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12 Days of Unemployment - Being Productive & Digital Art of Ege İşlekel

SI left work for good on Dec 30, 2016. It was a Friday. On Saturday night we had dinner and got drunk with friends at their place to celebrate New Year. Sunday is quite blurry as I spent most of it trying to get alcohol out of my system. I spent the later 12 days trying to get anxiety out of my system. That one was and is much harder. I couldn’t believe how much I got used to having a job to go every weekday morning. It’s not that I liked it. I love working, but I didn’t like the 9 to 6 office work. I hated the routine more and more everyday untill I just couldn’t tolerate it after 1,5 years later. I hated having to share a common room of an office to share with 6 other co-workers, even though I loved my co-workers. I hated the transparency of our room created by the glass wall on the corridor side so everyone passing by the office could see inside, and even my computer’s screen. I hated the white white office lightening that is ultimately so unnatural but has to be on all day as our room had no source of day light. I hated that when I was badly sick, could barely move, I was expected to be at the office to finish the job the boss wanted right then, even though I knew it totally didn’t have that kind of a hurry in the world. Am I being spoiled? Maybe. Maybe not. I didn’t know what was normal anymore. All I knew was this is not how I wanted to spend the rest of my life. Am I gonna succeed at building a work/life balance that benefits and satisfies me? We’ll see. Lucky you, having the front seat audience opportunity to observe my fearful attempts and confusion. 

During my proffessional research that has been taking part at least since I left work, I sat on my bed and watched a lot of Family Guy. I met my friends in the day for a cup of coffee, like I wanted to do when I couldn’t. I read. And it was still only Tuesday. I had too much time on my hands that didn’t feel productive at all. I could, of course, choose to make it productive in any way (practicing my cooking skills, drawing more, training the cat to fetch the mail etc.), if I wanted to. Although apparently I just didn’t know what, when and how to do yet. No clue. My mind got so blur. I lost the track of time and date only on the second day of unemployment. Which started to give me anxiety. Luckily a group of close friends kind of slapped me out of it by pointing out how little sense I was making with all that unnecessary stress. They were right. It was only the second day, which was too early to feel depressed about feeling unproductive. Still, the anxiety didn’t leave me comlepetely and is just slowly fading away. Today is the 12th day, and I can say I’m feeling much more comfortable.

Slowly I tried to think of ways to spend my time for a better purpose and ultimately having a plan to act on. To give myself the liberty of choosing a path, I tried not to rush to decide on an idea quickly but to really scale what kind of things appeal me more and how could I turn them into a career that I will be proud of. At the end of the first week, I decided it’s better not trying to draw the whole map and conclusion either, but I could start at least doing something. Apparently that something was to watch more Family Guy and scrolling down on Instagram. You think this could not be productive? Think again! 

First Proof of Discovering Genius

OK I did not exactly discover Family Guy. But have you ever realized the geniousity of the scenes created? Like, some blow my mind.

Both above - S14 E20

S10 E2

S8 E14

Like, literally! Are you seeing what I’m seeing? Wow.

Second Proof of Discovering Genius

Obviously I am not the one to discover Ege İşlekel either. I myself came across him on Instagram explore. He is a Turkish Interior Designer who lives in Milano right now. After finishing his graduation, he did masters at Scuola Politecnica Di Design. After discovering his interest in the sculptures, he started making digital art collages. And he’s 2 years younger than me. No I’m not jealous.

BTW his insta account is egeislekel.

I simply can’t stop admiring the way how the scenes he created works so naturally. It’s not only something to do with the well craftmanship of Photoshop, but the relevance of characters, background and objects whole together compliment each other so well. One may almost forget that these are digitally created collage works.

To find our more about Ege İşlekel, go ahead and google his name. That’s what I did.

May we all be blessed with the inspiration and have the strength to put it into work. Amen.

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First of many posts that will make no difference in anyone’s life

Being a very reserved person, I decided 2017 would be the year that I... Nah JK can’t care less ‘bout what year are we in. Although age 28 felt like a good time for me to start sharing what I think I know... I guess... Recently read somewhere that people who repeat what they have learned tend to remember that information better. Well, that’s not gonna happen. Spending my life avoiding verbal interaction kinda stuck on me, but I have faint proof that I can actually put some words into writing. Not all of them are good or funny. Almost none of them are good or funny. But I have been jobless for over a week now so it’s time for others to suffer for my boredom.

PS: This blog will get as personal as I wish. I’m not really looking for a commitment right now u guys OMG please give me space lol brb. xx

Some Things I Like (Random list)

Design

Fashion

Art

Literature

Animals

Sarcasm

Eye rolls

Rock’n Roll

Burgers and ice cream

Some Things I Dislike (Priority List)

Gym

People with high energy all the time

People who remind me how many calories that burger I’m eating has

Pre-coffee talk

High heel sneakers

Clear plastic bra straps

Balloons (This one is more like a Phobia actually)

I’m planning of posting my articles about my dislikes under a side blog named Haters Club. It’s only convenient to keep them organised as THERE WILL BE PLENTY.

Hope you enjoy what you see.