MUSAADE IREM ATAYIK MAVA

As we are a team of three friends, there is no one above us and it makes
everything magical and sometimes it makes everything worse. We are relieved
because we don’t have a deadline and we don’t have someone above us
who is rushing things. Our schools, homeworks and also personal lives matter
too. Müsaade is not the first thing in my life, neither in Öykü’s and Lavin’s
lives. We are not responsible for anyone above us, we are responsible for ourselves
but sometimes being the boss of your own job makes it harder. You
start postponing things as you like then things you should be doing never
get finished. I think it’s hard to stay motivated when you are working with
your friends. When one of us wants to get things done the other person has
homeworks or finals. We think that we can arrange meetings between ourselves
but when the time comes the other person doesn’t reply to a message
or answer a call then things get postponed immediately. Our main problem
is being available at the same time.
OUR GOALS
When we come to the issue of ‘where are we now’ and ‘what are we aiming
for’ , I think we are very far away from where we should be. As I stated earlier,
we postpone things and it is hard to stay connected between us. Someone
could easily say that, when you can’t stay connected between three people,
how are you aiming to connect young adults with passion? I really am not
sure about the answer for now. I love to dream and so does Lavin. We believe
that everything will settle down and during summer we will be focusing on
Müsaade. We’ve done two issues so far and the third one is in progress. We’ve
decided on whom to interview but we haven’t done anything else. After the
third issue, we’re thinking about something different. So far, we’re collaborating
with our friends and after the third issue we want to try for more. We
also want to include someone who is professional in their field. Lavin’s cousin
Eylem is helping us as she is a stylist and she has many acquaintances from
the industry. Eylem is also guiding us about where we can also send our magazine.
Two weeks ago, Lavin sent an email to Turkcell. Turkcell has a
magazine platform where people can enjoy online magazines and
newspapers.
We wanted to reach out to them and learn more about their way of
publishing and their conditions.
I am excited and motivated for the future of Müsaade. Even if we can’t show
progress from time to time, I think that starting is one of the most important
processes of building a job and the fact that we got that part covered, it gives
me relief.