2016 - 1 SECOND A DAY // Life at Boston University to life in LA

I used the app 1 Second Everyday to record one second videos of my life from Jan. 1 -  Dec. 31st 2016. This is my year in review story. 

Looking back at my year, there are many things I am thankful for. I'm really grateful for my amazing Symphony Church community who extended so much grace and love to me during my four years at Boston University. Thank you for teaching me about what it means to be in a community, to have people to do life together with, and to love one another as Christ loves us. 

Also, during my time at home, I wanted to really rest and have time to think about what I want to do with my life, without the distraction of what I feel like the world is telling me to do, and without constantly comparing myself to what everyone else is doing. So I went on a "super rest" period where I cut off all social media for about a month and a half. In this time, I realized it's not the "likes" I get on social media that increase the happiness meter of my life, but rather the simple appreciation of life itself.  It was when I began to see the beauty in the simple routine of life (things like the sun rising each morning, birds singing outside, having a roof over my head, the presence of my parents...) that I began to realize how blessed I am with just the fact that I woke up that morning to live this another day.  And with this realization, I can confidently say, this time of rest at home was one of the happiest times of my life, away from the busyness, away from comparisons, and away from the constant strivings of the world. 

Another thing I wold like to share is that when I moved to LA, I did not have a job lined up. I simply moved in faith. It was a risk for me to just move to LA with no job, but I took it as a chance to walk out in faith and to trust in God's provision. But even after I moved, it wasn't easy getting a job, especially in the media industry that I wanted to get into. And this was a time of rejections after rejections. However. with every closed door, I took it as just another event leading me to the right job at the right time. I first took a part time job working in the music business, which was awesome to say the least, because I got to see how music producers and artists come together to pitch their music to music supervisors, I got my first experience in doing social media marketing, and also, this job got me to learn how to make videos using Premiere Pro (which I also have my videographer friend @JoshChungFilms to thank). But the very best thing about this part time job was that I had the freedom to work at home, which "home" actually meant that each day, I got to go out with a friend to explore the different cafes in LA, and to eat a lot of delicious desserts as I did my work. 

After about 2-3 months of part timing in the music business world, with prayer from my new Hillsong LA community, I received a full time job offer working in a media company in LA! 

If you are someone who is going through a hard time looking for your first job, or going through some type of transition, and you feel like you are just getting rejections after rejections, don't be discouraged! Just enjoy the free time you have to go out and explore, meet new people, spend time with friends and family, and to explore your passions! Eventually jobs will come and doors that need to be open will be opened :) 

Thanks for watching my first YouTube video on my channel, and I will be uploading more videos so please feel free to subscribe to my channel and join me on this journey~! 

Happy New Year and God bless! 

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Music Credits:

Sokolovsky Music – Inspirational Indie Rock. CC BY 4.0. http://www.sokolovskymusic.com/free-music

https://soundcloud.com/sokolovskymusic/sokolovsky-music-inspirational-indie-rock

Del- Lost Island (Original Mix). CC. 

https://soundcloud.com/del-sound/lost-island