{"id":4449,"date":"2011-01-24T01:09:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T23:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2016-08-02T13:08:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T10:08:28","slug":"taking-the-plunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/taking-the-plunge\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4450\" title=\"1-reaching-out\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/1-reaching-out.png\" alt=\"1-reaching-out\" width=\"544\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/1-reaching-out.png 544w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/1-reaching-out-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4451\" title=\"2-getting-a-taste-of-it\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/2-getting-a-taste-of-it.png\" alt=\"getting a taste of it\" width=\"499\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/2-getting-a-taste-of-it.png 499w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/2-getting-a-taste-of-it-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4452\" title=\"3-hesitating\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/3-hesitating.png\" alt=\"hesitating\" width=\"547\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/3-hesitating.png 547w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/3-hesitating-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4453\" title=\"4-getting-used-to-it\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/4-getting-used-to-it.png\" alt=\"getting-used-to-it\" width=\"543\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/4-getting-used-to-it.png 543w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/4-getting-used-to-it-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4454\" title=\"6-getting-used\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/6-getting-used.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/6-getting-used.png 545w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/6-getting-used-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4455\" title=\"7-taking-the-plunge\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/7-taking-the-plunge.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/7-taking-the-plunge.png 546w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/7-taking-the-plunge-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4456\" title=\"8-i-quit-my-job\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/8-i-quit-my-job.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/8-i-quit-my-job.png 537w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/8-i-quit-my-job-300x153.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So yes. Here it goes! I recently, and after much thought and hesitation, decided to start a new adventure: working on my own, from my design studio. A risk? Well it&#8217;s one that&#8217;s definitely worth trying. Since I can&#8217;t (yet) show you photos from the studio (or room more precisely), I&#8217;ll share with you my basic business card! \ud83d\ude42 (Note that it&#8217;s my 1st personal business card ever. As they say in French: &#8220;Les cordonniers sont toujours les plus mal chauss\u00e9s&#8221;).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4457\" title=\"maya-zankoul-business-card\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/maya-zankoul-business-card.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/maya-zankoul-business-card.png 513w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/maya-zankoul-business-card-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And now, enough talking for a Monday morning! Enjoy this song, and see you soon with more updates!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"250\" height=\"40\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&amp;widgetID=23357354&amp;style=metal&amp;p=0\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/listen.grooveshark.com\/songWidget.swf\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"250\" height=\"40\" src=\"http:\/\/listen.grooveshark.com\/songWidget.swf\" flashvars=\"hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&amp;widgetID=23357354&amp;style=metal&amp;p=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"window\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1958],"tags":[200,1871,1873,524,1877,1878,1874,1879,1872,1876,1875,1249,1258],"class_list":["post-4449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cartoons","tag-business-card","tag-design-studio","tag-feet","tag-graphic-design","tag-hesitation","tag-illustraion","tag-jump","tag-mobile-app-design","tag-plunge","tag-risk","tag-venture","tag-water","tag-web-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4449"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5577,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions\/5577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}