything you make!! I AM ROOTING FOR YOU FOREVER!!!! I LOVE ART!!!!!!
Yes yes yes!!! I went to school for anthropology. I got my bachelor's in 2020, I'm also an artist so I was like. I want nothinggggg to do with anthropology right now, I'll just do art. We are in 2024 and I'm finally signing up for my master's lol.
Every time I have to do an anxiety-inducing professional thing, I feel like Spongebob writing his boating school essay "What I learned in boating school isss.......WHAT I LEARNED IN BOATING SCHOOL ISSSS..."
As a graphic designer, I relate to the post-school burnout so much! (I also went to design school immediately after graduating university where I was super unhappy and burned myself out because I thought employers would value a bachelor’s degree)
After graduating, I didn’t want to open Adobe Illustrator for a while 😅
Watching this on my way home as planned. I left work feeling and still do really angry for reasons I won't go into, so having this video to help me chill and decompress has me *incredibly* grateful. ❤
the slumber party sesh vibes are so slay omg luv luv luv! also I went to film school and I had IMMEDIATE burnout and am now not doing anything video related in my spare time / for my job 🙃 but it's okay!! maybe one day!! 😅
Omg I have never ever heard anyone else talk about this!! I always explain it like I love it so much I had to put it in a box and close it because it was too overwhelming to open!! I also did fashion at uni ✌️ I also found it difficult because I'm a perfectionist but for the past year or so to help me do things instead of avoid and stress about them is think "something is better than nothing" in other words it's doesn't have to be perfect, my website doesn't have to have one million items/options. A start is a start! Don't forget all the stuff you've already done up to this point is awesome! Can't wait to support you when your items are ready ❤️ anything that comes from you will be rainbow magic ✨️
Omg when you said "work on your thesis" at the beginning me and my boyfriend started laughing so hard cause ive been procrastinating on my thesis so much. Even pixie is calling me out now 😂
AFTER SCHOOL!? I get like this after a single PROJECT sometimes. I can be totally ABSORBED in a project for like MONTHS, and when I'm done, I don't want anything to do with it for like a year. I think of it as "creativity incubation." I just let the process work its own way, and I am overall MORE creative and happy with it/ myself as opposed to PUSHING THROUGH and WORK, WORK, WORK with "productivity" in mind. GOD I hate late stage capitalism.
you probably already have, but you should look into sway packaging! its home compostable and seaweed/plant based!
i graduated from Uni for illustration March of 2020 and i've been burnt out since 😅 It's comforting to hear how many others deal with it as well
Slumbie vibes!! 🥰
So scared ahhh. I graduate in like 3 months. What the flip does one do after school???? Anyways. Love the slumber party vibes. I am cozied too.
If you ever open a small business, I will totally support you, Pixie!!!! 🌸🌸You got this! You got lots of people cheering for you 💗💗💗
Got my degree in creative writing/fiction in 2016. I’ve only just started getting excited about writing again. You’re definitely not alone😅😅
Every time I click on a pixie video my heart starts racing and I immediately hit like and I sit down with my fluffy blanket and dogs hahaha I love it Thankyou 🩷🩷
I'm an elementary school teacher. When I finished student teaching, it took me 2 months to be able to even THINK about my final portfolio.It's just numbing. I'm burnt out and exhausted. It felt impossible to do my portfolio, where I have to prove I'm a good teacher, without believing I know how to teach without my mentor guiding me.
I'm just sooo happy you are still here talking to us so honestly 🥺
I'm very excited to buy clothes made by you one day whenever it will be!! 😻
Love you Pixie! 🌈💖
I went to school for computer science and business, and to be fair I did graduate Spring 2020 yay covid, but I didn't pursue any job for several months and then stayed in that retail job for nearly 3 years. Only within the past couple of months did I get my first office job, and even that is just administrative assistant work. I felt like I hadn't retained any knowledge from school, especially with how traumatizing the whole experience was for me. The diagnosed audhd + DID combo certainly didn't help with any aspect of school or post-school burn out either lol
I experienced the burn out period after uni (I did Zoology), where I couldn't bring myself to read books. I read so much for my degree that I didn't even want to read novels and I've never really got that reading power back. Part of the problem was an illness I had in the spring/summer of 2014, as I wasn't well for like half of that summer and suffered brain fog for a long time afterwards. I eventually got a bit better from it but we the period starting from 2018 - 2022 was bad because we lost three dogs, Covid hit - I had another bought of illness at the start of Covid in December (which was probably Covid, but it wasn't officially in the UK then, but given the symptoms of it, it no doubt was.) It took me a long time to get back into cross stitch from the illness I had in 2014. It's a struggle with physical illness so it's not surprising that you have that period of burn out just after you've been doing a lot of hard work for three years - learning new things, consolidating it, coming up with ideas for your work and making it and having the mental illness on top of it...
