This summer I made the first steps toward creating something of my own. I joined Future Makers, an incubation program for young wannabe entrepreneurs, and started working on my idea: building boardgames to help kids study school subjects.
In my 20s I had a lot of ideas, dropped them all. In time I wanted to sell jewelry I made, build a website where I wrote about how I learned stuff online, I recently wanted to sell my dad’s homemade jams (he makes amazing stuff!). The most important project: I wanted to write and make a living out of it. But somewhere along the way I quit, thinking I couldn’t make it happen.
The idea of designing board games to get kids to study school topics first came when playing Risk and Ticket to Ride. In a last minute frenzy, I jotted down the idea of a board game for pupils. I was among the 50 finalists that made the cut and among the 28 that pitched their business ideas in front of a jury last week. It was a long road this summer, weeks packed of training and courses. tiresome evenings with team meetings debating decisions and next steps.
There’s this cliche quote that runs free on social media: ‘find what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.’ Yes, it is cliche, but it bears a modicum of truth. I lost track of the hours I put into this project and found meaning in building something. Escaping the digital universe and creating something useful, tangible. I’ve made it here and I do not plan to quit, I’ll keep going and bring ‘Țară, Țară, vrem români’ to life.
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