First Project Done. What Now?

If you’re looking for advice, I’m looking for it too…..

The project’s done. The dopamine’s gone. And somehow, here I am again — opening hashnode at 11:33 PM with no idea what I’m about to write.

I thought the first blog would be a one-time thing. One post, one vibe, and then I disappear like always. But apparently, my brain had other plans.

What I didn’t expect?
The number of views.
The kind comments.
The fact that people actually read it — even though I wrote it just to dump whatever was spinning in my head.

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Spinning

Yeah, this question is spinning in my head like a top.
“What now?”

Should I ditch all my other plans and start hunting for a full-time job? Or should I go full clown mode and try looking for another client — while juggling job applications, internship stuff, and pretending I know what I’m doing?

I’m uncertain as hell.

I have no clue how to approach a client.
No idea how to attract one either. I tried a few YouTube “freelance hacks” and guess what — they felt way too robotic for me.
All those “do this, don’t do that” productivity checklists?
Yeah… that’s not my vibe.

And it’s not just that — now I’ve got a ton of free time on my hands. It’s already starting to feel boring as hell. (And yes, I’m still single, thanks for asking.)

So what do I do? Read books? Sure, I have plenty on my shelf… that I haven’t touched. Buy new ones? Maybe.
Learn a new skill? Yeah, cool — but unless I figure out my own way to use it, it just ends up in the “meh” pile.

So yeah, if you haven’t figured it out already — Today’s post is a rant about uncertainty.
What, you thought I was going to drop some Top 5 Tips to Get Clients in 2025?

🤣
Jokes on you — even I don’t know myself.

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If Nothing’s Clear, Maybe That’s the Point

Now that we’ve got this straight — these blogs are my personal dev diary, not some fake-expert tips-and-tricks series — let’s continue.

Like I was saying, uncertainty isn’t new.

If I really think about it, I’ve always been uncertain. When I first started learning web dev and ML? I had no clue if I’d even land an internship — forget a job.

When I was grinding DSA and solving LeetCode problems, I was still just hoping the interview questions would match what I prepared. Spoiler: they rarely do.

And freelancing? I didn’t expect to get a second client either. But… I did. Unexpectedly. Randomly. Through chaos.

So maybe this feeling — this “what now?” spiral — isn’t new. It’s just wearing a different outfit now.

That Mark Manson guy was right — the problems are basically the same, just dressed up in new outfits with extra chaos.
(Yeah, this one’s from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck* — iconic.)

And if I’m being even more honest…

I landed an ML internship — in a field I didn’t touch until third year. Started learning MLOps, AWS, all that good stuff. And then? I built a full freelance project in web development.

Now that I’m standing here unsure about my next move — isn’t this the perfect time to explore? To learn without pressure. To try weird stuff. To experiment. To get lost on purpose for once.

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So… What Am I Gonna Do?

Honestly?
No idea.

I’ve thought about doing some old-school stuff — maybe send out cold emails, apply for full-time jobs, all while finishing up my internship work.

But now that I’ve actually tasted real-world work — not the classroom kind, not the tutorial kind — the kind where you build, mess up, adapt, and grow through it… it’s kinda hard to go back.

There’s something about that freedom — to think your way through a problem,
to try something weird, to fail, and still make progress. And now that I’ve seen it? I can’t really unsee it.

So what am I going to do in the meantime, you ask?

No clue, man.

Maybe I’ll try some of those robotic freelance hacks again.
Maybe I’ll learn a new skill — or at least pretend to.

Oh — and since I’ll have more free time now,
books sound like a good idea.( If you have some good suggestions, let me know )
So does this whole midnight blogging thing I just stumbled into.

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Final Thoughts (If You Can Call Them That)

If you came here looking for tips…
Cool, let me know if you find any — I could use them too.

This isn’t a guide. This isn’t advice.
It’s just a blog from someone who finished one project, has no clue what’s coming next, but figured — why not write about it anyway?

So yeah, that’s all for now.

Also, can we talk about how that damn orange book — The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck* — has been living rent-free in my head?

“The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience.”
“And the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience.”

Like… okay, Mark, I get it.
Maybe I don’t need to fix the chaos. Maybe I just need to vibe with it.

And look — I didn’t think my first blog would blow up like it did.
I just dumped my thoughts and suddenly people showed up, read it, and dropped real feedback.

But I guess a theme has started to form now:
No advice. No pretending to be wise. Just documenting phases of life as they come — confused, chaotic, and completely unsure.

I’ll be here, overthinking, overplanning, and probably doing none of it —
until the next blog drops at some ungodly hour again.

Peace ✌️