There’s a saying: “Every great artist carries a little sickness in their heart.”
I can’t claim to be great, but the sickness? That’s definitely real. 🫥 As much as I’ve wanted to give 100% of my energy to consistently update, the combination of a heavy workload and financial stress has been no joke. Experiencing burnout multiple times within a year has been tough, and trying to push forward in a challenging environment often feels like hitting a wall. To say there haven’t been moments of discouragement would be lying to myself. But I guess that’s just part of the entrepreneurial journey.
This year, I was lucky enough to receive an invitation to participate in the emerging international photography competition, the reFocus Awards, free of charge. I’m thrilled to share that I won a Gold Award and an Honorable Mention. Standing out among so many talented artists and even making it to the final round, just shy of claiming the world championship title, is something I never imagined when I started this platform three years ago.
I’m grateful to myself that made it through, and I’m deeply thankful to everyone who comes across these words.
曾有一句話說:「每個偉大的藝術家心裡多少都有病。」
我不敢說我多偉大,但病是真的病🫥雖然我一直很希望打起 100% 的精神努力更新,但忙碌的工作以及經濟負擔真不是開玩笑的累,一年之內體驗到數次過勞,工作卻也因為大環境而難以往前進,說沒有心灰意冷的時候那就是在欺騙自己,不過創業的過程大多如此吧。
今年也難得受到邀請免費參加了這次新興的國際攝影比賽 reFocus Awards,也很開心的拿到一金獎一榮譽獎的榮耀,能在眾多高手中脫穎而出,甚至進入最終決賽圈差點就拿謝世界冠軍的頭銜,這些事情絕對是我三年前開辦這個平台時想都沒想過的。
很感謝撐過來的自己,也很感謝看到這段話的你們。