A New Life - Personal Blog

We all deal with some form of depression in our lives, be it severe or mild enough to live and function normally. When you're dealing with mental health problems, self care is important - and for a long time, I failed to realize that what I was trying to do with my life was very detrimental to my mind.

Here's what I mean.

I have tried to force myself into a "conventional" job since I turned 18, and I have struggled so hard. Job after job, I'd end up having a seizure and end up on medical leave, or I'd have problems with learning. Here it is, 2019, and I'm still jobless by conventional standards -

except now, I have started to do what I truly love, which I only discovered about five weeks ago.

I didn't realize that I truly loved game development and wanted it to be my career until I had an epiphany through talking with others on a Discord server. It was through those people, the people at ExclusivelyGames (and since other servers have added me, them as well), that I realized that game development is something I'm not only a fan of, but that I'm decent at and want to do for a living.

To those people, I offer my thanks. To anyone wanting to become a game developer, I urge you to try Unity. It's a fantastic starter program for anyone wanting to learn how to make their own games, animations and more. Their store is also incredible, and you can check them out here: https://assetstore.unity3d.com/