20/01/2021
19) lockdown experience "In terms of my work, I put MAD internal pressure on myself especially with DJing and lost confidence in myself work wise at the same time! I thought I had to keep up with every live and do a mix a day to ensure I wouldn't be forgotten once everywhere opened up.
And whilst adapting to new things is absolutely something I have to challenge myself with, I also now sit better in knowing that I'm talented and my authentic connections with people are way more important than just what I can do to compete with others.
Since March, I've put out some mixes I'm proud of, taken part in virtual events, been on radio, got my own branded merch, played a Boiler Room set, learnt about new & old music and kept up with some of my favourite DJs.
With Party & Paint, we've hosted summer events in the park, held online parties and even celebrated our 2nd birthday with a sold out socially distanced event.
Plus my main job at Ballie has seen us sell through new evening brunch sessions, change the layout of our venue to accomodate seating throughout, launch a new ball pit design and create takeaway cocktails to beat the 10pm curfew. So the changes came through thick and fast in all aspects of my work. And that meant the learnings continued too!"
