Week 14 - It's not only about UX anymore.

I left my job.

Last Thursday, January 26th, after several weeks of weighing the possible outcomes of doing so or not doing so, excel sheets with expenses to figure our how long my savings would last, thinking about how my new day routine would be, thinking where I would go, if anywhere.... and guess what?
I couldn't really be sure of anything.

The only thing I was sure was that I did not want my current job. I have been feeling that my job is meaningless for a while and since starting the UX course it has become even more a problem.
I am literally just working for money. I am not learning anything new, I am not challenged and I do not connect with the people around me. I do what I have to do, to get the paycheck at the end of the month. That is it.

I am fortunate to have a place to go where I don't have to pay rent for a while.
At least until I finish the course and see what my options are. So I will be back to Lisbon in Portugal where I grew up, share a flat with a friend who is renting a room at my family's old house and, complete my course full-time.
I am going to rent a little desk at "Cowork Lisboa", a great co-working place in the heart of Lisbon where I will be surrounded by creative people and have a good working atmosphere around me.
(I have tried to work from home before and it was a nightmare. I would literally stay in my pajamas the whole day and never really focus on anything :))

Working full-time on the course will not only allow me to do it better but also to complete it quicker.
It is a gamble. I have no idea how long it will take me to get a job and there is a chance I will have to come back to Germany, unemployed.

I have to take the risk. It's all or nothing.
I feel great and can now focus on good things and channel all my energy into one direction: UX.

The next couple of weeks will all be around planning my trip to Lisbon from Germany.
 Move out of my current place, get rid of stuff, stuff and more stuff,

Course wise I am still on module 5. Pretty much at the end I have been receiving feedback from my mentor and it looks like I am going on the right direction.
A couple of things to tweak but it looks very promising.
I will be posting the final results of the module on a separate post in the next couple of days :)

Keep in touch!

Simon