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So yeah, I've been unemployed for 9 months. And honestly? That doesn't stop me from being creative.
I'm still unemployed and I've already built 5 apps. Sent 100 cold emails (got zero replies, classic). Entered 10+ hackathons and won absolutely nothing. Got a reply from Gary Vee in 3 minutes and completely panicked. Oh and I'm also doing some freelance illustration and design work on the side.
So I built this website to share the whole journey with you. The wins, the losses, the embarrassing moments, all of it. Because I think there's something worth documenting when someone refuses to stop creating even when life gets a little rough.
Come check it out. It's called unemploymentjourney.lol because .lol was the most honest domain extension I could find.
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