Never giving up...

After receiving a degree in fashion design, I have been conflicted to much of finding a career in fashion.  It all happened when in the last semester of school, of which I was studying abroad, that I got sick and had to fly back home.  Not being able to finish my studies abroad was humiliating but being in another country for the first time for three months was a good experience anyway.  I wasn't determined to fly to success after applying for graduation because then I had fallen ill.  Since 2008, the year that I got sick, I have been dealing with my illness and being able to successfully get back on my feet several times and succumbing to nightmare-ish relapses throughout the years. As of beginning of 2012, I've been doing good and have maintained my health.  I am happy now, but one thing missing is that I haven't found a job.  I knew I couldn't just find one after all those months and years of not continuing to learn about fashion.  There were big gaps in my resume, and so I went back to school, a community school, that had a good fashion program.  I didn't know how good this fashion program was until I entered my first semester.  I was not completing a certificate in Apparel Design but reissuing myself to learn several skills that I have forgotten.  Flat pattern was something I wanted to relearn and in most universities, they only have one flat pattern class offered to students, but here at this community college, we have two semesters.  Sewing wasn't a strong skill that I have, so now I am in an intermediate sewing class.  What I hope to learn and prove, that I have a strong skillset for fashion design and fashion merchandising.  I have decided to get my certificate in Fashion Merchandising, something that I have little knowledge of.  Hopefully this will help me find a job in fashion as well.  Well, I've gone a long way to just give up. I am so determined to find my way doing what I love.  They say find a job in something you love...because if it's something not worth going to in the day, why do it? Having to deal with my illness was tough and depressing at times, but I have been so positive.  You learn to be positive in times when you're down. If you're not, you're feeling the worse of the worse. So I am not giving up.  Hopefully this fashion blog thing helps me keep interested and keeps you interested as well...(if I don't find a job in fashion...I can always do this as a hobby.)