Fini la récré!

Quand on perd son job - comme cela m'est arrivé il y a un mois - on a tendance à baisser les bras après juste quelques semaines de recherche infructueuse de travail. On vit alors sur ses économies et on peste après la vie injuste.

Mais, la vérité est que personne ne va venir frapper à notre porte et nous supplier de venir travailler dans sa boîte - surtout si comme moi, on est en début de carrière. 

Le farniente a du bon. A condition qu'il ne s'éternise pas. Il permet de recharger ses batteries, d'être à jour avec ses séries favorites et de se mettre enfin à la vraie cuisine ( parce qu'on a le temps, pardi!). Offrez-vous cette parenthèse après un échec professionnel (sans culpabiliser), recadrez vos objectifs, retrouvez confiance en vous, faites-vous du bien et revenez dans la bataille. 

A tous ceux qui ont perdu leur boulot et qui n'ont d'autre horizon que l'incertitude et le doute, je veux leur dire, hauts les coeurs frères d'armes! (parce que dans la galère, on est tous pareils qu'on soit blanc, noir, jaune ou bleu-ciel). La bataille n'est pas terminée, nous avons certes perdu un combat mais pas la guerre. N'écoutez pas cette voix ronflante , insistante qui vous traite d'incapable. Au contraire, accrochez-vous à cette petite voix tremblotante, presque inaudible qui vous souffle que tout ira bientôt mieux. Parce que c'est elle qui a raison.

Levez-vous de votre canapé, laissez tomber cette télécommande à laquelle vous vous accrochez comme une bouée de sauvetage. Tirez vos rideaux - et faites un peu de ménage aussi- Prenez un bon bain. Sortez. Prenez de l'air, la vie est belle au dehors; mais surtout (re) prenez votre courage à deux mains et dites en choeur avec moi: "Fini, la Récré!"

Let Go, Let Come

Hi Guys, 

I told you about this startup I'm about well, to start up with my amazing partner, Mambe Nanje who already runs a successful venture named Njorku.

Creating a business is new to me. I'm like a child in his first kindergarten year: there is a lot of exciting things but there are a lot of moments of doubt too.

Choosing the name of our startup for instance has been a time of uncertainty. It took about three weeks to finally pick one that satisfies us. I wanted this name to have some characteristics: two syllabes and tells it all. I wanted it to be unique and to sound good too. Stress!

One thing I've learned through this name hunt is: we all have the same way of thinking. To stand out, you have to think a little bit ahead, a degree above. Through the naming process, I've found hundreds of names, some were crazy but most were already taken. How frustrating is it when you think you have the right name and find out it's already taken after a little research on Google!

Having a great  partner really helped me going through this period. He kept pushing me, encouraging me. However, his support also put a lot of pressure on me. I was wondering if I could do what he was expecting from me. Doubts.

Through the past weeks, I've learned to let go of doubts and fear. I know it is not always easy but the dark cloud formed by your doubts prevents you from seeing the creative person you can be and using your talent. 

I'm not saying you shouldn't doubt. It's totally ok to doubt but don't let those uncertainties numb your mind. 

Instead, free your mind, fill your thoughts with posivity and focus on your abilities, on what you've already achieved.

When you feel you're stuck, go out for a walk, listen to music, read a good book just for the pleasure of reading. Do whatever you want but relax. When you do that, you feed your mind with creativity and the good idea naturally comes to you.

Keep rocking your world,

@MillyJody

Mea Culpa

Dear Readers, 

It's been a while since my last post and you may be were wondering where I was.

Before I give you an explanation, I would like to apologize for my absence and my silence. I'm sorry.

There was a lot going on. There have been a lot of changes in my life lately: place, job, friends, etc. Everything has changed. My last internship came to an end and I found myself at the crossroads. This time, I really had to decide which way I wanted my life to go. I have been hiding behind my circumstances for too long. I've never found myself smart enoug, bold enough, beautiful enough, creative enough (and many other adjectives) to dare going at the pursuit of my dreams. I've never even been courageous enough to voice them aloud.

But there are moments in life when you feel time has arrived, when your guts scream "Go!" and you can't do anything but follow your instinct and take the big dive. My moment came one month ago, when jobless and broke, I had to decide what to do next with my life. I realized that although I've learned a lot, I've never been  fully satisfied with all my internships. I've never practice my job the way I wanted to nor did I work into the field I really wanted to. I was afraid to be myself. I was afraid of my own dreams.

You know what Marilyn Monroe said : "Sometimes good things should fall apart so better things can fall together". I think I now understand what she meant. The ad agency I interned for had promised to hire me at the end of the trial period but they didn't. I was very disappointed. I didn't have any back-up plan. I wasn't expecting that swing. I was quite disgusted.

After a period of wavering, I had to decide and I did. Readers, I'm going entrepreneur. Yes guys, I've decided to launch my own project. I've teamed up with an amazing company to launch a startup that target freelancers. The unemployment rate is steadily increasing here in my country. I believe I can do something to help curb it with a platform that connects job seakers to small companies.

Instead of waiting to my dream job to come to me, I've decided to create it. I'm really thrilled by the days ahead of me. I can't wait for the whole project to come to life. It's taking shape and it's exciting.

I'll be telling you my journey as an entrepreneur in my posts here. I would like to share this experience with you. 

To end this post, please let me thank you. For everything. For being there, silent and invisible presence in my life, listening to me and encouraging me to go forward, to go further. I like to imagine that you're beside me,   cheering my success and wiping my tears, high fiving me or simply smiling to me.

Thank you very much. To each and every one of you.

xoxo

MillyJody