Oh, I totally had burnout after finishing my Illustration degree! I'm only just getting back into doing art now and I finished my degree in early-mid 2022 and graduated in 2023.
Hey you know what! I've been in the animation industry for almost 14 years now, and for the first time in a while I'm in a long out-of-work pause and have no idea when I'll be able to work again due to our industry struggles. I've been out of work since Christmas and I experience the same type of burnout feeling... I have a million sewing projects I want to make while I have all the free time I could only dream of but I can't get my body moving and doing the thing and it frustrates me so much! So I get it 100%! Also I feel that for many artists, we work better under pressure with close deadlines 😅
But I'm glad you're getting out of that phase and you're getting back on your sewing projects! I can't wait to see what you come up with!
Regarding the STEM field:
I got my bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 2021 but still am working on getting my masters degree. The writing part of the thesis also somehow broke something in me. I don’t struggle with being in the lab but when it comes to writing about it afterwards I get a blockage and really struggle with it. Writing the bachelor’s thesis was extremely stressful for me. I‘m not sure if it’s only this or if there is another mental condition lingering of which I don’t know of yet (suspect ADHD, maybe autism but maybe not likely or maybe something entirely different idk)
I totally understand. After nail school and getting my license I couldn’t even walk in graduation and still haven’t gone to pick up my degree.
I went into computer science, but more of the web design side of things, and there were some things about computers I did not want to do. So I ended up doing some freelance work by word of mouth, but more in photography rather than computers. I've had to update or reinstall an operating system on the laptop I used in uni (my dad gave me his old MacBook after), and it's been since 2022 when I graduated, so almost 2 full years since I've been out, and I've only turned it on to transfer a few files and passwords I had on it.
I thought about all sorts of careers since graduating, everything from music arranging/composing, to making fursuits, to going into business... I think I'm still in my quarter-life crisis. For now, the freelance work I've been doing pays most of the bills, so I'm managing, but it's tough when you get burnt out. I have ADHD and chronic pain, so it takes me longer to recover. Thankfully I discovered green tea with ginger, and my doctor said that would be good, so it's been helping me calm down and feel better. I got super into tea recently.
Graduating college lead to the biggest autistic burnout dip I've ever had. Also misdiagnosed for like 7 years with Bipolar disorder because my burnouts were very regular..because of school schedules 😅
on STEM: oh yes we also get burned out af but I also think there are some other options to express/deal with the avoidance because of the specific structure in a lot of stem academic fields. I completely switched subfields/specialties after my PhD, would now acknowledge I had one of my worst ever depressive episodes after defending, could not think about or read *anything* related to my disseration topic for like a year or more aaaand emails from my graduate institution would send me straight to fight or flight (topic of email would be like, "there's going to be maintenance on x buiilding") Good times lol, why does education = torture?
"I have so many fears, and I need to stop letting them stop me." I. FELT. THAT. I injured my wrist during what should have been my final year of uni - not ideal when you're doing illustration! It's since healed but for ages I've been so scared of starting art again because I fear I won't be as good as I was due to that necessary hiatus. But thanks to my therapist I am starting to do art again, because I'll never improve if I'm not brave and start again.
I had this too BUT I had a couple of paid projects lined up right after getting my degree. So I was having this executive panic while I HAD to produce something. I ended up doing a really bad job on these projects because I would actively avoid putting in any more effort than the bare minimum and go hide in bed afterwards. These flopped projects made me paralise even more afterwards... hard times!