11 Emotional Stages of Starting Your Own Business

Euphoria

This idea is gonna change everything – the best thing since Netflix! Wide-Eyed Optimism

My team is so awesome, the office is so awesome. Screw hierarchy! Screw depressing office furniture! Everything we do craps rainbows and butterflies! That First Dollar

Cha-ching! I’m treating tonight because we’re makin’ it rain. Reality Check

Okay, I’m juggling quite a lot, but it’ll be fine. Just need to stay motivated. Obsession and Exhaustion

Why can’t I think about anything else? What is sleep?! Dwindling Optimism

Why doesn’t anyone like my idea? Please give me money – would rather die than go back to that cubicle!” Irrevocable Depletion of Optimism

WHY DID I GET MYSELF INTO THIS?! WHY DOES EVERYTHING I TOUCH DIE?! WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY CUBICLE ANYWAY?! Burnout

No. Can’t. Ray of Hope

This person wants to give me money? Hey, I must be doing something right! Let Me Be Smug

I knew this idea was going to work all along. It’s going to change everything. All Worth It

And repeat.

Garage Blog Between Passion and Pragmatism: Interview With Zev, the Artist Behind The 33PRESS

As part of our #BeTheChange series, we sit down and discuss how work has evolved, with change-makers in our Garage Community.

This week we chat with Zev, an artist and lighting consultant. She uses The 33PRESS moniker for her artistic endeavors, and prefers to remain anonymous!

We chat about finding fulfillment, creating balance, and embracing discomfort in a cut-throat city like Hong Kong.

^{Author: Ching Lam Ip, Programme & Marketing Lead, Garage Society}

Garage Blog Data-Driven Design: Marketing In the Brave New World [Mandy's In-House Notes]

Welcome back to Mandy's In-House Notes, a twice-monthly column touching on all things brand-building, entrepreneurship and female-empowerment related, from the mind of Mandy Pao.

This week, we're talking about the power of using the right data to inform your design process.

^{Author: Mandy Pao, Founder and Creative Director, Eloquence International}

^{Cover image: Jezael Melgoza via Unsplash}

Garage Blog 4 Steps for Unlocking Career Fulfillment

True career fulfillment can be puzzling—yet not impossible to find. What many people don’t realize is that it’s a process that takes work and patience.

Most importantly, we need to search for it. If you’re lucky, you’ll find not just a job or career but a mission.

^{Cover image source: Liz and Mollie}

^{Author: Pin Cher, Career & Clarity Coach}