I'm a full-time influencer, but I'm quitting to get a corporate job. I'm tired of being self-obsessed and not doing anything with my brain

A TikTok star has revealed she is quitting being a full-time influencer to apply for corporate jobs after realizing she had become 'self-obsessed'.

Ana Wolfermann, who currently lives in New York, started posting on social media in 2020 and turned it into her full-time career after graduating from the University of Notre Dame in May 2023.

The 22-year-old influencer has now amassed nearly a million followers on her TikTok account by posting lifestyle, travel and advice videos.

She even recently attended a Galentine's Day slumber party with Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown and is often given branded getaways as gifts.

But after almost a year of being a full-time 'influencer', Ana has revealed that her dream has not lived up to expectations and has started writing cover letters for corporate jobs.

Ana posted on TikTok and told her followers in a video: 'Let's talk about why, I'm a little nervous today, I've made the decision that I don't want to be a full-time influencer.

“First of all, I'm tired of making everything about myself. My job requires me to look at myself, talk about myself, post myself, and respond to comments about myself. It's far too much of a self-obsessive activity.

“Number two, I don't feel like I'm learning anything new or being challenged. Yes, you learn how to get better at strategy and marketing… but I feel like that gets a little repetitive.

'I feel like since graduating and doing this full-time, I haven't done anything with my brain.

“Number three, having this as my full-time job has made me much more superficial. On TikTok you have to talk in short sentences. I have learned not to elaborate on my idea further, while years of my academic life have taught me to elaborate on points.

'I spend all my time talking about myself, taking pictures of myself and editing myself. That's not the life I want to live.'

Ana went on to explain that she would still post online, but she would do so alongside a full-time job as a 'corporate girly'.

Despite social media being her main source of income, she hopes to become a more well-rounded person by taking on a regular job.

Ana, 22, explained that constantly thinking about herself on social media had made her “obsessed with herself”

She later posted an update video on Monday, captioning it, “Deromanticizing your dream of being a full-time influencer because there are SO many better ways to use your time.”

The Venezuelan-American social media star said she spent the weekend writing job applications and even landed her first interview.

Ana realized how much it had impacted her life after a three-day trip to Chicago during which she stopped posting on social media for the first time in three years.

She explained, “That was the first time in three years that I was able to go on vacation without worrying about not being productive.

'It was liberating. Most of the time my time is split between my existence and posting about my existence. I lived during this journey.'

She added that she read Sally Rooney's Normal People in just two days, saying: 'I liked it! I understand why people do the whole reading thing.”

Her video 'three reasons why I'm quitting as a full-time influencer' has now been viewed 1.6 million times on TikTok.

Many of her fans were positive about seeing a different perspective than usual from an influencer, with one commenting, “As a consumer of content, I think influencers are so much more relatable to me when they have a job outside of their content!”

Many of Ana's fans supported her, but others doubted how she would last in the business world

A second added: “This is so self-aware,” while a third said: “I've never heard another content creator talk about this.”

Others were more doubtful about how Ana would react once she actually found a job.

A TikTok commenter added, “Girl, I promise this job is so much better than corporate America. You'll understand once you start a real job.'

And someone said on Twitter: 'Would be curious to hear her thoughts after a year of 9-5 (if she lasts that long) lol.'