ENDA Episode 35→ The time when the Endless Apprentice wondered What If…?

➡️What If… ENDA chose to study VFX straight out of high school?

I would have probably started a degree directly in the Grand Line of VFX. Probably a Bachelor in Animation or Visual Effects. I would have obtained my degree and my residency before my 20th birthday and I would have started in some studio as an intern.

I would have escalated steadily and probably by today, I would be a Lead or Supervisor with experience in multiple studios and films.

➡️What If… ENDA became a producer?

I would probably never left my country. I would have continue my college and animation school there, but focused in becoming a producer.

I would have obtained a job in a few national films and mostly in advertising. I would have a lot of work and stress, but I’d be earning crazy amounts of money.

However, I would have stopped in order to reunite with my friends from the animation school and set up our own animation studio. It would have been hard, but we will be getting one step closer to a shared goal and the profits will slowly come.

➡️What If… ENDA chose Music as his first career?

I would have enter the Conservatory after long preparation. I would have turned into a very obsessive pianist, but in the end and with a lot of work I would have achieve my childhood fantasy of directing a full Orchestra playing many of my favourite anime themes.

With a bit of luck I would have know the same circle of musicians that I came across in my original timeline and we could have started the project sooner, with more participation from my part. The project would have grown even bigger and we could have gone internationally…

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But none of that is real, those are just projections that I make myself during certain moments of my life when things are not going well. I imagined that everything would have been easy if I just did or did not made a key decision sooner or later in my life.

However, after that moment I contemplated all the things that I had experienced in my journey: the good and bad experiences, the people I met, the friends I made, the instructors I encountered, the reasons why I made certain decisions, etc.

Then I realize that I can make those reflections and do those projections because of all that I've experienced. All those decisions formed the artist that I’m trying to become up to date and without them, I probably would not be here in the first place.

So, is it bad to wonder “What If…?”, not at all. I believe is funny and healthy to imagine all the different iterations that your life could have taken. The key is not to getting stuck with the projections and continuing forging your path, because your current journey could the “What If…?” of someone else in multiverse.

Have you ever imagined your own “What If…?” scenario?