About The Spin-Off Project

In pursuit of happiness, fulfillment and search for work I love, I created The Spin-Off Project: a lifestyle design experiment that allows me to discover my talents, develop my skills and find my passions.

Mirha Masala overlooking the city of Sarajevo from the vantage point of Zuta Tabija.

After earning a master’s degree in European Studies, I was accepted for an internship at the Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Holland.

Four months of politics later, while working directly for the ambassador, it became clear to me that I wasn’t going to be pursuing a career in foreign affairs after all.

I had bet my future on the wrong horse and was now stuck with a useless degree in one pocket and the other .. nothing. No dreams, no big passions and no extraordinary talents.

If I was ever going to be successful, I needed to figure out what I’m good at and what I love doing most in life.

Thus, in search of true happiness and work I love, I created The Spin-Off Project: a lifestyle design experiment that allows me to discover my talents, develop my skills and find my passions.

It all comes down to a list of 12 different lifestyles to which I’ve dedicated a year of my life to exploring one each month. This is what my list looks like:

My Spin-Off List

Instead of betting five years of my life on one possible career as I did with my studies, I now get to explore 12 different lifestyles and find out in just one year if any of them is worth pursuing for a lifetime.

Let’s create a life we love together. Connect with me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and tell me what you think about The Spin-Off Project. How could we make it better? Are you considering doing one of your own? And what does your spin-off list look like?