Resilience

Last year at UC Berkeley, I took this class called Applied Resilience, which was all about developing the resilience muscle for your startup. I like to think of it as "mental health for your startup". Great course, that I would highly recommend every student to take, even if you're not an entrepreneuer.

Central to the idea of resilience is the ability to bounce back after repeated failures. We all fail at some point in our lives, whether it is a failed exam, or a failed startup or a self imposed goal that we fail to achieve. Failure is common, not bad, and in-fact sometimes good in helping us learn something new. But it also takes a lot from us, it downs our confidence and forces us to rethink that once went well for us. It takes a lot from us to bounce back and be back to winning ways, for who wants to keep failing? Right?

Anyhow, These last few months have demand every ounce of Resilient muscle from me. Having Applied to 500+ applications across the board and still struggling to get a full-time gig in Creative Technology and Prototyping has all but humbled me. I joined UC Berkeley to pursue a career in designing emerging technologies that helped people (a focus on social justice as my program mentioned), 2 years in. I have the ideas, the portfolio and the connections to pursue a career in the field, yet the jobs aren't there. Hard to get hired in the Bay Area if you have an ounce of moral compass is what I've learnt in the last 6 months.

Pray I survive this.