Marcella Garcia: I’ve got a sense of the type of work I’d like to pursue here, but I’m struggling with plugging into the network. So it’d be great to have a plan on how to approach that network.

• Clarify the values underneath your goals so you know who you want to become, not just what you want to achieve in 3 months, 6 months, or a year.
• Accept there will be compromise when closing the gap and use your values to decide what is a yes with compromise versus a non negotiable no.
• Don’t expect every paycheck job to fulfill your soul and feed your passion. Use autonomy, authentic connection, advocacy, and spiritual alignment as a filter to spot opportunities versus distractions.
• Reframe commercial or UGC work as skill building if you value learning new languages and expanding your toolbox.
• Ask what they truly need on day one so you can align expectations instead of fueling imposter syndrome.
• Gauge how they see their content and notice if their enthusiasm matches your need for authenticity.
• After all the analysis, listen to your intuition and trust your gut when something feels off.

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