"I was never one of those kids who knew what they wanted to be when they grew up. When I was six, we were asked to draw a picture of our future job. I stared at a blank page until I remembered a weekend trip to the mall with my mom, where I'd wandered into a game store and decided the owner must get to play with the toys all day. So I just drew that."
"On paper, it was perfect. I was helping founders build companies. I had a title people respected. But within a month of starting full time, I realized I wasn't happy. The job wasn't bad, and that was part of the problem. I'd spent years chasing it, and when I finally arrived, I felt empty. I began to understand that what I actually wanted wasn't the job itself, but the validation I thought came with it."
"Most days, I sat behind a desk from 9 to 5. The parts I loved - facilitating programs, traveling, working with founders - made up a small fraction of my week. I realized I had too much energy to sit still in an office for that long. Then, in 2020, lockdowns hit, and the job became even more soul-crushing because I didn't have the weekend"
Nic Huzz lacked a fixed career plan, studied communications and entrepreneurship, completed unpaid internships, and entered the startup ecosystem. He accepted a venture capital position in Sydney that appeared ideal but left him unfulfilled because the elements he enjoyed—facilitating programs, traveling, and working with founders—made up only a small portion of his time. Lockdown intensified a sense of emptiness and restlessness. At 28 he quit during the pandemic to launch a silent disco business in Bali. He initially felt scared and suffered imposter syndrome when playing for audiences. The venture has since grown to support major clubs and conferences across the Indonesian island.
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