/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Hold me gulls; after stagnating and not knowing wtf I was doing with my life, everything started to come full circle this year. I’m completely dumbfounded:

>Lose 10 pounds I gained over the past year while gaining a bit more muscle and looked much better in my cosplay at last month’s con.
>Friends get into cosplay and going to cons; do our first (mini) group cosplay and besides a few hiccups, we look great and have a blast. More are planned for next year.
>Dream Boz piece appears in excellent condition on Mercari. Get it for 1/3 of the price a LM seller was selling her damaged one for. It fits thanks to first feel.
>Student loan is finally paid off, more money to spend on a difficult cosplay I’ve been wanting to make and get my own hotel room with my bf instead of sharing.
>Get a job in the industry as a patternmaker, which doubled my current salary and has awesome benefits, vacation time, and coworkers. Can finally quit my 3 part-time jobs in the ESL field, which I was no longer interested in.
>That trip to Japan will finally become a reality this fall, and I’ll easily have extra spending money.

It took me 7 years to figure out my life after uni, but it feels good to finally have the pieces fall into place. All the weird patterning in cosplay definitely helped me finish the patterning test, which is difficult so not many people are able to complete it (or so I was told).


>>9477264
Anon, I feel this but with cosplay. My friend has minimal to no sewing skills but is happy scrape hers together with bought and hot glued stuff. I'd say it's more important that you both have fun. At the end of the day, people will judge you however they want but you're not hanging out with them.