...thats how I am starting to feel.
I applied for Art school. Yes, Art school. I was accepted. I have always been artistic in the sense that I'm extremely imaginative and to the point of a day-dreamer. I do have artistic talent beyond that. I am currently work as an accountant contractor. I hate it. I can literally say I hate it. I've just started out in the field and the more experience I get the further I just want to run. It shouldn't be this bad and I'm too young to be so bitter. I stay up really late at night because I don't want to go to sleep because that means morning will come faster. Or I can't even enjoy the weekend because I'm so distracted with work and the thought of Sunday makes me cringe because I will have to go to work the next day. The thing is I don't know how I even came up with the idea about going into the accounting and finance. I mean personally I do enjoy it, but that is just managing my own books. But the dreamer in me wants to do something I'm extremely passionate about. So I casually brought it up that I wanted to go to art school and the first question was "how much is it going to cost." I guess a logical question. The thing is, I'm not asking anyone else to pay for it. If I have to take out another student loan I will. But the thing it is so annoying that my own family would rather have me suffer daily going to a job that I can't stand to save my life rather than working a little bit harder and going after what I really want. So, now I am just going back and forth between what I want to do and what I should do. I'm on the fence.
Discourged
February 23rd, 2010 at 04:00 am
February 23rd, 2010 at 04:07 am 1266898025
Can you teach art for a few extra bucks? My son takes an art class in this lady's basement. She has 6 kids or so, and charges each $17/hour. He loves it and she's pulling down some decent cash. Or Community Schools may allow you to teach a class? By doing this at night or on the weekend, you'll see if you really like being around it all the time, while also saving cash to help pay for school. Good luck!
February 23rd, 2010 at 04:07 am 1266898071
I think this describes just about everyone I know. Very common anyway. I am so peeved at how much my spouse still cares what his family thinks about what HE should do with HIS life. But I can see it is very hard when you don't have your family's support.
Usually there is middle ground. Like, a lot of artist types don't have any business sense (I see with my spouse's friends, etc. He is very artisitic but practical, and has a business degree. In the end he has seen some niches that he could be filled - combining his degree and training with his passion). You will figure something out.
February 23rd, 2010 at 05:46 am 1266903970
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February 23rd, 2010 at 03:29 pm 1266938993
I thought about this recently because of creditcardfree's question about how we paid for college. I went to a liberal, writing-and-philosophy based small liberal arts college that didn't give me any tangible job skills. But some things are soul-satisfying in a way that doesn't have to make financial sense--as long as you are willing to handle the financial consequences.
February 24th, 2010 at 05:49 am 1266990543
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