Good excuse to finally talk about things. Where I started and where I am now.
> Be me with no clue what I want to do having finished school and always struggled
> Forced into Uni by parents and do double degree in Marketing/Psychology
> Struggle through it, working twice as hard to achieve the bare minimum but manage to graduate
> Work in Marketing for 5 years with no motivation and just aimlessly doing my routine
> Discover Vtubers, become a mod in the Hololive Fan discord
> Hear about first HoloEN auditions in 2020. Make application with zero experience
> Make it through 3 interviews with CoverCorp and get accepted into Wave 1 of HoloStarsEN
> Unfortunate corporate bureaucracy cancels first Wave of HoloStarsEN, Iβm put on hold but told Iβm guaranteed a spot when they finally launch
> Motivated by making it so far I start as an indie to get experience before joining HoloStarsEN
> Become Goonyella, throw myself into a new and scary world of Vtubing. I never even had a Facebook before let alone a Twitter
> Work Fulltime in Marketing while Streaming 5 days a week
> Meet lots of cool people and make lots of friends
> Meet lots of crazy people and lost lots of friends
> Somehow make Twitch partner with support from my friends and community
> Best day of my life
> 2022 HoloStarEN Wave 1 Auditions open up finally. Go through 3 interview again as a formality with CoverCorp.
> Talk about my new venture in Vtubing, how I want to bring Twitch and Youtube audience together and remove the stigma and baseless red vs purple mind set of Holofans.
> They did not like that.jpg
> Told I will no longer be part of HoloStarsEN Wave 1
> Dreams crushed but I am still privillaged enough to have a full time job and security
> Keep streaming 5 days a week, working full time
> Make some good choices and steady growth
> Make some bad choice and many mistakes
> Lose my job
> Realise how much of my life I have put on hold, how much I have neglected my friends and families, missed weddings and baby showers to stream
> Fall into deep depression for a year and sporadically stream
> Take indefinite hiatus from streaming
> Try to learn from my mistakes but not getting better
> Finally pursue professional help
> Get diagnosed with Autisim and ADHD at 31 years old
> Get medicated for ADHD
> Omg why is everything suddenly so much easier and I am motivated to actually help myself now?!
> Trying to come to terms with my diagnosis and not feel like I have wasted my life
> Work on myself and do lots of reading and research
> Find new job, indefinite hiatus from streaming to focus on it
> Excel at new job, keep battling imposter syndrome
> Go into first year performance review expecting to be told I need to do better
> Get told they think I am extremely capable and promote me to Senior Marketing Manager
> Still think I am lucking out, failing upwards and they just donβt notice
> Have a cancer scare that luckily turns out to just require some surgery (Crohnβs Disease)
> Realise life is too short.
> I don't hate my job but I don't like it
> I know what I want to do now
> Going back to Uni next year and pursuing a Masters of Clinical Psychology
> I want to help people like I was
Whatβs the lore behind choosing your career path ?