Life Update 02

Happy New Year! When I think about 2019 the first things that come to mind are the various challenges I kept submitting myself to and then the emotional lows as I tried to find a new full-time job within the animation industry.

In 2019 I was working at Michaels (arts & crafts store) as a cashier, at the same time I worked at a VR pop-up as a tech docent, I spent the summer being a teaching artist teaching 3rd-5th graders stop motion animation. After that, I hit a lull and ran back to my old job and started working in the box office a movie theater to lastly getting the call for the job I currently have as an assistant on another animated feature film here in NYC. 

All too often the as creatives, and people in general, we don't always share the things we were doing or had to do to get where we are now. 

In 2019, I watched the most scripted non-animated content ever. I got back into animation,  developed a practical blogging and social media strategy, gained new followers, did 12 days of consistent podcasting, made 50 stop motion clips and wrote 15 super short stories to eventually develop. I became a Women In Animation Mentor for their 2019- 2020 cycle.

2019 was the year of trial and error and more trial and more error. For this year I want to be even more intentional about my creative projects and the community I'm not only a part of but the one I am creating as well.

My words for 2020 are

KNOW

CREATE

ANIMATE

You will be seeing them around here a lot.

What are your words for 2020?