I've a few months left of high school, so this topic really, heh, resonates with me. Right now it's mostly about choosing where to go for tertiary education.
On the one hand I don't actually recall ever not wanting to be a writer. On the other hand, all I've ever hear is "don't quite your day job." On the OTHER other hand, I want to do heaps of other things, albeit heaps of other don't quit your day job style things. I'm having doubts about my acting skills as the exams draw near, but that's easily solved - if I'm good enough to pass an audition or two then university will certainly improve me to the point where I could conceivably call that a career.
So basically, I want to do something interesting in uni like arts, so it'll provide me with writing material, and also because I've always regretted not learning musical theory and linguistics sounds fun and oooh, political science! I want to do a writing course, but I'm not that interested in journalism. I want to do an acting course. And I also want to do a course that will give me a day job not to quit, but the only thing I can think of that wouldn't kill me with boredom (well, more realistically the only one where I can use my only real marketable skill; read: making shit up) is marketing. And I don't know if you actually need a degree to be a copywriter or something but I suppose it helps.
So basically I'm stressing out over my exam marks even though my final choice might have an audition and not give a damn about them, and simultaneously trying to find something that will let me do as many of the above as possible.
But I'm an optimist. I'll end up doing whatever I want to do, as long as I manage to kick this terminal procrastination habit that has me sitting here writing to you instead of to my major English project.
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On the one hand I don't actually recall ever not wanting to be a writer. On the other hand, all I've ever hear is "don't quite your day job." On the OTHER other hand, I want to do heaps of other things, albeit heaps of other don't quit your day job style things. I'm having doubts about my acting skills as the exams draw near, but that's easily solved - if I'm good enough to pass an audition or two then university will certainly improve me to the point where I could conceivably call that a career.
So basically, I want to do something interesting in uni like arts, so it'll provide me with writing material, and also because I've always regretted not learning musical theory and linguistics sounds fun and oooh, political science! I want to do a writing course, but I'm not that interested in journalism. I want to do an acting course. And I also want to do a course that will give me a day job not to quit, but the only thing I can think of that wouldn't kill me with boredom (well, more realistically the only one where I can use my only real marketable skill; read: making shit up) is marketing. And I don't know if you actually need a degree to be a copywriter or something but I suppose it helps.
So basically I'm stressing out over my exam marks even though my final choice might have an audition and not give a damn about them, and simultaneously trying to find something that will let me do as many of the above as possible.
But I'm an optimist. I'll end up doing whatever I want to do, as long as I manage to kick this terminal procrastination habit that has me sitting here writing to you instead of to my major English project.