Hello. I’m a designer. After my graduation I started to work in a company. I wanted to resign at the end of the first year of my job since I was too unhappy in the job and each day I spend in the office began to look like a big waste of time.
Everybody I spoke with was saying that each job was alike and making unhappy. However, in my opinion there should be a job making happy somewhere.
To be able to resign I set a target: I decided on a countdown. At the end of this countdown, I will resign and document my unhappiness and the unqualified time I spent just for myself. I decided to make this with SELFIES I DRAW everyday. I decided on this because drawing was the best thing I can do and I love the most. Actually I’m not a selfie master like Kim Kardashian.
And I have started my countdown from 30...
30-Wednesday. Happy since I started the resignation process.
29-Thursday. Angry and wanting to beat someone.
28- Friday. Not even in the office but still angry .
27-Happy cause it's saturday.
26- Monday syndrome on sunday.
25- Those tears are not about the job. Those are for the beautiful kids of Syria trying to survive. After watching news.
24-Tuesday. What I'm doing here?
23-Wednesday. I want to sleep. I can't able to sleep at nights. I'm depressed.
22-Thursday. At the end of the day I just became a bomb and exploded. I was just like a Rocky Balboa. Yes, those are WAR PAINTS MAN!
21-Friday. Happy cause I'm at my university for master course. This hairstyle shows how I'm going crazy.
20-Saturday. Sleep problem. I'm about to be a zombie.
19-Sunday. Meeting with friends. At the middle of the day I have found myself drinking rakı( Turkish national alcoholic drink) with my friends.
18-Monday. I hate. Hate. HATE.
17-Tuesday. It was too silly to wait the countdown. I have decided to resign on Monday. After the work I went to shopping mall with my friend. I was crazy for eating an ice-cream (and it's december, mama would kill me).Anyway, this was a huge happiness for me.
16-Wednesday. I'm happy bitchesss.
15-Thursday. Happy but bored.
14-Friday. New year dinner with my colleagues. After party with my best friends from the office.
Yes, straight hair bitches.
13-Saturday. I'm OK. But my hair...HANGOVER.
12-Sunday. Happy cause I will resign tomorrow.
11-Monday. BIG BANG. I have resigned. I also felt the pain while thinking my leave. Actually I really love people but not the job.
As you can see I'm just like Mona Lisa, a subtle smile.
10-Tuesday. Happy and witty.
9-Wednesday. I'm happy. Others not knowing my resignation ask me "what are you counting? ".
8-Thursday. The last day of 2015. Celebrating the new year and explaining the resignation to my cousins.
Cheers!
7-Friday. A new year. A new hope.
There is no wind outside but there is a free wind in my inside. It just lets my hair flutter.
6-Saturday. Life is beautiful.
5-Sunday. Meeting with friends.
4-Monday. Thinking how I would be broke after the job but trusting my father and brother.
3-Tuesday. I have learned that although I resigned, I will be able to get some money.
2-Wednesday. Dreaming. New ideas.
1-Thursday. Everyone says "we are excited to learn".
Friday and it's time to share with people the reason of my countdown. RESIGNATION. REVOLUTION.FREEDOM.
I always asked myself this question,
we should design our lifes despite of everything
we should design our lifes despite of everything
Thanks my dear brother for all his support during this process.
