5. Time To Go

 

Dealing with, let’s be frank, morbid topics constantly, I felt I needed to get out and try find something else to do instead of watching and hearing about deaths, people striking, homelessness, bad economy and natural disasters. I took some time out because it affected me mentally to be honest, I was starting to hate society and the people in it. I kept thinking how do we treat each other this way?

 

Even though I loved what I was doing, I was dealing with conflicting views about humanity and I jumped. I couldn’t do it day in and day out. I needed to step back. I took a few months and then started a furniture upscaling business where I could still be creative but I still missed the broadcast and design elements. I had stopped designing in my spare time and I had lost myself in the depressing topics and thoughts.

 

 

 

 

I then joined a friend, and my brother in-law, who was trying to launch a new Futsal league that was going to be broadcast into 60+ stores nationally. Naturally this excited me as I love being at the front of new ideas and technology. We started a league of 8 teams and 11 players and coaching staff, score keepers and technical crew to get this up and running. We ran games 7 days a week and it was cerated with the idea that people in betting shops could have something else to bet on during the week as sports was mostly the weekend.

 

It did well and created a lot of jobs for mostly unemployed individuals who could play a good game. We had open day trials for players from all over the country at different locations, and chose around 90 players to represent 8 teams. We named these after their location and a famous EPL team’s nickname, like Polokwane Blues. Players would play in league games that lasted a period of 2 weeks and the winners would get a pay-check and bragging rights. Some of our players represented South Africa in the Futsal World Cup, coming 3rd after losing to Brazil on extra time penalties. We had done our people proud and represented our country incredibly well with some players receiving international contracts in Belgium. Liking what you’re reading? Checkout the next post for more!