At what point in life do we go from “You can be anything you want” to “anything but that, that’s not responsible”?
As kids we are often encouraged to try new things. If your child says they want to be an artist we encourage it, but when they want to major in art in college it’s a different story. Someone is out there making it as an artist, why can’t it be you? It seems like we strive for the comfy job, which provides a paycheck each week, no matter how much we hate it. What would happen if we were to take a leap of faith and follow our dreams? Fear of the unknown (because it really is unknown) often gets in the way of living our lives to the fullest potential. What happens when you try something new and fail, is it worth just giving up on because it didn’t work out that one time. Good thing we don’t tell that to little children learning how to walk or ride a bike. Keep going. You never really fail unless you give up trying.
I am not promoting recreational education and I sure as shit don’t want to pay for someone to get a liberal arts degree if they don’t have a plan in place for after they graduate. I am also not saying to walk into your place of employment and just up and quit. If you have a calling to do something outside your current comfort zone I say go for it. Put a plan together. Envision what it’ll be like at your new “job”. It’ll be a lot of hard work. There will be long hours, the universe will seem like it’s against you, but if you stick with it in the end it will totally be worth it
If you need help or don’t know where to start, send me an email and I can share with you what has kept me motivated.
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